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The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
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The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II.
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The worldwide web is officially released for public use in 1993
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The ISS is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It's first component launched into orbit in 1998.
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Y2K bug, also called Year 2000 bug or Millennium Bug, a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000.
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The Twin Towers in New York City were attacked on September 11th, 2001. The total loss of lives was 3000.
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The Iraqi conflict is a long-running armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. However, the conflict continued as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
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The iPhone was the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777.68 points in intra-day trading. It plummeted because Congress rejected the bank bailout bill.
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China and India are becoming much more important in the economy than 25 years ago.
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Republican Donald Trump elected as 45th president of the United States. The Dow soared 257 points.
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Florida and Texas both his, 200 Billion dollars worth of damage. Stock market went up the day after Irma, energy and insurance stocks rebounded.
