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African Event
In Kenya, the Turkish National Intelligence Agency, with assistance from U.S. diplomacy and the CIA, capture the Kurdish rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan. -
Euope Event
Across Europe and in Australia, Kurds protesting the capture of Abullah Ocalan seize consulates, take hostages, set fires, fight police and threaten suicide, to no avail. Ocalan will remain in Turkish custody. -
US event
In the U.S., for the first time the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78. -
US event
The U.S. turns over complete administration of the Panama Canal to Panama, as stipulated in the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaty. -
Africa Event
Morocco ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. -
Europe Event
Ten thousand people died in heat wave in France -
Asia Event
Yang Liwei becomes first man in space as part of the Chinese space program -
Europe Event
The European Union released the Euro as a new form of currency -
Europe Event
French protestors rioted in the streets. Pope John Paul II died. Bomb attack on three of London's underground trains killed 56, injured over 700 -
Asia Event
Olympics held in Beijing, China -
Asia Event
Arab Spring brings major protests, uprisings and revolutions to several Middle Eastern countries -
Asia Event
Thousand evacuated after Mount Merapi volcano erupts in Indonesia -
Europe Event
Greeks rioted in the streets over government and economic troubles -
Asia Event
Syrian uprising; thousands of citizens protest for the overthrow of the government; widespread marches, hunger strikes, rioting, and vandalism