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Fall of Berlin Wall
They broke a wall, freeing the west side of Germany. Or was it East? I don't remember. -
Walmart becomes World's Largest Retailer
At some point by the end of the 80's, Walmart made it huge. Like, Walmart big. -
First Website Created
http://line-mode.cern.ch/www/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
Here you can view the first website in a line-mode simulator
Cern was created by Tim Berners-Lee, who also made the World Wide Web -
Советский Растворение
Soviet Dissolution The Soviet Union split into 15 different countries. -
First SMS Text Message
Sent by Neil Papworth. It said "Merry Christmas" -
India Ends their Economic Isolation
That;s the date they entered the WTO, to be exact This is when India joined the rest of the world in trading. -
Netscape goes Public
We get internet. We also get the dark side of the internet. All the disturbing, all the illegal, and all the pornographic. So much has been a result. -
First Round-the-Globe Fiber Optics Cable
Came into use during late 1997. Couldn't find the exact date. It allowed for cross continental communications without sattelite use. -
Y2K
People think world will end by computers. They were wrong. -
9/11
Al-Quaeda happened. Most tragic catastrophe in US history. -
China Joins WTO
China joins the World Economy. They now get tons of outsourcing and offshoring -
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush did things to try and end the Iraqi wars -
Facebook
Social Media will never be the same. -
YouTube was Created
May 22, 2005, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen uploaded the very first YouTube cat video, changing the world forever. -
Twitter Created
I don't know much about Twitter, but there musn't be alot, because they only get 140 characters. -
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The Arab Springs
A series of Arab protests and Intifadas. Ended in early to mid 2012
