Limited reintroduction of routinely armed police in the UK for the first time since 1936.
Mexico - Vicente Fox becomes the first opposition President to take power since Francisco I. Madero in 1911. He wins the Presidency as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party).
Survivor premieres on CBS sparking a trend of " reality TV". Many copy-cat programs follow. The show was based on the Swedish game show, Operation Robinson .
