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Fall of the Berlin Wall.
the Border separating Western from Eastern Germany was effectively opened. -
First website created
Berners-Lee published the world's first website 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 SMS text sent
a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group in the UK[2] (now Airwide Solutions),[3] used a personal computer to send the text message "Merry Christmas" via the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis.[4][5] -
Netscape goes public
Netscape Communications stages a successful initial public offering, making it one of the first companies to capitalize on the growing World Wide Web. -
Completion of an around the world Fiber Optic Cable
is a 28,000-kilometer-long submarine communications cable containing optical fiber that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, and many places in between. -
Y2K
was a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits. -
9/11
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 the WTO
After 15 years of diplomatic struggle, China finally has become a fully-fledged member of the international trading system. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases.[40] -
Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer.
The company is the world's third largest public corporation, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012, the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world. -
Facebook created
Facebook now allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.[9] -
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.[4] -
Twitter created.
Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets -
India ends economic Isolationism
The Indian government exulted over a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end the decades-old ban on trading with the country, and open up a reactor market worth billions of dollars. -
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 that began on 18 December 2010.
