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World Trade Center Bombing
Febuary 26, 1993 a truck containing a bomb was detonated at the base of the North Tower with the intent on toppeling it into the South Tower and ultimately bring down both. Though it was not succesfull and the towers did not collapse 6 people were killed and thousands injured. In march of 94' 4 men were convicted for the bombings, and 3 years later another 2. -
Rwanda Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small, East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6 through mid-July, at least 800,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate. Other estimates of the death toll have ranged between 500,000 and 1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. Constant unrest led to major violent outbreaks. -
Tokyo Sarin Gas Attacks
In what is considered the worst attack on Japan since Hiro Shima, 5 coordinated attacks to release sarin gas into the Tokyo subway lines. Members of the Aum Shinrikyo, a religious cult, launched a large scale domestic terrorist attack on Japanese subway trains killing 13 people, severily injuring 50 and causing vision problems for thousands. 10 men were considered responsible. later in 2007 over 1000 people are recieving benefits from injuries sustained on that day. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma City Bombing was a large attack on a federal building, it was considered the largest act of terrorism on American soil until September 11, 2011. The blast claimed the lives of 168 people including 19 children under the age of 6. And it injured more than 680 others. A surrounding 324 buildings in a 16 block radius were either destroyed or damaged and burned 86 cars. The damage quota was estimated around $652 million. Timothy McVeigh and Terry NIchols were quickly caught -
Columbine High School Shootings
On the morning of April 20, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold plotted a plan to shoot up columbine high school and plant various homemade pipe bombs in different areas of the building. The shootings killed 12 students 1 teacher and injured 21 other people. It was considered the biggest tradegy at a public high school ever. National response was a much higher security standards at high schools and a zero tolerance act towards school violence. -
World Trade Center Attack
On the morning of September 11, 2001 the world seized to turn as an extremist terrorist organization was responsible for hijacking 2 airplanes and forcing them to crash into the buildings. The International reaction was complete awe. thousands of people were either killed or injured in the attacks, some forced to jump out of very high stories to escape the blazing fires. This days events are considered the coldest in American history. The world will never forget such a horrifying as 9/11. -
Anthrax Terrorist Attacks
Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Two postal workers are killed as well as a few others and some left injured. The powder was contained in a letter adressed to be from a 4th grade student. -
Columbia Space Shuttle Explodes
the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry. Columbia had completed a successful 16 day science mission. Columbia was doomed from a few moments after launch when a large peice of foam that insulated the fuel tank broke off and hit the leading edge of the shuttles wing. Killed on the shuttle were Rick D Husband the mission commander, Laurel B Cool the shuttle pilot, and mission specialists, David M Brown, Michael P Anderson, Laurel B Clark, Kalpana Chawal and Ilan Ramon. -
Southeast Asia Tsunami
The southeast Asian tsunami occurs following a 9.3 Richter scale earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Two hundred and ninety thousand people die from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, creating one ot the greatest humanitarian tragedies in history. A worldwide relief effort, led by the United States and many other nations, is mobilized to assist. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, inundating the city of New Orleans with water from Lake Pontchetrain when the levees that maintain the below sea level city break. Over one thousand three hundred people perish from Alabama to Louisiana in one of the worst natural disasters to strike the United States. -
Barack Obama Takes Office
Barack Obama takes the oath of office for President of the United States, becoming the first African-American president in the history of the nation. The Democratic Senator from Illinois comes into the office on a message of Change. The election of a black president marks a huge mile stone in the civil rights movements that continue today. -
MIchael Jackson's Death
American singer Michael Jackson died after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The death of the international super star stirred international unrest and grief. The world reknown pop star had a major impact on the music industry and how it developed all over the world. His death marks the loss of one of the worlds greatest entertainers to ever live. -
The Very First Big 4 Event
The Big 4 wasa DVD/Blu-ray featuring live concert performances by Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax, collectively known as "The Big 4" of thrash metal. The event took place on 22 June 2010 at the Sonisphere Festival at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria. Before its DVD release, it was shown at 450 movie theaters in the United States and over 350 movie theaters across Europe, Canada, and Latin America on June 22, 2010. In 2011 the Big 4 are set play a few more select shows. -
Japanese Earthquake And Tsunami
officially named the Great East Japan Earthquake in history. All started with 9.0-magnitude undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan about 45mi east off shore. The earthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves of up 124ft. In some areas it traveled as far as 6mi. inland. The Japanese have figured there are 13,456 dead, 4,902 injured, and 14,851 people missing. MIllions of home without electricity or water. -
Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Japan has raised its assessment of the accident at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from 5 to 7, the worst rating on an international scale, putting the disaster on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, in an acknowledgement that the human and environmental consequences of the nuclear crisis could be dire and long-lasting. While the amount of radioactive materials released so far from Fukushima Daiichi so far has equaled about 10 percent of that released at Chernoby.
