Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Santana won eight Grammys at the 42nd ceremony at Staples Center, tying Michael Jackson's record for one night, including Record of the Year for "Smooth" with Rob Thomas and Album of the Year for Supernatural, while Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.

The six-episode OVA FLCL begins release, a hyperkinetic coming-of-age comedy from Gainax and Production I.G about a middle schooler whose ordinary town turns upside down after being run over by a scooter-riding, guitar-wielding alien.

The 35th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton on CBS from the Universal Amphitheatre on 3 May 2000, named an absent Shania Twain Entertainer of the Year and gave Tammy Wynette a posthumous Pioneer Award.

Dinosaur is a 2000 American animated adventure film directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton and written by John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, and Walon Green. It reached US theaters on 19 May 2000.

Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and the sequel to Fantasia (1940). It reached US theaters on 16 June 2000.

Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie 2: The Sealed Card releases in Japanese theaters, a Madhouse-produced finale to the anime in which Sakura faces one last, unnamed card with power to match all of her collected Clow Cards combined.

The inaugural Latin Grammy Awards were held on 13 September 2000 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the first prime-time US network awards show for Spanish- and Portuguese-language music, with Santana and Maná winning Record of the Year for "Corazón Espinado".

Hajime no Ippo, an underdog boxing drama following bullied high schooler Ippo Makunouchi as he's drawn into the sport by the Kamogawa Gym, begins its TV run.

Public Law 106-286 ended the annual congressional fight over China's trade status and cleared the last American obstacle to its entry into the WTO. It is the single act that opened the United States market to Chinese manufacturing on permanent terms.

Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to the feudal era.

The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 15 December 2000.

Enrique Olvera opened Pujol in 2000 and spent the next two decades turning it into the restaurant that taught the fine-dining world to take Mexican cooking seriously - most famously through a mole kept going and re-fed for thousands of days, served as a ring of sauce around a younger one. It has been a fixture of the World's 50 Best list for years and moved to its present Polanco address, a courtyard house with a tasting counter, in the 2010s.

Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world.

Steely Dan won Album of the Year for Two Against Nature and U2 took Record and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day" at the 43rd Grammys at Staples Center, a night remembered for Eminem's duet of "Stan" with Elton John as protesters gathered outside.

Haré was a happy boy living out his days in the jungle with his mother, but then one day Guu showed up and became a member of their household.

The 36th Academy of Country Music Awards were hosted by LeAnn Rimes on CBS from the Universal Amphitheatre on 9 May 2001; the Dixie Chicks won Entertainer of the Year and "I Hope You Dance" won three awards.

Shrek is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig. It is the first installment in the Shrek film series, and stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Tab Murphy. It reached US theaters on 15 June 2001.

On June 21, 2001, BHP Iron Ore assembled and ran a 7.353km, 682-wagon iron ore train from its Pilbara mines to Port Hedland, still the longest and heaviest train ever operated.

Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's story of a young girl trapped in a spirit world after her parents are turned into pigs.

Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you.

Bones's Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door opens in Japanese theaters, an original feature-length adventure for the Bebop crew as they chase a bounty tied to a bioterrorist threatening Mars with a deadly nerve gas.

The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself, opened in Inokashira Park, Tokyo, on 1 October 2001. It shows Studio Ghibli's animation art and runs short films seen only there.

With a two-tone hairstyle and a streak of immaturity, Hikaru Shindou finds an old Go board with a hidden surprise - trapped within the Go Board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master!

Echizen Ryoma is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships but who constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player.

Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto III, the first fully 3D game in the series, developed by DMA Design in Edinburgh, went on sale for the PlayStation 2 in North America on 23 October 2001 at a US$49.95 list price.

Pixar's Monsters, Inc. opened in US theaters on 2 November 2001 after a premiere at the El Capitan Theatre. Pete Docter directed the story of monsters Sulley and Mike and the human girl Boo who wanders into their world.

The second and concluding half of the Meiji Kenkaku Romantan OVA duology, following 1999's Trust & Betrayal, catches up with Kenshin Himura years after the main TV series as he wanders alone, still trying to atone for his past as an assassin, while his wife Kaoru waits for a return that keeps not coming. Studio DEEN trades the TV series' more forgiving tone for a somber, elegiac coda that closes out the couple's story.

China became the WTO's 143rd member on 11 December 2001, fifteen years after applying. Its export share of world trade roughly quadrupled over the next two decades, and the bargain struck in Doha is still what the tariff argument is about.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson. It is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings. The film is the first instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Nippon Animation's Hunter x Hunter: Yorknew City OVA begins release, adapting Yoshihiro Togashi's manga as Kurapika and Gon's group set out to confront the criminal Phantom Troupe in the auction city of Yorknew.

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, the sixth Detective Conan film, opens in Japanese theaters, sending Conan into a virtual-reality murder mystery game alongside a simulated Sherlock Holmes.

Brooks & Dunn won Entertainer of the Year at the 37th Academy of Country Music Awards on 22 May 2002, hosted by Reba McEntire at the Universal Amphitheatre, where Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" won Single Record and Song of the Year.

Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, based on an original story created by Sanders. It reached US theaters on 21 June 2002.

Haré+Guu Deluxe is an OVA sequel that returns the Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu cast to the jungle, where Haré must adjust to a pregnant mother and a soon-to-arrive sibling.

UPS finished a three-phase, $1 billion expansion of its Louisville air hub in September 2002, doubling it to 4 million square feet and creating Worldport, the world's largest fully automated package-handling facility.

Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon's second feature film, blends a documentary crew's interview with reclusive former film star Chiyoko Fujiwara with dramatized scenes from her decades of movie roles into a single unfolding story.

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible.

The television anime Naruto begins airing, a Studio Pierrot adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's manga about a young ninja seeking recognition and the title of Hokage in his home village.

Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, set in a 1986 Miami-inspired city, went on sale for the PlayStation 2 in North America on 29 October 2002, a week after the planned 22 October date.

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Sanctuary premieres, a Toei Animation OVA adapting Masami Kurumada's manga as Hades' resurrected Gold Saints move against Athena and the surviving Bronze Saints.

Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards. It reached US theaters on 27 November 2002.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film is the second instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

A two-episode recap special that revisits the Hades Sanctuary story from the vantage of the revived Gold Saints, trimming the Bronze Saints' scenes to focus on Shura, Camus and Saga as Athena's strongest defenders confront Hades' resurrected army. Animated by Toei Animation as part of the long-running Saint Seiya OVA cycle, it repackages existing Sanctuary-arc footage into a condensed retelling rather than new story content.

In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form.

Nippon Animation begins releasing Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island, an OVA following Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck as they enter a deadly, rare trading-card game in search of clues to Gon's missing father.

Norah Jones, 23, won five Grammys at the 45th ceremony at Madison Square Garden, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist, and Simon and Garfunkel reunited to open the show.

The DVD-exclusive special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Boxer’s Fist premieres, a Madhouse-animated side story revealing how brash heavyweight Takamura first took up boxing.

Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the Kaleido Stage, a world famous circus, with a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects.

The one-off special Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road finds newly crowned featherweight champion Ippo Makunouchi defending his title against Kazuki Sanada, a former junior featherweight champ turned medical student.