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747 Airliner Crash
Article from NY Daily NewsLarge U.S. plane crashes in the Atlantic off the coast of Long Island, N.Y. and all passengers aboard perish (230). -
President Clinton Impeached
NY Times News ArticleThe House impeaches President Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice. -
Columbine High School Shooting
Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 other students and a teacher, then themselves. It was the largest school shooting up to that point in U.S. history. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Planes are hijacked and crshed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center. Later that day, another is crashed into the Pentagon and nother into a field in Pennsylvania. -
Failure of U.S. Space Shuttle
Columbia DisasterU.S. Space Shuttle Colombia explodes, killing all 7 passengers on board. -
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina causes catostrophic damage to the gulf coast, killing over 1,000 and leaving millions homeless. -
Obama Elected
Obama wins the presidential election over republican senator John McCain. -
H1N1; first appearance
As many as 150 dead in Mexico, said to be epicenter of swine flu -
Earthquake Devastates Haiti
7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti and cuases horrendous damage, worst earthquake recorded in 200 years. -
Sandy Hook Shooting
26 are shot and killed by Adam Lanza at an elementary school in Newtown, CT, 20 of those being between the ages of 5 and 7.
