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The Tagish lake meteorite imapacts the earth.
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Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo for organizing and playing music and videos
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Mount Nyiragongo erupts displacing about 400,000 people.
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An earthquake happened. This disaster killed 2,000 people.
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A N.A.S.A ars rover (The Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
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The “Deep Impact” space mission launches on a Delta 2 rocket.
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The hottest new years day ever recorded, sparking brush fires and spreading power outages.
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Steve jobs the CEO of Apple productions introduces the worlds first iPhone.
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The gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange becomes one thousand dollars an ounce for the first time ever in history.
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The euro currency is adopted in Slovakia. Slovakia becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country
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A earthquake happens in Haiti killing over two hundred thirty thousand people. Destroying the majority of the capital Haiti
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A 6.3 earthquake occurs in New Zealand. The disaster killer 181 people.