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Operation Desert Storm, 1991
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Official End of the Cold War, 1992
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Cult Compound in Waco, Texas Raided, 1993
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O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder, 1994
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Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995
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Mad Cow Disease Hits Britain, 1996
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Scientists clone sheep, 1997
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Tiger Woods wins the Masters, 1997
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Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash, 1997
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Titanic Most Successful Movie Ever, 1998
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U.S. President Clinton Impeached, 1998
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JFK Jr. Dies in Plane Accident, 1999
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Killing Spree at Columbine High School, 1999
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NATO Attacks Serbia, 1999
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Human genome mapping starts, 2000
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9/11 attacks, 2001
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The United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror, 2002
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A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed, 2003
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The War in Iraq begins, 2003
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The groundbreaking ceremony for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center complex destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks, occurs in New York City, 2004
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The southeast Asian tsunami occurs following a 9.3 Richter scale earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Two hundred and ninety thousand people die from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, creating one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies in history, 2004
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Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, 2005
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The first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, California, is sworn into office, 2007
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Michael Phelps, the United States swimmer from Baltimore, wins his 8th Gold Medal of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, surpassing the record of seven, 2008
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John McCain chooses Sarah Palin, 1st term Governor of Alaska, as his running mate, making the contest between Barack Obama and himself, the first time a presidential election included both an African-American candidate and a woman amongst the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees for president among the Democratic and Republican tickets, 2008
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Barack Obama, Democratic Senator from Illinois, the election for the 44th President of the USA over John McCain, making him the first African-American president in the history of the United States of America, 2008
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Swine Flu, is deemed a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, 2009