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Celebrating
The world celebrates the turn of the millenium -
Olympics
Sydney holds the world olympics -
George Bush
George Bush was sworn in as the 43 President of the United States -
Wikipedia
The French wikipedia was created on may 11th 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger -
9/11
Four planes were highjacked by terrorists, two of thos planes crashed into the World Trade Center. One plane crashed into the pentagon just outside Washinton D.C. The last plane crashed in Pennsylvania -
Soldiers Deaths
Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. -
Tony's
The 56th Annual toys awards -
Heat
Record heatwaves kill tens of thousands in Europe. 35,000 people died -
Space
China launches its first manned space mission -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg created facebook and became the CEO of a multimillion dollar orginazation -
Hurricane Catarina
The first recorded hurricane in the South Atlantic, Huricane Catarina kiled appx. 113 people -
Youtube
YouTube is launched. Chad Hurley,Steve Chen,Jawed Karim are the founders of Youtube -
Suicide Bombers
4 Suicide bombers in London kill 56 people, injure 700 others -
Twitter
Twitter was invented by Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone -
Nuclear tests
North Korea conducts its first nuclear test -
murderer
Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast. -
Salt Lake City
A gunman opens fire in a mall in Salt Lake City, killing 5 people in the Trolley Square shooting. -
Tornado
A tornado outbreak passes through eastern North America, producing at least 75 tornadoes across the mideastern United States and record-breaking temperatures in eastern Canada. Four fatalities are reported -
Raid
The military accidentally kills nine civilians in a raid in Iraq. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA -
Too many people
Africa's population reaches one billion so more people starve . By 2050 itt is estimated that that will double to 2 billion people