Tiimeline 1990-2013 By lomedico Jun 11, 1990 us supreme court upsets law banning flag buring Nov 30, 2000 mad cow deasese alarms eurpoe Feb 9, 2001 us submarine greenville sinks japanese fishing boat killing 9 Feb 22, 2002 tamil tigers and srianken govt sign a ceses fire agreement ending 19 years of civial war Aug 19, 2003 suicide bombings destroys UN headquarters in bagdad killing 24 including top envory sergio vieira de mello Mar 31, 2004 380 tons of explosives reported mssing in iraq Jun 12, 2005 millions of iraq voters ratify a new consituion Jun 11, 2006 hezbollah a lebanese miltarnt group fires rockets into isral in response isreal lanches a major military attack sending tousands of troops Mar 5, 2007 the minimum wage increases to 5,85 up from 5,15 its the first increase in 10 years wadge will incerase 70 cents each year Dec 21, 2008 californias supreme court rules 4 to 3 that same sex couuples have a constitutional right to marry Feb 19, 2009 general motors files for bankruptcy and announces it will close 14 plants in the us Dec 11, 2010 the unemployment rate drops to 9.7% in january 2010 down from 10% in december Sep 8, 2011 115 mile per hour winds hurricane irene moves up to the eastern seaboard 44 people killed in 13 states Oct 25, 2012 former penn state football coach is sentenced to 30-60 years in prison for molesting boys Oct 13, 2013 NASA is predicting that the coming solar maximum could produce very energetic solar flare