16 Stuff

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The barrier between West and East Berlin collapsed, causing a series of political events such as the reunification of Germany.
  • First website

    First website

    Tim Berners Lee created the first website.
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Soviet Union seperated into 15 different countries
  • Netscape goes Public

    Netscape goes Public

    Netscape was the first internet browser the public could openly use.
  • Y2K

    Y2K

    All the dates on the computers had to change to 2000 and everyone freaked out.
  • 9/11

    9/11

    Terrorist attack on the U.S. Planes drove into the twin towers and the pentagon.
  • China and WTO

    China and WTO

    China joined the WTO
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom

    Operation Iraqi Freedom

    Efforts to prevent war.
  • Facebook created

    Facebook created

    Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook"
  • Youtube created

    Youtube created

    Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created YouTube, all employees of PayPal
  • Twitter created

    Twitter created

    Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass created Twitter. It was launched by July
  • The Arab Spring

    The Arab Spring

    A man set himself on fire and the Arab Spring was born.
  • Wal-Mart

    Wal-Mart

    Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer.