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First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
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The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
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Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.
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I was born on this day in minnesota to a kind and loving family
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I was 1 year old and learned how to read
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It was the time I learned how to walk
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Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
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Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th — and first black — Governor General.
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The first boy kid in the family was born on this day
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NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched.
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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
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Usain Bolt sets a new 100 metres dash world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer olympics.
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Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States
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A little cute baby sister was born to my family
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I left America and went to Dubai For a year
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I came to Saudi for the first time
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It was the first time I came to AIS-R and I was in 2nd grade.
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I felt like I was a big kid. I stated upper elementary.
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I finally got to show some people my artwork. For the talent show I did drawing and I got to show my drawing to the whole entire elementary.