world events timeline

By rubenjohnson

  • taliban

    U.S. takes Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners to Guantanamo Bay

  • punishment

    (Jan. 10).Illinois governor George Ryan commutes 167 death row sentences, calling capital punishment flawed

  • bush

    (Jan. 13). Bush proposes ambitious space program that includes flights to the Moon, Mars, and beyond

  • tusami

    -Worldwide aid pours in to help the 11 Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004,tsunami

  • all year long

    Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2006 for details(all year long).

  • iraq all year long

    Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2007 for details (all year long)

  • killers

    Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Baghdad (Jan. 1)

  • terrorist

    Terrorist attack on Detroit-bound plane failed.

  • barack president

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

  • tnusami

    Japan is devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami

  • diamand

    The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

  • north korea

    North Korea conducts its third nuclear test

  • eurozone

    Latvia joins the eurozone

  • Eurozone

    Lithuania joins the Eurozone

  • panama canal

    Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project