Fall of the Berlin Wall. Started Aug,13 1961. Before the Wall's erection, 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions and defected from the GDR,

India ends economic Isolationism

Jul 27, 1960

The last time any Indian official went to North Korea to participate in an event was Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

fall of the berlin wall

Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Dec 9, 2013

Before the Wall's erection, 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions and defected from the GDR,

Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer

Oct 31, 1969

Walmart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family, who own over 50 percent of Walmart.

China joins the WTO

Dec 9, 1978

China had one of the world's largest and most advanced economies prior to the nineteenth century.

First SMS text sent

Dec 9, 1982

is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems

Completion of an around the world Fiber Optic Cable

Dec 9, 1988

The completion of the final link across Egypt enables Tata Communications to offer its customers unique access to a wholly-owned express route cable from Europe to India with improved latency, redundancy and scalability.

fall of the berlin wall

Sep 11, 1990

Before the Wall's erection, 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions and defected from the GDR,

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Dec 6, 1991

The dissolution of the state also marked an end to the Cold War.

Netscape goes public

Apr 4, 1994

It was originally founded under the name, Mosaic Communications Corporation

Y2K

Jan 3, 2000

also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K

9/11

Sep 11, 2001

were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Mar 20, 2003

The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military personnel in December 2011.

Facebook created

Feb 9, 2004

is an online social networking service

Youtube created

Feb 9, 2005

is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees.

Twitter created

Mar 9, 2006

is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters.

The Arab Spring

Dec 18, 2010

is a term for the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests.

First website created

Jun 17, 2013

the fifth part of this tutorial series on creating your first website.