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George W. Bush was elected President on Jan 20, 2001. Proceeded being President through 2001-2009.
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Caroline by Neil Gaiman was published in Jan 24, 2002. Became popular.
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The soundtrack to the film O Brother Where Art Thou recording wins five Grammy awards, including album of the year award and best country vocal. Newcomer Alicia Keys also nets five awards.
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Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, the penultimate flight before its ill-fated STS-107 mission.
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A team of Japanese engeneers created an Earth Simulator on March 11, 2002. It could keep track of everything in the world at once. Watch "steaming rain forests in Bolivia, factories in Mexico belching smoke, the jet stream, the Gulf Stream, the works."
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Spiderman was released in May 3, 2002. Became a popular movie.
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U.S. and Russia reach landmark arms agreement to cut both countries' nuclear arsenals by up to two-thirds over the next 10 years.
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother dies aged 101 at Royal Lodge, Windsor.
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A supersonic ramjet was invented on July 31, 2002. A scramjet is a jet engine that is powered by oxygen, it scoops out of the air as it flies, so it's not weighed down by a fuel tank.
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Snipers prey upon DC suburbs, killing ten people and wounding others. Police arrests two sniper suspects, John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo.
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I was born on November 3rd, 2002 in Lancaster, PA.
