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The barrier between West and East Berlin collapsed, causing a series of political events such as the reunification of Germany.
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Tim Berners Lee created the first website.
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Soviet Union seperated into 15 different countries
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Netscape was the first internet browser the public could openly use.
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All the dates on the computers had to change to 2000 and everyone freaked out.
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Terrorist attack on the U.S. Planes drove into the twin towers and the pentagon.
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China joined the WTO
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Efforts to prevent war.
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Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook"
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Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created YouTube, all employees of PayPal
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Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass created Twitter. It was launched by July
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A man set himself on fire and the Arab Spring was born.
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Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer.