Olivia K's Timeline

Mad Cow alarms Britain

Mar 20, 1996

Britain alarmd by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease.

Suspected Unabomber arrested

Apr 3, 1996

F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber.

Clinton signs veto

Apr 9, 1996

Clinton signs line-item veto bill.

Taliban leaers seize Kabul

Sep 27, 1996

Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capitol of Kabul.

Nazi's gold loot

Feb 3, 1997

U.S., U.K., and France agree to freeze Nazi's gold loot.

O.J. Simpson found liable

Feb 5, 1997

O.J. Simpson found liable in civil suit.

I was born

Mar 5, 1997

I was born in St. Elizabeth's hospital at 10:06 p.m.

Hong Kong

Jun 30, 1997

Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule.

Two accused in bombing

Nov 12, 1997

Two convicted in New York Trade Center bombing.

Clinton accused in sex scandal

Jan 21, 1998

Clinton was accused in White House sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky.

Europeans agree to have on currency

May 3, 1998

Europeans agree on single currency, the euro.

Unabomber's sentence

May 4, 1998

Unabomber sentenced to 4 life terms.

Augusto Pinochet arrested

Oct 16, 1998

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London.

Impeachment trial

Jan 7, 1999

U.S. senate opens impeachment trial of President Clinton.

Y2K bug

Jun 6, 1999

The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug.

Mandela steps down as president

Jun 16, 1999

Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa steps down and Thabo Mbeki takes over.

Death of JFK

Jul 16, 1999

JFK and his wife die in a plane.

Cuaban boy reunites with father

Apr 22, 2000

Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, age 6, reunites with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home.

Sailors on Navy Destroyer died

Oct 12, 2000

U.S. sailors on Navy Destroyer Col die in Yemen terrorist explosion.

Mad cow deisease in Europe

Nov 30, 2000

The Mad Cow disease alarms Europe.

Bush wins recount

Dec 12, 2000

President Bush wins Florida recount and wins presidential election against Al Gore.

Bush is sworn into office

Jan 20, 2001

George W. Bush is sworn into office as 43rd president of the United States.

9/11

Sep 11, 2001

Terrorist attack on the U.S. with planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.

Palestinian authority = "terror-supporting entitiy"?

Dec 3, 2001

Israel condems the Palestinian authority as a "terror-supporting entity."

Taliban regime collapses

Dec 9, 2001

Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops

India's violence

Feb 27, 2002

India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in decade killed more tha 1,000 people.

U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda

Mar 2, 2002

U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Quaeda and Taliban.

U.S. withdraws

May 6, 2002

U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty.

Bush signs legislation

Nov 25, 2002

Bush signs legislation creatig cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security.

Space shuttle explodes

Feb 1, 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts.

Bush signs tax cut package

May 28, 2003

Bush signs 10-year, $50-billion tax cut package which is the 3rd largest tax cut in U.S. history.

Synagogues attacked

Nov 15, 2003

Suicide bombers attack 2 synogogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 people

Qaddafi gives up weapons program

Dec 19, 2003

Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi announces he will give up weaons program.

Hatians force President out of office

Feb 29, 2004

Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resig an flee the country.

Gay marriages become legal

May 17, 2004

Gay marriages begin in Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions.

Explosives missing in Iraq

Oct 25, 2004

About 380 tons of explosives reported missing in Iraq.

Bush re-elected

Nov 2, 2004

George W. Bush is re-elected president, defeating John Kerry.

Asian countries suffer in a tsunami

Jan 3, 2005

Aid pours into help th 11 Asian cuntries after devestaion of the tsunami.

Bush sworn into office again

Jan 20, 2005

George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his 2nd term as president.

Pope passes

Apr 2, 2005

Pope John Paul II dies

Hurrican Katrina

Aug 25, 2005

Hurrican Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,000 people.

Health scare in Israel

Jan 5, 2006

Israeli prime minister suffers a massiv stroke.

North Korea test fires missiles

Jul 4, 2006

North Korea test fires missiles over the Sea of Japan snd explodes a nuclear device in the Northern Korean mountains.

Bush uses veto power for the first time

Jul 19, 2006

President Bush used his veto power for the first time, striking down legislation that would have expanded the number of stem cell lines available for embryonic research using federal financing.

Democrats gain control

Nov 7, 2006

Democrats gained control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections.

Obama sworn into office

Jan 20, 2009

The first black president of the U.S., Barack Obama was sworn into office as 44th president of the United States.

H1N1 strikes ending in disaster

Apr 29, 2009

The H1N1, also known as swine flu, killed at least 150 people in Mexico.

Michael Jackson dies

Jun 25, 2009

Famous dancer and singer Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50.

Obama works with other countries on global warming

Dec 18, 2009

Obama announces that the U.S., China, India, Brazil, and South Africa have reached an agreement to combat global warming.