Rachel's Timeline!

  • Peanuts

    Peanuts
    Peanuts, one of the last original comic strip appears in the newspaper one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
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    Rachel's Timeline

    Events in U.S. history.
  • Disney

    Disney
    Disney California Adventure Park opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort.
  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped
    Kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is murdered.
  • Train

    Train
    An arsonist destroys a train, killing over 190 people.
  • Football

    Football
    The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVlll.
  • Italy

    Italy
    The Italy-USA foundation is established
  • Coal Miners

    Coal Miners
    12 dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster.
  • Virgina Tech

    Virgina Tech
    Thirty-two people are killed in the Virgina Tech massacre on the premises of Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  • Olympics

    Olympics
    The 2008 Summer Olympics begin
  • Attack

    Attack
    Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan, killing 8 people and others several injured.
  • Olympics

    Olympics
    The 2010 Olympics are held.
  • Wedding

    Wedding
    About two billion people watched the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey.