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Oklahoma City bombing
Summary of Reportable Injuries in OklahomaNeo Nazi linked Timothy McVeigh parked a truck with home made explosives next to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It would latter detonate. The bombing claimed 168 lives and injured more than 680 people.The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. It would be the largest terrorist attack until September 11. -
Operation Desert Strike
Operation Desert Strike On 31 August 1996 Iraq launched a major offensive against their Kurdish minority in the city of Irbil. This was a clear violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 688. In response to this America launched Operation Desert Strike. This was essentialy the targeting of missile defence sytems in the cities of Kut, Iskandariyah, Nasiriyah, and Tallil. -
The National Defence Commission of North Korea declared itself the highest authority
National Defense CommissionKim Il Sung held executive positions from when North Korea was established in 1948, to his death in 1994. Under the cruch of Communist China and USSR they prospered. Kim Il Sung created strong facist scentiments with Communistic justification. Then when his son inhereted his position, extreme millitarization was added to this dangarous mix by this decleration -
Bush v. Gore
After a very close 2000 presidential election, The vote came down to the Florida electoral votes. Those votes came down to specific counties. So they wanted a recount. This rulling ended the recount and gave Bush 271 electoral votes, one more than required to win -
September 11 attacks
Four commerecial airline flights were hijacked. Two hit the Empire State buildings. One hit the Pentagon. One more landed in a feild in Virginia on its way to DC. This would force AMerica's hand into launching two wars. Both were not declared and was not taken as a vote in Congress. -
Facebook launches
The social media site would be launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his team. It would lead to a revolution in internet usage and the solidification of social media. -
Human Genome Project publishes the last chromosome sequence
The Human Genome Project was an attempt by the USA to Map the human genome. They were sucessful and printed their last sequence in the magazine "Nature" -
Barak Obama is elected to his first term
Affter graduating from Hardvard Law school and serving as an Illinois Congressman he ran for President. He beat out Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Then going on to the general election to beat John McCain 365 electoral votes to 173. -
Arab Spring begins
Following the imperialism of the 19th century the Muslim world is divided into nation-states. These then preceed into a cycle of totalitarian governments. One of these nations is Tunisia. A street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi commits self immulation in front of a government building in protest. This sparks a protest against the supresive government. This pro-democracy sentiment will grow and encompas the most of the Arab world. -
CERN discovers HIggs-Boson
Folloing multipule theories and centuries of scientific work the theory is placed that there must be a particular particle that (essentialy) creates mass. This "God Particle" is found at CERN in Switzerland.
