| Event | 20(0)0s or 20(1)0s |
|---|
| First International Space Station inhabitants | |
| China Railway High-speed introduced | |
| Twitter launched | |
| London hosted the Olympic Games for 3rd time | |
| The maiden flight of SpaceX Falcon Heavy | |
| The first episode of 'Lost' aired | |
| Eminem released single 'Lose Yourself' | |
| Papal inauguration of Pope Francis | |
| Dan Brown published 'The Da Vinci Code’ | |
| The Chicago Cubs won the World Series | |
| Halle Berry won Best Actress Oscar | |
| Discovery of the Higgs boson particle | |
| Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals on a single Olympics | |
| Deepwater Horizon oil spill | |
| Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster | |
| Vladimir Putin first time elected as the President | |
| Silvio Berlusconi become Prime Minister of Italy | |
| Ronald Reagan died | |
| Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State | |
| Euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation | |
| Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba | |
| Google released web browser Chrome | |
| First International Space Station inhabitants | |
| China Railway High-speed introduced | |
| Twitter launched | |
| The first episode of 'Lost' aired | |
| Eminem released single 'Lose Yourself' | |
| Dan Brown published 'The Da Vinci Code’ | |
| Halle Berry won Best Actress Oscar | |
| Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals on a single Olympics | |
| Deepwater Horizon oil spill | |
| Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster | |
| Syrian Civil War started | |
| Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared | |
| Papal inauguration of Pope Francis | |
| Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan | |
| Zika virus epidemic | |
| Margaret Thatcher died | |
| Discovery of the Higgs boson particle | |
| The maiden flight of SpaceX Falcon Heavy | |
| Full version of Minecraft officially released | |
| 'Gangnam Style' reached 1B views on YouTube | |
| Sony PlayStation 4 introduced | |
| The Chicago Cubs won the World Series | |
| London hosted the Olympic Games for 3rd time | |
