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Al Qaeda Summit
2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including 2 9/11 American Airlines hijackers) is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Playstation 2 Released
Released in Japan, then monthes later becomes the best selling game console. -
Gamecube
Gamecube is released -
Windows XP
Windows XP is released by Microsoft. -
Attack on World Trade Center
Al-Qaeda attacks the World Trade Center in September -
iPod released
The iPod is released from Apple -
Angolian Civil War
Anti-communist UNITA guerilla leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a clash against government troops led by socialist Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in Moxico Province, Angola. -
Sex Scandal Catholic church
Pope John Paul II holds an extraordinary meeting of American cardinals at the Vatican to discuss the sexual abuse of children, calling it "an appalling sin" and declaring that "there is no place in the priesthood for those who would harm the young". -
Baghdadi Invasion begins
U.S. forces seize control of Saddam International Airport, changing the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport. -
Saddam Hussein
Former President of Iraq is captured in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th divison -
9.3 Earthquake in Southeast Asia
One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia, when the strongest earthquake in 40 years, measuring 9.3 on the Richter scale, hits the entire Indian Ocean region -
YouTube was released
The BEST video streaming site was released. -
Hurricane Katrina
One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia, when the strongest earthquake in 40 years, measuring 9.3 on the Richter scale, hits the entire Indian Ocean region -
Twitter is launched
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Saddam Hussein Hung
After Saddam Hussein is sentenced to hang he is hanged
