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Economics / War

  • Benazir Bhutto
    2007 BCE

    Benazir Bhutto

    Benazir Bhutto, who was the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, is assassinated
  • Suicide bombings in Iraq
    2007 BCE

    Suicide bombings in Iraq

    Multiple suicide bombings kill 796 people in Kahtaniya, northern Iraq
  • 2007 BCE

    Global economic downturn

  • Saddam Hussein
    2006 BCE

    Saddam Hussein

    Saddam Hussein, the fifth President of Iraq, is executed
  • London
    2005 BCE

    London

    Suicide bombers in London kills 56 people and injure 700 others on July 7
  • Madrid
    2004 BCE

    Madrid

    Train bombings in Madrid kill nearly 200 people on September 3
  • Columbia disaster
    2003 BCE

    Columbia disaster

    Space Shuttle Columbia disaster killed 7 astronauts
  • Invasion
    2003 BCE

    Invasion

    The invasion of Iraq (the start of the Iraq War)
  • Euro
    2002 BCE

    Euro

    The Euro enters circulation
  • Terrorist Attack in Indonesia
    2002 BCE

    Terrorist Attack in Indonesia

    It was considered the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people (164 were tourists)
  • World Trade Center Attack
    2001 BCE

    World Trade Center Attack

    The terrorist attack leaves 3,000 dead in America on September 11.
  • Concorde
    2000 BCE

    Concorde

    Concorde crashes in France, killing 113 people
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 2009 BCE

    Economics / War