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Rome Olypic games
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The Olympic Games were held in Rome and Wilma Rudolf won three gold medals. -
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Floppy disk
Read moreIn 1971, IBM introduced the first "memory disk", as it was called then, or the "floppy disk" as it is known today. -
liposuction
<ahref='http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liposuction.htm' >Read more </a> Dr. Giorgio Fischer, a gynecologist from Rome, Italy, invented the liposuction procedure in 1974 -
Magnetic resonance imaging
Read more Magnetic resonance imaging or scanning (also called an MRI) is a method of looking inside the body without using surgery, harmful dyes or x-rays. it was invented by invented by Raymond V. Damadian -
cell phones
Read more Cellular: A type of wireless communication that is most familiar to mobile phones users. It's called 'cellular' because the system uses many base stations to divide a service area into multiple 'cells'. it was invented on 1979 -
Apple Lisa
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World Wilde
Read moreThe World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created by Tim Berners-Lee. -
Channel Tunnel Opens
read more channel Tunnel Opens, Connecting Britain and France (1994): On May 6, 1994, the Channel Tunnel, also known as the Chunnel, officially opened. The Channel Tunnel is a set of three 31.25-mile long tunnels that connect the island of Great Britain to the mainland of France. -
Yitzhak Rabin assassination
Read more On November 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was shot and killed by Jewish radical Yigal Amir at the end of a peace rally in Tel Aviv. -
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash (1997): On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died after being involved in a car accident. Diana had been riding in the Mercedes-Benz with her boyfriend -
Millennium Dome at Greenwich
Read more In London, the Millennium Dome at Greenwich was opened to the public. The Dome was open during the whole of 2000 and contained a large number of attractions and exhibits. -
NASA's Space shuttle 'Columbia' STS-107 was destroyed
Read more NASA's Space shuttle 'Columbia' STS-107 was destroyed killing all astronauts during its re-entry to Earth. Contact was lost around 9.00am (2.00pm GMT). -
The New Horizons spacecraft
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The New Horizons spacecraft was launched, beginning the first ever mission to Pluto. -
President og Georgia
Jan. 6: President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is reelected, taking 52% of the vote. Read more: Information Please: 2008 http://www.infoplease.com/year/2008.html#ixzz1aZffJu00 -
Winter Olympics
Feb. 12: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Read more: Information Please: 2010 http://www.infoplease.com/year/2010.html#ixzz1aZgMeYYe
