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2008- Beijing Olympics
2001- 9/11
1997- mother theresa dies
1997- tony Blair elected prime minister for Britain
2000- start of the 21st century
2008- Credit Crunch
1996-After taking-off from Miami, a fire started by improperly-handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
2000-Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that many in the news media had predicted.
2003- The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts onboard.
1996-todd buys was born
George Bush became the worst president ever. Oil prices rose dramatically. 2 Stock Market crashes. Economy sucked. Hurricane Katrina. Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Darfur. Tiger Woods scandal. Govenor Spitzer scandal. 9/11. The Patriot Act. Y2K Bug.
Some important events:
- In 1998 the book "Explaining Hitler" by Ron Rosenbaum was published.
- September 17, 1999 the movie "American Beauty" was released.
- November 13, 2002 the firefighters strike in the United Kingdom.
- In 2004 Ronald Reagan had 6 day state funeral after his death in June.
- February 14, 2005 YouTube was founded.
- James Brown died December 25, 2006 from pneumonia.
- April 24, 2007 Kelly Clarkson released the song "Never Again."
In 2007, the United States elected the first African American President, Barack Obama. He was reelected in 2011 for four more years.
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