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2002 Bali Bombings
This terrorist attack killed 202 people and 209 people were injured. Members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombs. -
2003 US invades Iraq
It was the first stage of the Iraq war. The US invaded Iraq to stop Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq. -
2004 Death of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, The 40th president of the United States died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease -
2005 Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 hurricane that killed over 1,200 people and cost $125 billion in damages -
2006 Nintendo launches Wii
A home video game console was released by Nintendo. More than 101 million units were sold, broke a record for sales in a single month in the United States -
2007 iPhone
The first generation iPhone was created by Apple. -
2008 Barrack Obama elected President
Elected as the 44th president of the United States. First African-American elected -
2009 Bitcoin Launched
A cryptocurrency that can be sent from user to user -
2010 Haiti Earthquake
7.0 magnitude Earthquake killed 230,000 people -
2011 Day of 7 Billion
The world population reached 7 Billion -
2012 Benghazi Attack
Members of Islamic militant group called Ansar Al-Sharia planned an attack on government facilities killing US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens -
2013 Boston Bombings
During the annual Boston Marathon, two homemade bombs went off killing 3 people and injuring several hundred other -
2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines passenger flight 370 disappeared over the South China Sea -
2015 Paris Attacks
3 suicide bombers were outside a football match, followed by several mass shootings. Attackers killed 130 people -
2016 Donald Trump Elected President
Republican Donald Trump elected as the 4th president of the United States -
2017 'Oumuamua
'Oumuamua was the first known interstellar object detected passing through the solar system -
2018 Stan Lee dies
Created Marvel Comics that dominated the comic industry -
2019 Notre-Dame de Paris fire
Structure fire broke out on the famous cathedral in Paris -
2020
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