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Twin Towers (September, 2001)
When the attack on the Twin Towers occurred, I hadn’t been born. -
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize (October, 2002)
Former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize by the time I was born. -
Facebook invention (February, 2004)
When I was 1, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook. -
Death of Pope John Paul II (April, 2005)
When I was 2 years old, Pope John Paul II died. -
Japan earthquake and tsunami (March, 2011)
When I was 9 years old, a disastrous event known as the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred. -
The arrival of touch screens (January, 2012)
The year I turned 10 years old, touch screens arrived. -
Death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (April, 2014)
When I was 11 years old, Gabriel García Márquez died in Mexico. -
End of President Barack Obama's term (January, 2017)
Barack Obama ended his term as President by the time I graduated from ninth grade. -
Start of President Donald Trump's term (January, 2017)
Donald Trump became president of the United States by the time I turned 15 years old. -
Coronavirus disease 2019 (December, 2019)
By the time I graduated from school, a new deadly virus known as "covid-19" emerged.