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This is a year honoring the elderly people.
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The 41st Grammy Awards take place.
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The New York Yankees won the world series againest the Atlanta Braves.
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The Republican party nominated George W. Bush to run for president.
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The 27th Olympic Games open at Sydney, Austrailia.
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Hilary Clinton is the first former first lady elected to the Senate.
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Dennis Tito was the first space tourist getting paid $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
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A total solar eclipse in occured on this date in Madagascar near the Atlantic Ocean.
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19 terroists planned to hi jack jets, which they suceeded. Then proceeded to crash into the Pentagon and the twin towers. After all the damage was done, nearly 3,000 people died and there was a huge reck in New York City.
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XIX Winter Olympics opened in Salt Lake City.
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The Detroit Red WIngs beat the Carolina Hurricanes for the Stanley Cup Finals.
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200 tourists were killed by Islamist terroist bombs in Bali.
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Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members were killed.
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Earthwuake kills at least 2,266 in northern Algeria.
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Earthquake kills more then 30,00 in Bam, Iran.
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Facebook was founded at Combridge, Massachusetts. This was a remarkable day in history, as facebook is well liked nowadays.
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The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all enclosed work places, restaurannts, pubs, and bars.
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Former president George H. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving.
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George W. Bush is inauguarated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as the 43rd president. Many people are happy about this outcome and some people not so happy.
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Hurricane Katrina Hits.
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Rosa Parks died. She was a remarkable character in history and her story will never be forgotten. She stood up for what she believed for and now look at what our worlds like, shes a grerat inspiration.
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Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, making it 1st major eruption since 1986.
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The PIttsburg Steelers win the Super Bowl XL, beating the Seattle Sea Hawks 21-10.
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The 1 billionth song was purchased from the Apple ITunes Store.
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The Mega Millions set the new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of the U.S. as $370 Million. Nowadays we often reach numbesr higher than this, and we do exceed the limit, as money isnt worth as much as it used to be.
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Bob Barker airs his last episode of the Price is Right.
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The 8th annual Latin Grammy Awards were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, U.S.
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The well known actor , Heath Ledger, died. He played in mulyiple movies including "The Dark Night," a batman movie. He won't be forgotten, as he was a great actor and he will be missed.
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The Ipod 3G came out on this date, designed by the famous Apple inventor, Steve Jobs. This is the first Ipod touch that ever came out and it had no camera.
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Barack Obama was elected President of the United States after a long battle between a few strong, political men and women.
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Beyonce released her "Halo" hit single on this date.
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Tickets for Taylor Swifts "Fearless" concert in L.A. sell out in 2 minutes.
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The special olympics take place in Idaho, USA. They go from the 7th to the 13th.
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Justin BIeber releases his hit single "Baby." Fans go crazy all accross the U.S. He's the new pop sensation.
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The Apple Industry announcs the new iPad. This is a new feature to the Apple collection. It is identical to the Apple iPod touch except it is larger and has more features and runs faster. It also has a camera on the front and back.
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Transformers 3 films in Chicago.
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The Verizon company has officially announced the iPhone as one of its products.
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Osana Bin Laden, one of the worlds biggest threats was captured and killed by our own U.S. Army. This was a wonderful day and us americans finally got back at him for the disasterous occurings on September 11, 2001.
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After long weeks of arguing and debaiting, Casey Anthony was convicted not guilty and was released from jail. After all the mayhem, Casey got off free. Many people disagreed with this compermise and Caylee will never be forgotten.
