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Pablo Escobar Gaviri
The drug lord of Colombia surrendered in June of 1991. He was allowed to build his own jail, complete with unsupervised visits. When they tried to crack down on this policy, Escobar fled into jungles, and was terroized the country. He was killed in 1993. -
Katie Childers
Katherine Marie Childers is born :) -
L.A. Riots
Los Angeles riots claim 58 dead in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating. -
The Rwandan Genocide
An estimated 800,000 people in Rwanda over the couse of 100 days. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols explode a bomb outside a Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing one hundred and sixty-eight people in a terrorism attack. -
South Africa
A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients and thus having been exposed to the virus. He was hospitalized, the nurse who took care of him became infected and died. -
DVD
Invented in '93 the doors opened up a whole new world for technology. -
Princess Diana
Princess Diana of England passed away when she was in a car crash in Paris, France on August 31, 1997. Many people are still investigating the crash. A huge memorial has been set up at the tunnel where her accident occured. -
Columbine massacre
2 seniors from Columbine High School embarked on a massacre, killing 12 fellow students and 1 teacher. They also injured 21 other students. After the massacre, the 2 teens commited suicide. -
Twin Towers
September 11, 2001, two of the airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City demolishing the Trade Centers. -
Hurricane Katrina
At least 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. -
Obama
November 4th, 2008 Barack Obama is the 1st black president voted into office. -
Haiti
A 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, destroring the capital, Port Au Prince. With a death rate of 230,000. Leaving this earthquake as one of the deadliest ever recorded. -
Polio Outbreak
A polio outbreak occurred in The Congo Republic. Leaving at least 409 paralyzed and killing 170. -
Libya
Libya protests are between those seeking to depose Muammar Gaddafi and are calling for democratic elections, and those who are pro Gaddafi. -
Japan
Japan is devastated by a 8.9 earthquake followed by a monsterous tsunami. The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated New Zealand. -
Egypt
Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
