Generation Y Timeline

By HarryWood93

  • World Trade Center Bombings

    Van bomb explodes killing 6 and injuring more than 1000

  • Brazil wins 1994 World Cup

    Brazil defeats Italy 3-2 to win 1994 World Cup

  • Oklahoma City Bombing

  • The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan.

  • The Labour Party of the United Kingdom return to power for the first time in 18 years, with Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister

  • The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens, while the historic Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport closes.

  • Euro is established

  • The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan

  • Nearly 3,000 are killed in the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City

  • First Ipod Unveiled

  • The 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg

  • The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa.

  • The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVIII

  • Pope John Paul II Death

  • First sign of Bird Flu within the UK

  • British toddler Madeleine McCann disappears from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal

  • Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals at Bejing Olympics

  • First Black President

  • Micheal Jackson/ Glastonbury Festival

  • Use of phone in car banned

  • Osama Bin Laden Found and Killed

  • Royal Wedding