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longest US government shutdown ends
After 21 days when Congress passes an interim spending measure that allows federal employees to return to work on this day in history. -
Microsoft
Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company valued at $261 billion dollars -
Tornadoes
Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31 -
Columbine High School massacre
two high-school seniors enacted an all-out assault on Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. -
100th Space Shuttle
The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown. -
9/11
Terrorists took over planes and flew them into the twin towers in New York killing millions of people. -
Michael Jordan comes back from retirement
Michael Jordan comes back from retirement announcing that he would once again return to the NBA as a member of the Wizards -
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win The Masters in two consecutive years -
Mars
The planet Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60,000 years. -
Friends
The season finale of the sitcom Friends airs -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years. -
President Bush
President Bush vetoes legislation, passed by Congress, that eases restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research -
Barack Obama became president
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American president. -
Michael Jackson's death
Michael's sudden death at age 50 of a drug-induced cardiac arrest. -
Packers won the super bowl
31-25 Packers won super bowl XLV to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
