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Three astronauts land in the International Space Station
Three astronauts, one American and two Russians, land on the International Space Station as the very first residents as NASA hopes for permanent residency. -
9/11 Terrorist Attack
On 9/11/2001 the Twin Towers in NYC, the White House and the Pentagon were all attacked by a group of terrorists. Two planes hit the towers, one crashed near the White House and one crashed into a part of the Pentagon. -
NATO expands by seven countries
nato has let in seven new countries, they are Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. All are now in the NATO alliance. -
Israel Expands Borders
Isreal declares that it will expand its west border to hold 600
more houses. The Pakastan goverment says that the expansion is a land grab, but Israel say it is to protect from suicide bombings. -
Earthquake and tsunami hits Asia
On December 26th, a tsunami and earthqauke hits Indonisia and Asia in the Indian Ocean with a toll of 210,000 deaths. This was the worst national disaster ever. -
North Korea admits to having nukes
North Korea admits to having nuclear weapons at a United Nations meeting. President bBush gave a speech saying that North Korea is a threat. -
Saddam Hussain is killed
Hussain, the president of Iran, is put to death for his haineous war crimes. The United Nations say that it is justice for all the people that he killed and tried to invade Iraq and Kuwait, killing about 200,000 innocent people. -
Urainium found in Syria
The United Nations found uranium in Syria at a suspected nuclear facilty. Syria denies this and says it was from when Isreal invaded
them. There was not enough evidence to prove there was a nuclear reactor. -
President Obama is elected
Barack Obama beats John McCain in the presidential campaign in 2008. Just after winning, Obama meets with the presidents of Saudi Arabia and South America. Obama is the first African American President of the United States. -
Philippines Mayon Volcanic Eruption
Mayons 500,000 residents were evacuated to shelters after the massive volcano acted up. The volcano has erupted 48 times in recorded history. It made for a very sad Christmas for the Mayon residents. -
BP oil spill
A bp oil rig explosion has resulted in the law siut filled by lousiana atorney genral saying that bp carelessness has resulted in the downfall of the ecompaney and the evviroment -
Osama bin Laden dies
Navy Seal team six raids Osama bin Laden compound and kills him in a matter of minutes and take his body back to the army base in Iran. They also take vital information about the taliban back to the US. -
Batman Movie Premier Shooting
In Aurora, Colorado, a man wearing a gas mask and body armor walked into the exit door of the movie theatre where the premier of The Dark Knight Rises was showing. He threw a tear gas can and started firing shots. He killed 12 people.
