Globalization Timeline

Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer

Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 31, 2005

Wal-Mart grows to become super-power

India ends economic Isolationism

Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 2000

India involes itself in the world economy

Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Nov 9, 1989

The falling of the wall opened the East and West worlds.

First website created.

Aug 6, 1991

Tim Berners-Lee published the first website ever.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Dec 26, 1991

Soviet Union broke into multiple independent states.

First SMS text sent

Dec 13, 1992

Sent over Vodafone GSM network in the UK

Netscape goes public

Apr 4, 1994

First company to capitalize on the World Wide Web.

Completion of an around the world Fiber Optic Cable

Dec 31, 1996

Fiber Optic Cable network connecting the world

Y2K

Period: Dec 31, 1999 to Jan 1, 2000

Computer bug where computers would be unable to recongize the new Millieum

9/11

Sep 11, 2001

Terrorist attack on the World Trade Centor

China joins WTO

Dec 11, 2001

China finally becomes part of the global economy

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 18, 2011

The invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein

Facebook created

Feb 4, 2004

Social netoworking site with over 1 billion active members

Creation of Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

website allowing users to uplaod, view, and share videos. Bought by google after only one year.

Twitter created.

Mar 21, 2006

a microblogging website that enables users to send text-based messages called tweets

The Arab Spring

Period: Dec 18, 2010 to Dec 18, 2012

Civil uprisings of Arabic nations