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The US, the UK, and France agree to freeze the Nazi Gold Loot.
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I was born in Boston at Brigham & Womens Hospital.
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Hong Kong returnes to chinease rule.
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Two were convicted in first New York Trade Center Bombing.
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President Clinton is accused in a White House Sex Scandal. Under oath, Clinton denies allegation of having an affair with the white house intern, Monika Louinski.
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Europe agrees on using single currency.
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The Unabomber was sentenced to four life terms in jail.
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US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed. US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan
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Elian Gonzalez was finaly re-united with his father.
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U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion
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Mad Cow Disease hits europe through infested meat.
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United States Supreem court rules in favor of Bush over Gore. George W. Bush becomes president.
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The government of Sudan and the southern Rebels agreed after 20 years of fighting, to end the civil war.
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Former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri—a nationalist who had called for Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon—is assassinated. Weeks of protests ensue.
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Sandra Day O'Connor, a supreem court justice, announces her retierment.
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Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath
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Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, suffers a large stroke, and is replaced by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmar.
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The House releases a response to Hurricane Katrina assigning all blame on all levels of the government.
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North Korea test fires missiles. The missles miss fired and struck a nuclear plant in the mountains in North Korea. The explosion killed 200 people.
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John Bolton steps down as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it becomes clear that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to win confirmation
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The democratic party takes over both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Its the first time this has happened since 1994.
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The Senate confirms Mike McConnel as the new director of National Intelligence.
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The United States begins a 30,000 troop serge to iraq.
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Iranian troops detained 15 Briton sailors on the 26th of March, claiming they were in iranian waters. They were later released on the 4th of April.
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Three men wearing ski masks, stole 4 paintings from the Zurish Museum. The robbers took a Monet, a Van Gogh, a Cezanne, and a Degas. Only two were retreived.
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Cuban president, Fidel Castro, steps down permanently from office after falling very ill.
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Senator Edward Kennedy from Massachussets is diagnosed with malignant giloma, a brain tumor
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Barack Obama, a african american man, was ellected to be the first black president of the United States.
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Hamas anounces cease-fire in response to Israel's promice of peace.
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Johanna Sigurdardottir became the first women prime minister of Iceland.
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After losing and engine, a US comercial airplane crashes into the Charles River, saving everyone on board.
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President Barack Obama, the first black president in the Untied States, is sworn in.
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An oil rig in the Gulf Coast blew up and started spewing barrels and barrels of oil into the ocean.
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OJ Simpson was found liable in the Civil Suit.
