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21st century events (part 1)

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2001
Following 9/11 terrorist attack, the US invades this country
Afghanistan
2001
This superpower joins the World Trade Organization
China
2001
11 members of the royal family of this country are killed
Nepal
2002
This currency enters circulation
Euro
2002
This small country gains independence
East Timor
2002
This European country finally decides to join the United Nations
Switzerland
2003
This Space Shuttle disintegrates, killing all sevens astronauts on board
Columbia
2003
Last flight of this supersonic plane
Concorde
2004
Train bombings in this European city kills 193 people
Madrid
2004
This type of disaster occurs in the Indian Ocean and kills around 230,000 people
Tsunami
2005
This Pope dies
John Paul II
2005
This hurricane kills 1,836 people in the US
Katrina
2006
This dictator is executed
Saddam Hussein
2007
The treaty of ... is signed
Lisbon
2008
Cyclone Nargis kills 133,000 people in this Asian country
Myanmar
2008
This country declares independence
Kosovo
2008
Russia invades this country
Georgia
2008
An earthquake in this Chinese province kills 87,000+ people
Sichuan
2009
228 people die in a plane crash from ... to Paris
Rio de Janeiro
2009
flight US Airways 1549 miraculously lands in this river
Hudson River
2009
This singer dies
Michael Jackson
2009
Australia is devastated by the Black Saturday ...
Bushfires
2010
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this country kills around 230,000 people
Haiti
2010
The president of this country is killed in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia
Poland
2010
First structure to reach 800 meters
Burj Khalifa
2010
Located in this country, volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts
Iceland
2010
This offshore drilling rig explodes
Deepwater Horizon
2011
A 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami and a nuclear accident in this city
Fukushima
2011
This country gains independence
South Sudan
2011
Terrorist attacks in this European country kills 77 people
Norway
2011
This African dictator is captured and killed
Muammar Gaddafi
2012
This leader is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Xi Jinping
2013
A ... strikes the Chekyabinsk oblast in Russia, injuring around 1,500 people
Meteor
2013
This country joins the EU
Croatia
2013
The Rana Plaza collapse occurs in this Asian country, killing 1,134 people
Bangladesh
2013
This African leader dies
Nelson Mandela
2013
The epidemic of this virus begins in Africa
Ebola
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