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Fall of the Berlin Wall
The physical wall separating the democratic west from the communist east officially started demolition November 9, 1989. -
India Ends Economic Isolation
In 1991, India adopted liberal and free-market oriented principles and liberalized its economy to international trade under the guidance of Manmohan Singh -
Walmart Becomes World's Largest Retailer
The biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. -
First Website Created
Berners-Lee published the world's first website, WWW, from a lab in the Swiss Alps. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
This declaration acknowledged the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union that subsequently created the Commonwealth of Independent States. -
First Text Message Sent
Engineer Neil Papworth was 22 when he sent the first SMS from his computer to a friend's Orbitel 901 mobile phone. The message read "Merry Christmas". -
Netscape Goes Public
a 16-month-old Silicon Valley startup called Netscape tried to go public, but demand for the shares was so high that for almost two hours that morning, trading couldn't open. The stock, which had been priced at $28 a share, zoomed as high as $75 that day and closed at $58. -
Completion of an around the world fiber optic cable
The FLAG Cable System was launched in September 1997. FLAG offers a speed of 10 Gbit/s and uses synchronous digital hierarchy technology. It carries over 120,000 voice channels via 27,000 km of mostly undersea cable. -
Y2K
The Year 2000 problem was a problem for both digital and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area on September 11, 2001. -
China Joins WTO
China is a member of the WTO and is the world's largest trading power, with a total international trade value of US$3.87 trillion in 2012. -
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Iraq War was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Ba'athist Iraq starting on 20 March 2003 by an invasion force led by the United States. -
Facebook Created
Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. -
Youtube Created
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. -
Twitter Created
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012. -
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The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring is the media term for a revolutionary wave of nonviolent and violent demonstrations, violent and nonviolent protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world.
