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Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge (which costed about $3.8 billion in USD) opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. -
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The Years of Kayla's Life
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I Was Born
I was born on Good Friday. My zodiac is Aries and I was born in the year of the Tiger -
Hot Air Balloon
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. -
Last Peanuts Comic Strip
The final original "Peanuts" comic strip was published. Soon after, Charles M. Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts, dies. -
Hainan Island Incident
A Chinese fighter jet bumped into a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft, which was forced to make an emergency landing. The EP-3E landed in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew was detained for ten days, and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, went missing. He is pressumed dead. -
The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth takes place is Westminster Abbey, London. She was laid to rest next toher husband, King George VI and her daughter Princess Margaret, who died in February that year. -
The End of the Regime of Saddam Hussein
U.S. forces seized control of Baghdad, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein. -
Sasebo Slashing
A twelve year old Japanese school girl named Satomi Mitarai, who attended Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Japan, is murdered. Her killer was an eleven year old class mate, identified as "Girl A" -
Operation Red Wing
Sixteen American Special Operations Forces soldiers and three Navy SEALS are killed during a failed counter-insurgent mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan called Operation Red Wing. -
No. 5, 1948
Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948, after being sold for one hundred and forty million dollars, became the most expensive painting. It was sold to David Martinez, and the seller was David Geffen. -
Oil Spill
Over two hundred tons of crude oil was spilled off the coast of Norway after the Greek ship, "Server" broke in half. -
Wenchuan Earthquake
An earthquake (the Wenchuan/Sichuan quake) that measured 7.9 on the Moment Magnitude scale hit south-west China, killing about sixty nine thousand people. The epicenter was fifty six miles away from the capital of the Sichuan province. -
Michael Jackson's Death
Michael Jackson, "The King of Pop", dies of acute propofol intoxication shortly after cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. His death caused a historical ammount of internet traffic and greatly increased sales of his music. -
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
An oil platform (The Deepwater Horizon) exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion caused the deaths of eleven workers, and the resulting oil spill became one of the largest ever recorded. The oil itself spread in the waters of the Gulf and onto the U.S. coastline, damaging wildlife and causing debate over the practice of offshore drilling. -
Tucson, Arizona Shooting
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot at point blank in the back of the head during an open meeting in a Casas Adobes Safeway parking lot. Eighteen other people were shot, and the shooter was Jared Lee Loughter. Giffords survived under critical condition.
