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1999
The Y2k Bug was a computer flaw, that may have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond December 31, 1999 -
2000
Sydney host the Olympic Games -
2001
January 1, 2001 Washington beats Purdue for the Rose Bowl -
2002
The Annular Solar Eclipse -
2003
In 2003 the app Skype was invented -
2004
Bill Clinton 957- page memoir "My Life" was published -
2005
George Bush was sworn in for second term -
2006
In 2006 British Girl band All Saints announce they will regroup for a tour and album later in the year -
2007
In 2007 the Kenyan crisis occurred when president Mwai Kibaki was elected -
2008
In 2008 a New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect. -
2009
Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country. -
2010
The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, officially opens in Dubai -
2011
2011 was the year i turned 11 -
2012
A suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus, Syria, killing 26 people and wounding 63 -
2013
60 people are killed and 200 are injured after a stampede following New Year celebrations -
2015
Barack Obama takes out Osama Bin Laden -
2014
Michael van Gerwen defeats Peter Wright to win the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship -
2016
Dubai skyscraper "The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st.