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United Kingdom and France agree to freeze Nazis gold loot
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I was born!!!
Born at Beth Israel in Boston, MA. -
Heaven's Gate cult members commit mass suicide in California
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Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule
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2 convicted in New York City bombing
New York City bombing(1991) -
President scandal
U.S. president is accused in White House scandal with Monica Lewinsky -
Europeans agree on single currency, Euro's
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India atomic tests
India conducts 3 atomic tests -
Terry Nichols convicted
Terry Nichols is sentenced to death -
FBI agent charged
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is charged with spying for Russia for 15 years -
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed -
9/11
Hijackers ram jet liners into NYC's Twin Towers Trade Center and Pentagon. About 1,000 dead. 4th hijacked plane crashed about 80 miles outside of Pittsburg. Leader was Osama Bin Laden. -
Taliban regime in Afghanistan
collapses after 2 months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting agianst Northern Alliance ground troops -
India Hindu- Muslim violence
In Gujarat, Muslim fire-bombed a train. 1,000 dead in bloodshed. -
Pennsylvania miners
Miners rescued after spending 77 hours in a floded mine shaft -
East Timor
East Timor becomes a new nation -
Cardinal Bernard Law
Boston archbishop resigns as a result of Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal -
"Colombia"
U.S. space shuttle "Colombia" explodes, killing all 7 astronauts -
Iraq war
U.S. and Britian launch war against Iraq -
Arnold Schwarzengger
Governer of California is elected after recall vote, ousted Gray Davis. -
Saddam Hussein
Captured by American Troops -
Pope John Paul II dies
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London; Islamic terrorists
London is hit by Islamic terrorists bombings, killing 52 and wounding 700. This was the worst attack since World War II -
Hurricane Katrina
This hurricane strikes the Gulf Coast; 1,000 dead and millions left homeless -
U.S. soldiers
Number of U.S. soldiers deaths in Iraq reaches 2,000 -
Danish newspaper
Publishes taboo against pictures of Muhammad -
Response to Katrina
House releases report on response to Katrina, assigning blame on all levels of the government -
Saddam Hussein hanged
Convicted and hanged in Baghdad -
Democrats gain control
Democrats gain control in both Houses of Congress -
Stolen paintings
3 men wearing ski masks steal 4 pieces of artwork from Zurich Museum, worth $168 million. 2 pieces found in unlocked car. -
Edward Kennedy
Democrat from MA. gets a brain tumor; in office since 1963 -
Truck bomb outside Marriot
A truck bomb explodes outside a Marriot hotel in Islamabad, killing over 50 people. -
Barack Obama
First black U.S. president -
Swine Flu
kiled about 150 in Mexico -
Michael Jackson dies
At age 50. -
No texting while driving
Obama bans texting while driving -
Haiti earthquake
Magnitude 7.0 -
Miners trapped under Chile
33 miners trapped 1/2 mile undergourd for 17 days -
Greece and Ireland is battres by financial crisis
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France flight disappears
Air France flight disappears somewhere of the north coast of Brazil. 228on board, en route to Paris -
Gulf oil spill
Leaked for 86 days
