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2000
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One of these disasters takes place in Kaprun, Austria, causing the deadliest rail disaster in the country's history
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Fire
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This Russian nuclear submarine sinks in the Barents Sea
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Russian submarine Kursk
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The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in this city
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Sydney
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Air France Flight 4590, the only fatal flight involving this passenger jet, crashes shortly after takeoff
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Concorde
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Heavy rainfall from Cyclone Leon–Eline causes the worst flooding in this African country's recorded history
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Mozambique
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This best-selling video game console is released
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PlayStation 2
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Worldwide events, under this name, take place to commemorate the end of 1999 and start of 2000
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Millennium celebrations
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A Russian counterinsurgency takes place in this region against the breakaway state of Ichkeria
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Chechnya
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This major Palestinian uprising against Israel begins
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Second Intifada
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2001
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These buildings are attacked by al-Qaeda
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World Trade Center
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The United States invades this country
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Afghanistan
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This informational website launches
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Wikipedia
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This American energy company is exposed for corporate fraud
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Enron
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A Mw 7.6 earthquake occurs in this Indian state
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Gujarat
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Apple launches the first of this line of electronic devices
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iPod
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Riots breaks out in December due to an economic depression in this country
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Argentina
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An outbreak of this disease in livestock causes an agricultural and tourist crisis in the United Kingdom
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Foot-and-mouth disease
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Insurgents of this ethnicity initiate a conflict in Macedonia
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Albanian
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2002
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Terrorist bombings on this Indonesian island kill 202 people
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Bali
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912 hostages are taken by Chechen terrorists in one of these buildings in Moscow
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Theater
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This country wins the 2002 FIFA World Cup
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Brazil
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In August, these natural disasters kills 232 people and cause €27.7 billion in damages
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Floods
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Violence against these people breaks out in Gujarat following a train burning
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Muslims
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This currency is introduced
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Euro
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Queen Elizabeth, often referred to with this suffix in order to avoid confusion with Elizabeth II, dies at the age of 101
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the Queen Mother
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This oil tanker sinks, causing a major oil spill
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MV Prestige
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This country gains its independence
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Timor-Leste
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2003
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This Space Shuttle orbiter disintegrates upon its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere
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Space Shuttle Columbia
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An outbreak of this disease begins in China
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SARS
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This social media platform launches and quickly becomes popular
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Myspace
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Protests breakout worldwide following a US-led invasion of this country
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Iraq
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The worst one of these disasters since at least 1540 takes place in Europe
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Heatwave
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A Mw 6.6 strikes this country, causing a large amount of damage in Bam
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Iran
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This prison is found to have committed serious human rights violations and war crimes
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Abu Ghraib
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A statue of this man is toppled by civilians and US Marines
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Saddam Hussein
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2004
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This deadliest natural disaster of the 21st-century, and one of the deadliest of all time, occurs
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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This social media site is launched
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Facebook
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NASA lands these two rovers on Mars. Name either
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Opportunity / Spirit
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The 2004 Summer Olympics are held in this city
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Athens
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Trains are bombed in this city three days before a general election
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Madrid
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The European Union adds ten new members states. Name any of them
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Cyprus / Czech Republic / Estonia / Hungary / Latvia / Lithuania / Malta / Poland / Slovakia / Slovenia
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This best-selling handheld game console is released
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Nintendo DS
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The deadliest school shooting in history occurs during a siege of a school in this Russian town
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Beslan
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This astronomical event occurs for the first time since 1882
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Transit of Venus
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2005
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This first ever YouTube video is uploaded to the site
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"Me at the zoo"
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This deadly and powerful tropical cyclone devastates New Orleans
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Hurricane Katrina
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This dwarf planet is discovered
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Eris
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This pope dies at the age of 84
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Pope John Paul II
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An MMI XI Extreme earthquake occurs in this Pakistani-administered region
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Azad Kashmir
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This former prime minister of Lebanon is assassinated
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Rafic Hariri
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A derailment occurs just after rush hour in this Japanese city
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Amagasaki
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These benefit concerts take place on July 2
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Live 8
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Bombings occur in this metro system on July 7
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London Underground
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2006
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This political party/paramilitary attacks Israeli soldiers, triggering a war
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Hezbollah
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This social media platform designed for microblogging launches
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Twitter
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The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in this city
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Turin
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This country wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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Italy
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Trains are bombed in this Indian city
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Mumbai
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An independence referendum passes in this future sovereign state
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Montenegro
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An earthquake occurs in the Yogyakarta region of this country
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Indonesia
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Pluto is re-classified as this
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Dwarf planet
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This flight crashes after taxiing on the wrong runway
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Comair Flight 5191
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2007
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UNICEF described flooding in this region of the world as "the worst flooding in living memory"
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South Asia
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This former prime minister of Pakistan is assassinated
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Benazir Bhutto
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Widespread violent disorder breaks out in this country after electoral fraud is committed by the PNU and ODM
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Kenya
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This deadly tropical cyclone moves across the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea to Newfoundland
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Hurricane Noel
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Apple launches the first generation of this product line
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iPhone
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TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns the runway in this city, eventually crashing into a warehouse and exploding
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São Paulo
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Riots, known by this name, take place in Estonia over the relocation of a Soviet World War II memorial
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Bronze Night
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Google launches this new technology for two of their platforms
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Google Street View
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A student kills 32 people and wounds 17 others before committing suicide at this university
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Virginia Tech
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2008
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Lashkar-e-Taiba carries out twelve coordinated bombings in Mumbai that are commonly known by this term
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11/26
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This financial services firm goes bankrupt
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Lehman Brothers
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The Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia begins shelling this country
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Georgia
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A massive earthquake occurs in this Chinese province
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Sichuan
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The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in this city
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Beijing
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Cyclone Nargis causes the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of this country
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Myanmar
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Mass civic mobilizations in Colombia, which claimed to be "one million voices against [this organization]" are organized via Facebook
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FARC
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Coal fly ash slurry spills out from this coal-fired power plant in Tennessee, causing the largest industrial spill in United States history
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Kingston Fossil Plant
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Protests and demonstrations break out against the Chinese government's treatment of civilians in this region
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Tibet
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2009
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This airline experiences the deadliest disaster in their history, with a crash in the Atlantic Ocean resulting in 228 deaths
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Air France
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This man is inaugurated as president of the United States
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Barack Obama
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Protests erupt after this man is declared victor in a widely disputed presidential election in Iran
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by this man and Jeffrey Skiles, manages to land in the Hudson River without any casualties
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Sully Sullenberger
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This musician dies
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Michael Jackson
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This cryptocurrency is released
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Bitcoin
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An earthquake occurs in this region of Italy
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Abruzzo
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This pandemic is declared by the World Health Organization
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2009 swine flu pandemic
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