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Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
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The World Wide Web is publicly debuted as an Internet service.
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Called the show about nothing, Jerry Seinfeld and his cast of zany friends continued to rule the sitcom universe throughout the 90's.
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The Playstation is released and becomes the most popular gaming system purchased.
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The highest grossing film of 1994 featured a sprawling narrative that told the tale of a simple man's incredible journey through life and American history.
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Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease
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A romance set against the tragedy of one of the world's worst maritime disasters, Titanic would become the highest-grossing film of all time, taking in almost 2 billion dollars.
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Europeans agree on single currency, the euro
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•U.S. President Clinton Impeached
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Dubbed the most sucessful movie ever
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David Cone pitches a perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Montreal Expos – no walks, no hits – becoming only the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to do so.
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A devastating terrorist attack leaves 3,000 dead in America. The Twin Towers are crashed into.
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Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds
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Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) confirms to NASA that the area of their landing was once covered in water.
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Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Twitter is oficially launched
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The fifty star flag of the United States of America becomes the longest flying flag in history after flying over forty-seven years.
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The H1N1 virus, named the Swine Flu, is deemed a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. This is the first such designation since the Hong Kong flu in 1967-1968.
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The death of the King Of Pop leaves many devastated.
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Most profitable movie ever made.
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U.S. troops launch attack on Falluja, stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency
