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I was born!
I don't know anything about the day I was born because I was adopted from Russia. -
Suharto under house arrest
Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power. -
Boat Cole
U.S sailors on Navy Destsroyer in Yemen on boat Cole are killed. -
Mad cow disease
Mad cow disease in Europe. -
Presidental election despute
Desputed United States presidental election decided by supreme court 5 to 4 in favor of George Bush. -
Congo President
Congo president Laurent Kabila assassinated by bodyguard. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd president. -
Twin Towers
Terrosists attack world trade centers. -
Taliban
Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops. -
Operation Anaconda
U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. -
International Court treaty
U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty. -
East Timor
East Timor becomes a new nation. -
Pennsylvania miners
Pennsylvania miners rescued after spending 77 hours in a dark, flooded mine shaft. -
Space shuttle explodes
Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts. -
War in Iraq
U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq. -
Mahmoud Abbas
First Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, sworn in. -
Washington, DC area shooting
John A. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 Washington, DC, area shootings, receives death sentence. -
Space ideas
Bush proposes idea to go to space, moon, Mars, and more. -
Pakistan's nuclear program
A. Q. Khan (founder of Pakistan's nuclear program) admits to selling nuclear weapons designs. -
Attacks in Spain
More than 200 killed in terrosist attacks in Spain -
President of United States
George W. Bush re-elected president over John Kerry. -
Presidental election in Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas win first presidental election for Palestians since 1996. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush sworn in for his second term. -
Syria and Lebanon
The Syrian millitary leave Lebanon after 29 years. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina hits gulf coast. -
Hurricane Katrina
House releases a report in the response to Hurricane Katrina blaming the government. -
India's missile
Indi's test missile kills over 200 people and injures hundreds in Mumbai. -
Libya and Israel
Hezbollah (Lebanese militant group) send rockets into Isael, Israel sends troops back. Ends August 15. -
Houses in Congress
Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress in midterm elections. -
European Union
Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union making it 27 members. -
Troops
Bush sends 20,000 more troops to Baghdad. -
Bush vetos bill
Bush vetos 124 billion dollar bill to withdraw troops from Iraq -
Great Britian
Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as the prime minister of Great Britian. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro steps down after 49 years in power. -
Election in Russia
Dmitri A. Medvedev wins election against Vladimir Putin in Russia. -
California's supreme court
They voted 4 to 3 that the same sex couples can marry. -
John McCain
On this day John McCain accepted his republican presidential nomation. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama sworn in as first black president in United States. -
Iceland's prime minister
Johanna Sigurdardottir takes office as Iceland's first female prime minister. -
Unemployment rate
Unemployment in the U.S., which has been steadily growing for several months, reaches 8.1% in February 2009. This is the highest rate since 1983. -
Riot in China
Rioting in Urumqi, China between two ethnic groups, Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese kills at least 156 people.
