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Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook
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North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
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Pope John Paul II dies
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the findings from the human genome project are published in the science journal "Nature"
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia
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Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket into space.
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Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves
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Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.[
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The world's first artificial organ transplant is achieved, using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells
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The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth.