| Events | Year |
| UN and Kofi Annan win the Nobel Peace Prize, George Harrison dies, Wikipedia launches, the 9/11 attacks occur | |
| Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles, Pope Benedict XVI succeeds Pope John Paul II | |
| Napster debuts, Hugo Chavez becomes President of Venezuela, the euro currency is established, Bill Clinton is impeached but cleared of high crimes | |
| Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty, US invades Haiti, Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa | |
| Emperor Hirohito of Japan dies, Ayatollah Khomeini dies, the Berlin Wall comes down | |
| Hosni Mubarak becomes President of Egypt, the Space Shuttle makes its maiden flight, Ronald Reagen becoms US president | |
| East Pakistan gains independence as Bangladesh, decimal coinage is introduced in Britain, Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda | |
| Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India, England wins the soccer World Cup defeating West Germany 4-2, Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released | |
| Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo flight across the Atlantic, Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, Ferdinand I of Romania dies | |
| Crete proclaims union with Greece, Hawaii is annexed by the United States, Dracula is published, Oscar Wilde is released from prison | |
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