Here's a fact or two about every year! Mostly American info as most here are from America.
1994 â" 800,000 killed in Rwanda Genocide; NAFTA signed⦠the rich get richer, the poor get poorer 1995 - Yugoslav Civil War comes to a close. 1996 â" Taliban take over Kabul. 1997 â" Princess Diana dies in car crash 1998 â" Clinton denies sexual relations with Lewinsky; El Nino messes up weather all over the world. Thousands die. 1999 â" US launches air strikes on Serbia in Kosovo; Columbine High School shooting 2000 â" People who predicted the end of the world on Y2K look like idiots; George W. Bush elected President 2001 â" September 11th attacks; War in Afghanistan starts 2002 â" No Child Left Behind Act signed. Education ruined in America; 202 killed in Bali bombings 2003 â" Invasion of Iraq 2004 â" Tsunami kills 280,000 in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Burma, and other countries. 2005 â" Hurricane Katrina; Lebanese Revolution kicks Syrian troops out 2006 â" North Korea detonates its first nuclear bomb; Slobodan Milosevic dies weeks before sentencing 2007 â" Democrats regain congress in the US; Anti-Government protests in Myanmar (Burma) lead to government crackdown 2008 â" Fidel Castro gives power to brother Raul; Earthquake in China kills 80,000; Obama elected;
