"Old times there are not forgotten"
Euro currency was issued in 12 European nations. Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, largest American retailer to file such action. Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and then murdered in Pakistan. Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The NASA space probe Odyssey began the mapping of Mars surface utilizing a thermal emission imaging system. The Space Shuttle Columbia flew a Hubble Space Telescope service mission. The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom died. Her funeral was televised from Westminster Abbey in London. FBI agent Robert Hansen was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for having sold American secrets to the Soviet Union and then to Russia. Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee was celebrated with special services and events. The Empire State Building in New York City was lit up in purple to honor the Queen. A car bomb was detonated in front of the American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan resulting in death and injury to Pakistanis, but without American victims. The International Court was established to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes, and criminal aggression. Th African Union replaced the Organization of African Unity. US Airways declared bankruptcy as did Consolidated Freightways, third largest American trucking firm. The Beltway sniper attacks occurred in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia. The Republican Party maintained control of the United States House of Representatives and regained control of the United States Senate. United Airlines, the second largest airline in the world filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
New book titles: One Door Away From Heaven, Journey Through Heartsongs, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The Summons, 2nd Chance, Everything's Eventual, Three Fates, The Nannie Diaries, Daddy's Little Girl, The Shelters of Stone, In This Mountain, The Beach House, Hard Eight, The Remnant, The Lovely Bones, Red Rabbit, Nights in Rodanthe, From a Buick 8, Answered Prayers, Chesapeake Blue, Four Blind Mice and Prey.
At the movies: Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Signs, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Men in Black II, Ice Age and Chicago.
On stage: An Almost Holy Picture, The Crucible, Elephant Man, Fortune's Fool, Into the Woods, The Man Who Had All The Luck, Metamorphoses, One Mo' Time, The Smell of the Kill, Sweet Smell of Success, Topdog/Underdog, Amour, The Boys from Syracuse, Hairspray, Hollywood Arms, Imaginary Friends, LaBoheme, Man of La Mancha, Medea and Movin' Out.
Emmy Awards: James Gandolfini for The Sopranos, Edie Falco for The Sopranos, Joe Pantoliano for The Sopranos, Tyne Daly for Judging Amy and The West Wing for best drama series.
February 26
Classmate Daniel Elvin Martin died at the Portsbridge Hospice in Conyers, Georgia. In Georgia, Danny had been a supervisor for American Pest Control. He was survived by one daughter.
June 11
Classmate James Franklin Walker, 61, died in Chicago, Illinois of natural causes. Following graduation from Woodrow Wilson, James graduated from Concord College and taught school in Raleigh County. At the time of his death, James was vice president of the National Telephone Cooperative in Arlington, Virginia. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and one son.
October 2
Classmate Laura Sharolet Tolliver-Farley died in Pensacola, Florida following an extended illness. We are left without details of Laura's adult life except that she was survived by one daughter and one son.
October 15
Classmate Annette Yvonne Walney-Treadway of Matthews, North Carolina died following a five-year battle with cancer. Annette was a Cranberry girl with an unforgettable smile who graduated from St. Mary's Nursing School in Huntington, West Virginia in 1961. She was employed as a Registered Nurse at Mercy Hospital Main in Charlotte, North Carolina for more than 30 years. Annette's mother survived her as did her husband and two daughters.
December 18
Marshall University defeated Louisville University by the score of 38-15 in the GMAC Bowl played in Mobile, Alabama.
December 28
West Virginia University lost to the University of Virginia by the score of 48-22 in the Continental Tire Bowl, played in Charlotte, North Carolina.