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Fall of the Berlin Wall
In November of 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down. The tearing down of the Berlin Wall was the first step in German unification.
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India ends economic Isolationism
India had the distinction of being the world's largest economy in the beginning of the Christian era, as it accounted for about 32.9% share of world GDP and about 17% [1] The goods produced in India had long been exported to far off destinations across the world.[2] Therefore, the concept of globalization is hardly new to India. -
First website created
It was August 6, 1991, at a CERN facility in the Swiss Alps, when 36-year-old physicist Tim Berners-Lee published the first-ever website. It was, not surprisingly, a pretty basic one -
First SMS text sent
The idea of adding text messaging to the services of mobile users was not widespread in many communities of mobile communication services at the beginning of the 1980s. The first action plan of the CEPT Group GSM, approved in December 1982, requested "The services and facilities offered in the public switched telephone networks and public data networks... should be available in the mobile system". This plan included the exchange of text messages -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Following the Soviet coup of 1991, the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed the Belavezha Accords which declared the Soviet Union dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place. The following day, the Supreme Soviet, the highest governmental body of the Soviet Union, recognized the bankruptcy and collapse of the Soviet Union and dissolved itself. This is generally recognized as the official, final dissolution of the Soviet Union as a functioning state. -
Netscape goes public
On August 9th, 1995 Internet browser maker Netscape opened its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the stock market with an expected opening price of $12. By the time the first trade was made the price had rocketed up to $71. This fuelled a fury of IT and Internet based IPOs over the next five years, pushing stock markets to all time highs. -
Y2K
When all ofthe computers where supposed to shut down causing mass chaos -
China joins the WTO
This causes China's economy to boom -
9/11
Planes crash into the twin towers knocking them down -
Facebook created
Mark Zuckerberg wrote Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook, on October 28, 2003, while attending Harvard as a sophomore. According to The Harvard Crimson, the site was comparable to Hot or Not, and "used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person" -
Youtube created
The History of YouTube began in February 2005 when three former PayPal employees activated the Internet domain name "YouTube.com" and started to create a video-sharing website on which users could upload, share, and view videos. -
Twitter created
screw Twitter its a load of ADHD posts with no intelligence or forethought #hashfags -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
At 5:34 a.m. Baghdad time on 20 March 2003 (9:34 p.m., 19 March EST) the surprise[67] military invasion of Iraq began.[135] There was no declaration of war.[68] The 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. army General Tommy Franks, began under the codename "Operation Iraqi Liberation",[136] later renamed "Operation Iraqi Freedom", the UK codename Operation Telic, and the Australian codename Operation Falconer. -
Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer
Retail Revolution
Sam Walton's strategy was built on an unshakeable foundation: The Lowest Prices Anytime, Anywhere. -
The Arab Spring
a revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, and wars occurring in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010. -
Completion of an around the world Fiber Optic Cable
28,000-kilometer-long submarine communications cable containing optical fiber that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, and many places in between. The cable is operated by India's Flag Telecom, a fully owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications. The system runs from the eastern coast of North America to Japan.[1] Its Europe-Asia segment is the fourth longest[2] cable in the world
