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Date
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Hint
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Answer
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Jan. 10
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The largest-ever corporate merger joins AOL and this media company.
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Time Warner
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Jan. 11
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This troubled singer is caught at an airport with marijuana in her bag.
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Whitney Houston
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Jan. 30
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This midwest team, led by QB Kurt Warner, defeats the Titans in the Super Bowl.
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St. Louis Rams
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Feb. 12
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This creator of Peanuts dies; the final original strip is published the next day.
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Charles Schulz
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Feb. 17
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Microsoft releases this version of Windows.
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Windows 2000
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Feb. 23
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This Mexican-American guitarist wins 8 Grammys.
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Carlos Santana
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Mar. 26
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This man is elected President of Russia for the first time.
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Vladimir Putin
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Mar. 26
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The Oscars are dominated by this movie, starring Kevin Spacey as a man going through a mid-life crisis.
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American Beauty
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April 22
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Feds seize 6-year old Elián González in Miami. After a long custody battle, he would be sent back to this country.
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Cuba
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May 16
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The decade’s best-selling album by a female artist is released. Name it or her.
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Britney Spears -- Oops!… I Did It Again
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June 19
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This team wins the NBA finals, led by center Shaquille O'Neal.
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L.A. Lakers
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July 1
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Death of this actor, whose movies include “Grumpy Old Men,” “The Odd Couple,” “Dennis the Menace,” and “The Bad News Bears.”
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Walter Matthau
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July 2
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This man is elected President of Mexico, ending 71 years of rule by the PRI.
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Vicente Fox
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July 10
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After his father’s death, this man becomes Syria’s leader.
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Bashar al-Assad
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July 26
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The beginning of the end for this music file-sharing website, as a judge rules it must shut down.
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Napster
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July 31
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Republican National Convention opens in Philadelphia, where this man is nominated for President.
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George W. Bush
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Aug. 5
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Death of this great English actor, who you unfortunately know only as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Sir Alec Guinness
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Aug. 8
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The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate _________, is raised to the surface of Charleston Harbor.
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submarine
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Aug. 12
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All 118 crewmen die when the Kursk, a submarine belonging to this country, sinks in the Barents Sea.
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Russia
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Aug. 14
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Democratic National Convention opens in L.A., where this man is nominated for President.
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Al Gore
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Sept. 15
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The Summer Olympics open in this southern-hemisphere city.
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Sydney, Australia
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Oct. 5
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Downfall of Slobodan Milošević, President of this no-longer-extant country.
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Yugoslavia
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Oct. 12
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This U.S. destroyer is badly damaged by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers in Yemen.
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USS Cole
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Oct. 26
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This team defeats its crosstown rivals in the World Series.
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New York Yankees
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Nov. 2
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The first resident crew enters this orbiting craft.
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International Space Station
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Nov. 7
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This woman becomes the first U.S. First Lady to win public office.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Dec. 12
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The U.S. Supreme Court stops the vote recount in this state, handing the Presidency to the Republican candidate.
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Florida
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The top-selling album of the year is “No Strings Attached,” by this group.
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'N Sync
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This golfer sets or ties 27 PGA Tour records during the year.
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Tiger Woods
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This player wins Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Olympics Women’s Singles tennis competitions.
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Venus Williams
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