Can you name the Newsmakers of the aughts?

Event	Person	Year
Cuban boy at the center of a custody battle		2000
Won the TV show who wants to marry a millionaire, posed for Playboy, and returned to a normal life		2000
Elected President of Russia		2000
Elected President of Mexico		2000
Elected President of the United States*		2000
Florida Secretary of State at the center of the recount battle		2000
CEO of Enron at the center of corruption scandal		2001
Intern who disappeared and who was involved in an affair with former congressman Gary Condit		2001
Singer/Actress who died in a tragic plane crash in the Bahamas		2001
Little league pitcher at the center of a scandal after throwing a perfect game		2001
Heroic passenger of United Flight 93 who uttered the famous line 'Let's Roll'		2001
Music legend died November 29th		2001
Reporter kidnapped and later killed by terrorists in Pakistan		2002
American Taliban who was captured in 2001 pleads guilty to aiding abetting the terrorists		2002
NFL linebacker enlists in army rangers and will later be killed by friendly fire in Iraq		2002
Beltway sniper who terrorized area for weeks is caught		2002
Becomes the first Secretary of homeland Security and newest cabinet member		2003
PFC captured by Iraqi forces. News of her heroic deeds were a tad embellished		2003
First identified case of this disease is found in an American business man in Viet Nam		2003
This man is elected Prime Minister of Canada		2003
Married Brittany Spears in Vegas		2004
Former Governor of Vermont who ruined a promising political career with an ill advised scream in Iowa		2004
Female army reservist at the center of the Abu Ghraib scandal		2004
Former President dies at age 93		2004
Governor who resigned and came out of the closet all at once		2004
Director of CIA who resigned		2004
Billionaire who completed first non stop non refueled solo flight around the world, he later disappeared on another voyage.		2005
Woman at center of right to die case passes away after a long legal fight		2005

Event	Person	Year
Model and teacher who plead guilty to having sex with a 14 year old		2005
Over 4 million turn out to mourn the passing of this world leader		2005
this man is confirmed to be 'Deep Throat'		2005
This guy was doing a heck of a job in the wake of Katrina according to the president		2005
Sworn in as new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court		2005
Congressman from Florida involved in scandal involving paiges		2006
Sworn in as 22nd prime Minister of Canada		2006
Elected president of Mexico		2006
Former world leader who was executed		2006
First female Speaker of the House		2007
Idaho Senator pleaded guilty to attempting to have sex in an airport bathroom		2007
Elected president of France		2007
Former Senator who released a report on steroids in baseball		2007
First woman elected to lead a muslim state is killed		2007
His 3rd wife died, his 4th wife disappeared, he went on tv and cracked jokes.		2007
Governor of New York who resigned amid a prostitution scandal		2008
His prostitute of choice		2008
Second woman ever to be on a major party presidential ticket		2008
Arrested after running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history		2008
Divorced after being tabloid fodder and reality stars for years		2009
Captain held hostage by Somali Pirates		2009
Pilot who landed a plane in the Hudson		2009
Beauty queen dethroned after her controversial remarks about gay marriage and later involved in a sex scandal		2009
Gave birth to 8 kids after already having 6 and having no job		2009
Released after 18 years of captivity		2009
Crashed White House State dinner		2009
Journalist(s) arrested and held captive in North Korea		2009
Bristol Palin's baby daddy, posed for Playgirl		2009

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Newsmakers of the 00's Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: Etheridge2 -
Contributed: December 16th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: event, aught, newspaper, person

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	Etheridge2:	Dec 16th, 2009 at 18:53 GMT	1 point
	A random mix of newsmakers from the aughts, let me know if I should add or take away any. I am sure there are some glaring omissions. Also let me know of any typos. Thanks and enjoy.

	idledandy:	Jan 17th, 2010 at 05:54 GMT	1 point
	I would change the wording on Jaycee Dugard to "found 18 years after being kidnapped" or the like. The way it's written, I was trying to think of a Mandela-type person.