- claims 9 lives, near Safed ; there is a shooting attack in Jerusalem , claiming 2; there is an attack upon a settler family, killing the parents. Not all of the victims of these attacks were Israeli Jews; some were Israeli Arabs and Druze .
- '', pro- Basketball announcer dies at the age of 85.
- falling below its July 23 low.
- British cases of Legionnaires' Disease continue to rise, to a total of 56 diagnosed cases so far, in that country's largest outbreak for many years.
- Microsoft has announced that it is to make some concessions towards the proposed final settlement of the United States V. Microsoft case, ahead of the judge's verdict.
- The gun turret of the '' USS Monitor '' was raised from the sea bottom off the coast of North Carolina , where it had lain since sinking in 1862 .
- announced it had discovered $3.3 billion in false accounting in addition to the $3.8 billion discovered earlier.
- The F.C.C. votes to require Television manufacturers to include Digital Tuner s in nearly all televisions by 2007.
- s caused by torrential rains in Europe, including the Malse and Blanice rivers of the Czech Republic , the Black Sea resort village of Shirokaya Balka near Novorossiisk in Russia , and Romania . The downpours have also caused extensive damage in Austria , Bulgaria , Croatia , Italy , and Spain .
- A massive explosion in Jalalabad at the maintenance facility of the Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit, a private construction company, kills at least 10 and injures 25, damaging 50 homes and a Hydroelectric dam.
- , Baseball Hall Of Fame r, dies at 86 from the disease Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma .
- ing has risen to at least 74, with 58 deaths in Russia, 3 in Germany , 3 in Austria , and one in the Czech Republic . Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla declared a state of emergency in Prague , Bohemia , Plzen and Karlovy Vary . All shipping on the Danube has been halted. Premier Silvio Berlusconi approved $50 million in emergency aid in response to the $300 million in damage of northern Italy 's crops.
- US Airways declares Bankruptcy , caused by the air travel slowdown following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack .
- Colombia n president Álvaro Uribe declares state of emergency.
- of the Vltava River reaches Prague , and the Kampa district is submerged under several yards of water, as well as the Prague Zoo , killing an Elephant , five Rhinoceros , a Lion , a Gorilla and 80 birds, and allowing five seals to escape. The Kampa Museum is flooded. 15,000 people were evacuated from Melnik , and 1,600 people were evacuated from Děčín . The death toll in Europe is at 88, 9 in the Czech Republic.
- Vladimir Putin announces that Belarus will be fully integrated into Russia , with each of Belarus's six provinces to become a separate Republic within the Russian Federation .
- , American Painter , dies at 78.
- , captured April 15 , is indicted in a civilian Israeli court.
- The United States Food And Drug Administration orders a recall of all soft tissues processed since October 3 by CryoLife , the largest supplier of Implant Tissue in the United States, after 27 cases of serious infection, including one death in November.
- of the Vltava River surges through the Czech Republic into the Elbe in Germany . In Plzen the city center is flooded, and breweries shut down. In Ceske Budejovice , most of the old town is under more than a foot of water, and the Czech Budweiser breweries are shut down. More than 200,000 Czechs are forced to leave their homes. Damages are estimated at over $600 million. In Dresden , the Zwinger Palace courtyard and basement are flooded, damaging paintings. The Semper Opera basement is flooded, closing it for weeks. More than 3,000 hospital patients are evacuated. Europe-wide death toll is now 99.
- Thousands of fans gather at Graceland in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis .
- crests at Dresden at the record height of 30.84 feet. 30,000 Germans are evacuated along the river's path.
- , a 125-year-old dam bursts under torrential rains, killing 10.
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