-
Period: to
1820's Population
9,638,453
events: Cato Street conspiracy uncovered -
Period: to
1930's Population
122,775,046
events: Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories) -
Period: to
1950's Population
2,556,000,053
events: May 6 Agnes Smedley, writer, dies -
Period: to
1970's population
3,706,618,163
Event: Mar 26 The Police (Northern Ireland) Act becomes law; the act provides for the disarmament of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the establishment of an RUC reserve force -
Period: to
1990's population
248,709,873
Event: 307 dead and 700 injured after overloaded passenger train collides with empty freight train in Pakistan -
Period: to
2000's population
281,421,906
Event: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead. -
Period: to
2010's population
6.9 billion
Event: Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million litres of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster. -
Period: to
2005's population
6,514,094,605
Event: Jan 26 Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post. -
Period: to
2009's population
6.8 billion
Event: Terrorist attack on Detroit-bound plane failed -
Period: to
2016's Population
7,432,663,275
Event: – Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker was recaptured.