Historical Events in My Lifetime

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Turkey

Aug 17, 1999

News Events of 1999The earthquake killed more than 15,600 and left 600,000 homeless.

Wikipedia is launched

Jan 15, 2001

Wikipedia went on to become the largest and by far the most popular general reference work on the Internet.

U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq

Mar 19, 2003

News and Events of 2003 War begins between The US and Britain against Iraq.

Summer Olympics

Aug 13, 2004

News and Events of 2004The summer olympics are begin in Athens, Greece.

Hurricane Katrina

Aug 25, 2005

U.S. Events Catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless.

Twitter.com is launched

Jul 15, 2006

Twitter is released fully to the public.

Beijing hosts the Olympic Games

Aug 8, 2008

The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing and featured a spectacular opening ceremony.

Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA

Jan 20, 2009

Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the U.S. in January 2009, becoming the first African American to hold office.

Japan is devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami

Mar 11, 2011

This resulted in killing nearly 16,000 and leaving another 2,600 missing.

Oprah Winfrey airs her last show

May 25, 2011

This ended her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.