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I was born
I was born at Beth Israel hospital around 3:30 a.m. -
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule after self rule. -
Okalahoma City Bombing
Timothy J.Mcveigh sentenced to death for Oklahoma City bombing. -
OJ Simpson
OJ Simpson found liable in Civil suit. -
Middle East
Set back in the Middle East Peace Negotiations., -
President Bill Clinton
President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. -
Europeans
Europeans agree on single currency on the euro. -
Unabomber
Unabomber sentenced to four life. -
Russia
Russia fights to avert finacial collapse. -
Bill Clinton
US Senate impeachment trial for Clinton, found not guilty. -
Russia
Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down -
JFK
John F. Kennedy Jr, died with wife and sister in law, when plane disappeared near Martha's Vineyard. -
Elian Gonzalez
Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was reunited with his father. -
North and South Korea
Presidents of North and South Korea sign a peace accord. -
U.S Sailors
U.S. Sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist exsplosion. -
Election
U.S. presidential election closest in decades, recount in supreme court, Bush gets victory 5-4. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush was sworn in for 43rd president. -
Sept 11
Hijackers ram jetliners into Twin Towers and into Pentagon, that was the fourth plane crash. -
Afghanistan
Taliban regime in Afghanistan collaspses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting Northern Alliance. -
U.S.
U.S. withdraws from international Court Treaty. -
East Timor
East Timor becomes a new nation. -
Iraq
Bush adresses United Nations, calling for a "regime change" in Iraq. -
Bali
Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds. -
North Korea
North Korea withdraws from treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons -
War
U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq -
Bush
Bush signs ten-year, $350-billion tax cut package, the third-largest tax cut in U.S. history -
John A. Muhammed
John A. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 Washington, DC, area shootings, receives death sentence -
Sept.11 Commission
Sept. 11 commission harshly criticizes government’s handling of terrorist attacks -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush is reelected president, defeats John Kerry -
U.S. Troops
U.S. troops launch attack on Falluja, stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency -
Asia
Enormous tsunami devastates Asia; 200,000 killed -
London
London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II -
CAFTA
President Bush signs the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which will remove trade barriers between the U.S. and Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua -
U.S. Soldiers
Number of deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 2,000 -
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa's first woman elected head of state -
White House
House releases a report on the response to Hurricane Katrina, assigning blame on all levels of government -
North Korea
North Korea test fires missiles over the Sea of Japan and
explodes a nuclear device in the North Korean mountains -
Lebanon
Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, fires rockets into Israel. In response, Israel launches a major military attack, sending thousands of troops into Lebanon. -
Democrats
Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections
