Historytimeline

Historical/Cultural/Social Timeline

By 11jgiff
  • Birth

    *Audrey Hepburn dies
    *New Kids On The Block split up
    *A 13-year-old Los Angeles boy accuses Michael Jackson of fondling him. Jackson vehemently denies the charge. The two parties reach an out-of-court settlement.
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    Historical Timeline of my life

  • Year One

    *Nelson Mandela is elected president in South Africa
    *Kurt Cobain killed himself
    *Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies
  • Year Two

    *OJ Simpson's trial opens
    *OJ Simpson found not guilty of murder
    *Jerry Garcia dies
  • Year Three

    *FBI arrests suspected Unabomber
    *Ella Fitzgerald dies
    *Gene Kelly dies :(
  • Year Four

    *Dolly the cloned sheep is born!
    *The Titanic is released
    *Ellen DeGeneres comes out
    *Princess Diana dies
  • Year Five

    *Ginger Spice leaves the Spice Girls
    *Frank Sinatra dies
    *Clinton sex scandal
  • Year Six

    *The Blair Witch Project comes out
    *The number of worldwide internet users reaches 150 million
    *John F. Kennedy JR dies
    *Columbine shooting
  • Year Seven

    *Abortion pill wins U.S. approval
    *Mad cow disease alarms Europe
    *Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic, dies
  • Year Eight

    *George W. Bush becomes president
    *Terrorist attacks: 9/11
    *Harry Potter is released in the US
    *Shrek comes out
    *George Harrison dies
  • Year Nine

    *Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets comes out
    *My Big Fat Greek Wedding comes out
    *Norah Jones: Come Away With Me comes out
  • Year Ten

    *Norah Jones dominated the Grammy Awards
    *Finding Nemo, Freaky Friday, and Pirates of the Caribbean come out
    *On and On by Jack Johnson comes out
    *Johnny Cash dies
  • Year Eleven

    *The Incredibles comes out
    *Feels Like Home by Norah Jones comes out
    *Ray Charles dies
  • Year Twelve

    *Madagascar and Walk the Line come out
    *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire comes out
    *Rosa Parks dies
    *Grey's Anatomy aired on tv
  • Year Thirteen

    *Record of the year went to Green Day
    *North Korea test fires missiles over the sea of Japan
    *Saddam Huessein dies
  • Year Fourteen

    *The African National Congress chooses Jacob Zuma as its leader, ousting South African president Thabo Mbeki
    *Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as the prime minister of Great Britain
    *The U.S. begins its "surge" of some 30,000 troops to Iraq to stem increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias
  • Year Fifteen

    *Eat, Pray, Love is published
    *Twilight series is published
    *Heath Ledger dies
  • Year Sixteen

    *Avatar, Transformers, Harry Potter, New Moon, UP, The Hangover, The Blind Side, and Sherlock Holmes are released
    *Fearless by Taylor Swift is released
    *Michael Jackson dies
  • Year Seventeen

    *The King's Speech wins best picture
    *Toy Story 3, Iron Man 2, Alice in Wonderland, Eclipse, Inception, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Despicable Me, and How to Train Your Dragon are released
    *Speak Now by Taylor Swift is released
    *J.D. Salinger dies
  • Year Eighteen

    *Earthquake and Tsunami in Tokyo
    *President Obama releases his birth certificate
    *The Royal Wedding
    *Osama Bin Laden is killed
  • Year Nineteen

    *Whitney Huston dies
    *Davy Jones dies
    *Invisible Children: Kony 2012 video goes viral