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| caption = From left, clockwise: [[Pope Francis]] is elected to the [[Papacy]] in the [[2013 papal conclave]]; The [[Dhaka garment factory collapse]] in [[Bangladesh]] kills over 1,000 people; [[Edward Snowden]] becomes internationally famous for leaking classified [[NSA]] [[wiretapping]] information; Protests occur amid the [[coup d'état]] that overthrew President [[Mohamed Morsi]] of [[Egypt]]; The [[Chelyabinsk meteor]] rockets across the [[Russian]] morning sky; The [[Boston Marathon bombing]] marks the first [[terrorist attack]] in the [[United States]] since [[9/11]]; Smoke rises as a result of the [[Westgate shopping mall attack]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], carried out by [[Al-Shabaab]] militants.
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| caption = From left, clockwise: The [[H1N1]] [[virus]] was responsible for the [[2009 swine flu pandemic]]; [[Barack Obama]] becomes the first [[African American]] to become [[President of the United States]]; [[US Airways Flight 1549]] crash-lands in the [[Hudson River]] with no fatalities, with the event becoming known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; the "King of Pop" [[Michael Jackson]] died in 2009; [[Bitcoin]] is initially launched by the [[pseudonymous]] name [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]; the [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake]] strikes central [[Italy]]; the [[vertical stabilizer]] of [[Air France Flight 447]] is pulled out from the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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| caption = From left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in [[Ankara]] following the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt]]; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses, Damaged during the [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]; Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetised banknotes during the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation]]; the [[United Kingdom|UK]] votes to '''[[Brexit|leave]]''' the [[European Union|EU]] in 2016; The Girardet bridge in Düsseldorf with its four pokéstops; '''[[Donald Trump]]''' is elected [[Presidency of Donald Trump|as U.S. President]] in 2016 during a period of intensifying political polarization in the U.S.
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| caption = From left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the [[Western African Ebola virus epidemic]]; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok kindap; Bundles of water inside of a C-17 Globemaster III in the [[War against the Islamic State]]; Thai soldiers at the Chang Phueak Gate during the [[2014 Thai coup d'état]]; Pro-independence campaigners in the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]];  A scene from the opening ceremony of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]]; [[Crimea]] is '''[[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed]]''' by Russia in 2014
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| caption = From left, clockwise: 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; [[Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull]] disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]; [[Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion]] was the worst marine oil spill in history; North Korean artillery attacks Yeonpyeong Island.; Kyrgyzstan Revolution: people entering the White House in Bishkek on 7 April.; Remains of Tu-154 after crash on April 10, 2010 that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński; Child is treated for injuries following [[2010 Haitian earthquake]] which killed over an estimated 100,000 people.
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| caption = From left, clockwise: [[Lehman Brothers]] went bankrupt following the [[Subprime mortgage crisis]]; [[Cyclone Nargis]] killed more than 138,000 in [[Myanmar]]; A scene from the opening ceremony of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]; the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]] kills over 87,000; a destroyed Georgian T-72 tank during the [[Russo-Georgian War]]; the Trident Hotel in Mumbai was the site of the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]];a line of [[detritus]] in a backyard made during the December, 2008 [[Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill]] ; Poster in [[Pristina]] celebrating the  Independence of [[Kosovo]] from [[Serbia]].
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|caption = From left, clockwise: [[Hurricane Katrina]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]; the highest roller coaster in the world, [[Kingda Ka]], opens to the public; "[[Me at the zoo]]", the first video ever to be uploaded to [[YouTube]]; [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] was discovered in January 2005 by a [[Palomar Observatory]]–based team; [[Saddam Hussein]] sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in [[Baghdad]]; the shrine and resting place for [[Rafic Hariri]] in September; the [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral|Kennedy Space Center]], designed to explore [[Mars]]; The [[Live 8]] concert in the [[Tiergarten, Berlin]].
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<imagemap>File:2007 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: [[Steve Jobs]] unveils [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] first [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]]; [[TAM Airlines Flight 3054]] overruns a runway and crashes into a [[gas station]], killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] is [[Assassination of Benazir Bhutto|assassinated]];  2007 marked the beginning of the [[Subprime mortgage crisis]] in the [[United States]]; A [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|surge of troops]] is sent to fight in the [[Iraq War]]; a gunman [[Virginia Tech shooting|kills]] 32 people at [[Virginia Tech]]; [[Google Street View]] is unveiled to the world;The [[Treaty of Lisbon]] is signed by member states of the [[European Union]]|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:2001 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: [[Wikipedia]] is launched, making it the world's largest online [[encyclopedia]]; [[Enron]] files for [[bankruptcy]] after a [[Enron scandal|major scandal]]; [[Foot-and-mouth disease]] [[2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak|breaks out]] in the [[United Kingdom]]; The [[United States]] [[United States invasion of Afghanistan|invades]] [[Afghanistan]] to begin the [[War on terror]]; The [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]] kills between 13,000 and 20,000 people; [[Apple Inc.]] launches the first [[iPod]] after releasing [[iTunes]] earlier in the year; President [[George W. Bush]] announces the [[War on terror]] and demands that the [[Taliban]] hand over [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]]; The Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] burn and eventually collapse after being struck with [[American Airlines Flight 11|hijacked]] [[United Airlines Flight 175|planes]] during the [[9/11 attacks]]. |430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:2000 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: Protests against [[Bush v. Gore]] after the [[2000 United States presidential election]]; Heads of state meet for the [[Millennium Summit]]; The [[International Space Station]] in its infant form as seen from [[STS-97]]; The [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Sydney]]; A [[U.S. Air Force]] [[MH-53]] flies over the [[2000 Mozambique flood]]; An [[Air France]] [[Concorde]] similar to the one that [[Air France Flight 4590|crashed]] after takeoff from [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]; The [[USS Cole]] is [[USS Cole bombing|bombed]] by [[Al-Qaeda]]; [[Times Square]] after the [[Times Square Ball|ball drop]] that heralded the [[Millennium celebrations|New Millennium]].|430x430px|thumb 
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<imagemap>File:2004 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: [[Facebook]], originally called '''TheFacebook''', is launched by [[Mark Zuckerberg]]; the [[2004 transit of Venus]] marked the first such occurrence since [[1882]]; [[NASA]] lands [[Opportunity (rover)|the Opportunity Rover]] on [[Mars]]; the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Athens]]; [[Al-Qaeda]] [[2004 Madrid train bombings|bombs]] multiple trains in [[Madrid]], killing 193 people; the [[European Union]] [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|adds]] 10 new member-states; the [[Beslan school siege]], carried out by [[Chechnya|Chechen]] terrorists, results in the deaths of 333 people, a majority of them children; a massive [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|megathrust earthquake]] measuring 9.1-9.3 on the [[Richter scale]] generates a large [[tsunami]] that kills over 227,000 people, making it one of the [[List of natural disasters by death toll|worst natural disasters]] in recorded history.|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:2002 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[2002 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Salt Lake City]]; [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] and [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] both die within weeks of each other; [[East Timor]] gains [[East Timor independence|independence]] from [[Indonesia]] and is admitted to the [[United Nations]]; an [[Armenia|Armenian]] [[postage stamp]] depicts the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], which was held in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]; the [[Department of Homeland Security]] is created in the wake of [[9/11]] to counter further [[terrorist]] threats against the [[United States]]; the [[2002 Überlingen mid-air collision]] kills 71 people; [[FBI]] agents investigate a [[crime scene]] related to the [[D.C. sniper attacks]]; the [[Euro]] becomes the official currency of the [[European Union]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:2003 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The crew of [[STS-107]] perished when the [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|disintegrated]] during [[reentry]] into [[Atmosphere of Earth|Earth's atmosphere]]; [[SARS]] became an [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|epidemic]] in [[China]], and was a precursor to [[SARS-CoV-2]]; A destroyed building in [[Bam, Iran]] after the [[2003 Bam earthquake]] killed 30,000 people; A [[U.S. Army]] [[M1 Abrams]] [[tank]] patrols the streets of [[Baghdad]] after the city [[Battle of Baghdad (2003)|fell]] to U.S.-led forces; [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abuse and torture]] of [[Iraq|Iraqi]] prisoners at [[Abu Ghraib]] prison by U.S. personnel; [[Protests against the Iraq War|Protests]] in [[London]] against the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]; "Mission Accomplished" became an ironic symbol of the protractedness of the [[Iraq War]] after President [[George W. Bush]]'s infamous [[Mission Accomplished speech|speech]]; a statue of [[Saddam Hussein]] is toppled in Baghdad after he was deposed during the Iraq War.|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1999 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[Death and state funeral of King Hussein|funeral procession]] of [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein of Jordan]] in [[Amman]]; the [[1999 İzmit earthquake]] kills over 17,000 people in [[Turkey]]; the [[Columbine High School massacre]] becomes one of the first major [[List of school shootings in the United States by death toll|school shootings]] in the [[United States]]; the [[Year 2000 problem]], or "Y2K", becomes a major technological concern in the lead up to the year [[2000]]; the [[Millennium Dome]] opens in [[London]] in anticipation for the [[Millennium celebrations]]; [[Napster]], an online music downloading platform, is launched and becomes a source of [[Online piracy|online piracy]]; [[NASA]] loses both the [[Mars Climate Orbiter]] and the [[Mars Polar Lander]]; a destroyed [[t-55]] [[tank]] lies near [[Prizren]] during the [[Kosovo War]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1998 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[1998 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]], [[Japan]]; U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] is [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeached]] over the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]]; a poster advocates for a "yes" vote on the [[Good Friday Agreement]] in [[Northern Ireland]], which eventually prevails and ends most of the violence associated with [[The Troubles]]; [[Google]] is launched; Protests erupt in [[Indonesia]] over the [[Fall of Suharto]], which lead to 1,000 fatalities; an [[Armenia|Armenian]] [[postage stamp]] depicts the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], which was held in [[France]]; [[SwissAir Flight 111]] crashes off the coast of [[Nova Scotia]] after an in-flight fire; the U.S. embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] are [[1998 United States embassy bombings|bombed]] by [[Al-Qaeda]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1997 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[movie set]] of [[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]], which became the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing]] movie in history for over a decade; The first book in [[J.K. Rowling]]'s [[Harry Potter]] series, [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]], is published; [[Comet Hale-Bopp]] passes by [[Earth]] and becomes one of the most observed [[comet|comets]] of the [[20th century]]; [[Golden Bauhinia Square]], where [[sovereignty]] of [[Hong Kong]] is [[Handover of Hong Kong|handed over]] from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[People's Republic of China]]; the [[1997 Central European flood]] kills 114 people in the [[Czech Republic]], [[Poland]], and [[Germany]]; [[Korean Air Flight 801]] crashes during heavy [[rain]] on [[Guam]], killing 229; [[Mars Pathfinder]] and [[Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner]] land on [[Mars]]; [[Flowers]] are left outside of [[Kensington Palace]] following the [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales]] in a car crash in [[Paris]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1996 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: A [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|bomb explodes]] at [[Centennial Olympic Park]] in [[Atlanta]], set off by a radical [[Anti-abortion violence|anti-abortionist]]; The center [[fuel tank]] explodes on [[TWA Flight 800]], causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people [[1996 Mount Everest disaster|die]] in a [[blizzard]] on [[Mount Everest]]; [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly the Sheep]] becomes the first [[mammal]] to have been cloned from an adult [[somatic cell]]; The [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur Massacre]] occurs on [[Tasmania]], and leads to major changes in [[Gun laws of Australia|Australia's gun laws]]; [[Macarena]], sung by [[Los del Río]] and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and [[cultural phenomenon]]; [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961]] crash-ditches off of the [[Comoros Islands]] after the plane was [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]]; the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Atlanta]], marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern [[Olympic Games]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1995 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: [[O. J. Simpson]] is [[O. J. Simpson murder case|acquitted]] of the murders of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ronald Goldman]] from the [[1994|year prior]] in "The Trial of the Century" in the [[United States]]; The [[Great Hanshin earthquake]] strikes [[Kobe]], [[Japan]], killing 5,000-6,000 people; The [[Unabomber Manifesto]] is published in several U.S. [[newspapers]]; [[Gravestone|Gravestones]] mark the victims of the [[Srebrenica massacre]] near the end of the [[Bosnian War]]; Over 150,000 people gather for the [[Million Man March]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]; The first [[exoplanet]], [[51 Pegasi b]], is discovered; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] docks with the [[Space station]] [[Mir]] in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The [[Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building]] in [[Oklahoma City]] is [[Oklahoma City bombing|bombed]] by [[Domestic terrorism in the United States|domestic terrorists]], killing 168.|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1994 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[1994 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]]; The [[Kaiser Permanente]] building after the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]; A model of the [[MS Estonia]], which [[Sinking of the MS Estonia|sank]] in the [[Baltic Sea]]; [[Nelson Mandela]] casts his [[vote]] in the [[1994 South African general election]], in which he was elected [[South Africa]]'s first [[President of South Africa|president]], and which effectively brought [[Apartheid]] to an end; [[NAFTA]], which was signed in [[1992]], comes into effect in [[Canada]], the [[United States]], and [[Mexico]]; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened [[Channel tunnel]]; The [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] is held in the [[United States]]; [[Skull|Skulls]] from the [[Rwandan genocide]], in which over half a million [[Tutsi]] people were massacred by [[Hutu|Hutus]].|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1993 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[Oslo I Accord]] is signed in an attempt to resolve the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]; The [[White House (Moscow)|Russian White House]] is shelled during the [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis]]; [[Czechoslovakia]] peacefully [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|dissolves]] into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]; The [[ATF]] [[Waco siege|besieges]] a compound belonging to [[David Koresh]] and the [[Branch Davidians]] in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside- the event serves as inspiration for [[Timothy McVeigh]] to commit the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in [[1995]]; [[Eritrea]] gains independence; A major [[1993 Storm of the Century|snow storm]] passes over the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], leading to over 300 fatalities; Infamous [[drug lord]] and [[narcoterrorism|narcoterrorist]] [[Pablo Escobar]] is killed by [[Military Forces of Colombia|Colombian special forces]]; [[Ramzi Yousef]] and other [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic terrorists]] [[1993 World Trade Center bombing|detonate a truck bomb]] in the subterranean garage of [[List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)|the North Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in an attempt to destroy the site.|430x430px|thumb
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<imagemap>File:1989 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: The [[Cypress Street Viaduct|Cypress structure]] collapses as a result of the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], killing motorists below; The proposal document for the [[World Wide Web]] is submitted; The [[Exxon Valdez]] [[oil tanker]] runs aground in [[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]], causing a large [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|oil spill]]; The [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] marks the beginning of the end of [[Communism]] in [[Eastern Europe]], and leads to [[German reunification]] the [[1990|next year]]; The [[United States]] [[United States invasion of Panama|invades]] [[Panama]] to depose [[Manuel Noriega]]; The [[Singing Revolution]] led to the independence of the [[Baltic states]] of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]] from the [[Soviet Union]]; The stands of [[Hillsborough Stadium]] in [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], where the [[Hillsborough disaster]] occurred; Students demonstrate in favor of [[democracy]] in [[Tiananmen Square]], where many ended up being [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|massacred]] by forces of the [[Chinese Communist Party]].|430x430px|thumb
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