The Goodyear tire company is founded.

Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers’ championship.

The Treaty of Picquigny is signed to ends a short war between France and England.

The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.

Hurricane Katrina killsmore than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage as devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida.