12.After 15 years, Kathie Lee Gifford leftLive with Regis and Kathie Lee.
13.Regis Philbin continued to host the wildly successful Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He also started a fashion trend of wearing monochromatic ties and shirts (which is what he wore on the show).
14.NSYNC became the biggest boy band in the world...
15....and released their sophomore album, No Strings Attached (which is the second biggest selling album of the 2000s).
16.Abercrombie & Fitch was the coolest store that teens could shop at.
17.Oprah published the very first issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
18.Sony's PlayStation 2 officially went on sale and due to shortages, immediately sold out (with people reselling them on eBay for $1,000).
19.Pepsi Twist was released and it was very divisive.
20.U2 made a huge comeback with their song "Beautiful Day" and their critically acclaimed album, All That You Can't Leave Behind.
21.Peanutspublished its final original comic strip.
22.Heinz introduced purple and green ketchup.
23.Maude Flanders was killed off on The Simpsons.
24.Angelina Jolie made headlines when she kissed her older brother, James Haven, on the lips at the Golden Globes.
25.Speaking of Angelina, she also won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year for her role as Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted.
26.And in case you forgot, that year's Oscars was hosted by Billy Crystal (it was his seventh time hosting).
27.Gladiator was released and became one of the biggest movies of the year. The movie helped bring back epic-scale historical drama films.
28.X-Men was released and helped usher in a new era in superhero movies.
29.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published and for the first time, a Harry Potter book was published in both the UK and the US simultaneously.
30.Charlie's Angels was released into theaters...
31....and "Independent Women" by Destiny's Child from the film's soundtrack was one of the biggest songs of the year.
32.The Beatles' 1 was released and it would go on to become the biggest selling album of the 2000s.
33.Dawson's Creek made TV history when it showed the first gay kiss.
34.Friends was the most popular sitcom on TV and this was the year that Reese Witherspoon made her appearance as Rachel's sister, Jill.
35.The Sopranos aired its second season and was the most critically acclaimed show on television.
36.Girlfriends made its debut on UPN.
37.Britney Spears dropped her second album, Oops!... I Did It Again...
38....and gave one of the most memorable performances ever at that year's VMAs.
39.The Sims was released and had everyone creating families named after their friends and crushes.
40.Aaliyah had the biggest song of that summer with "Try Again," off the soundtrack to her film, Romeo Must Die.
41.Carson Daly and Tara Reid announced they were engaged.
42.The Nokia 3390 was the coolest cellphone you could have (even if it was ubiquitous).
43.Cartoon Network launched its Boomerang network (to air old school cartoons).
44.Al Gore and George W. Bush ran for president of the United States...
45....which came down to a Florida recount and the Supreme Court stepping in and deciding who won the election. Also, the phrase "hanging chad" entered the lexicon.
46.The internet still had not taken over — only 41.5% of the US population had internet connection in their homes at the time.
47.LimeWire launched and had everyone doing searches like "Vertical_Horizon_Everything_You_Want_Real_(NOT_A_BLEND)_HQ.mp3."
48.Metallica sued Napster for copyright infringement. The band's drummer, Lars Ulrich, also testified in front US Senate Judiciary Committee about how peer-to-peer websites were stealing from artists.
50.Razor scooters were the most popular toy of that year with kids (it was also equally popular with adults).
51.Sex and the City inadvertently started the whole cupcake trend after it featured an episode where Miranda and Carrie eat cupcakes in front of Magnolia Bakery.
52.MTV started airing Cribs and had everybody saying, "This is where the magic happens" every time they walked into their bedroom.
53."Breathe" by Faith Hill was the biggest song of the year.
54.Boy Meets World aired its final episode after being on for seven seasons.
55.And finally, it was announced the newcomers Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint had been cast in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone film.
