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Fall of the Berlin Wall
The barrier between West and East Berlin collapsed, causing a series of political events such as the reunification of Germany. -
First website
Tim Berners Lee created the first website. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union seperated into 15 different countries -
Netscape goes Public
Netscape was the first internet browser the public could openly use. -
Y2K
All the dates on the computers had to change to 2000 and everyone freaked out. -
9/11
Terrorist attack on the U.S. Planes drove into the twin towers and the pentagon. -
China and WTO
China joined the WTO -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Efforts to prevent war. -
Facebook created
Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook" -
Youtube created
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created YouTube, all employees of PayPal -
Twitter created
Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass created Twitter. It was launched by July -
The Arab Spring
A man set himself on fire and the Arab Spring was born. -
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer.