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Unabomber caught!
The FBI finally arrests the Unabomber. -
South Africa gets something new!
South Frica gets a new constitution. -
Valijet crashes
Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed. -
Militant Taliban Siezes Abdul
Militant Taliban leaders seizes capital of Afghan, Kabul. -
Cult commits suicide.
Heaven's Gate cult members commit mass suicide in California. -
Hong Kong gov. changes
Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule. -
I was born!
I was born in Haiti at 6:23PM weighing 4lbs. 3 ounces on August 7 1997. -
Timothy J. McVeigh sentenced to death
Timothy J. McVeigh sentenced to death for Oklahoma City bombing. -
Swiss plans to pay!
Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims. -
President accused in sex scandal
President Clinton accused in White House sex scandal with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. -
Euopeans agree on one currency.
Europeans agree on single currency, the euro. -
Unabomber gets sentenced
Unabomber sentenced to four life terms. -
Indonesian dictator steps down
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Indonesian dictator Suharto steps down after 32 years in power . -
Senate opens impeachment trial
US Senate opens impeachment trial of President Clinton. -
South African president steps down
Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down. -
JFK jr. and company lost at sea
John F. Kennedy Jr., wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren G. Bessette are lost at sea when a plane he was piloting disappears near Martha's Vineyard, off Mass. coast. -
Earthquake in Turkey
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey. -
Elian Gonzales reunites with father
Cuban boy Elián González, 6, at center of international dispute, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home -
U.S. sailors die
U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion -
Mad cow disease
Mad cow disease alarms Europe. -
Bush wins!
President Bush wins Florida recount and wins president election against Al Gore. -
Bush is sworn in
George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd president -
911
Terrorists attack United States. Hijackers ram jetliners into twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashes 80 mi outside of Pittsburgh. -
Israel condemns Palestinian Authority
Israel condemns the Palestinian Authority as a "terror-supporting entity" and severs ties with leader Yasir Arafat following mounting violence against Israelis. -
Taliban regime collapses
Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops -
Hindu-Muslim violence
India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed -
U.S.'s withdrawal
U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty. -
New nation
East Timor becomes a new nation -
Miners rescued!
Pennsylvania miners rescued after spending 77 hours in a dark, flooded mine shaft. -
Astronauts killed
Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts. -
Libya takes responsibility
Libya accepts blame for 1988 bombing of flight over Lockerbie, Scotland; agrees to pay $2.7 billion to the families of the 270 victims. -
John Muhammad convicted
John A. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 Washington, DC, area shootings, receives death sentence. -
Hussein captured!
Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops. -
Rebels force hatian president out
Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resign and flee the country. -
Media releases graphic pics
U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. -
Mass. loves gays!
Gay marriages begin in Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions. -
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Hostage situation in Russia
Chechen terrorists take about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia; 340 people die when militant detonate explosives. -
Bush gets sworn in for the 2nd time
George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his second term as president. -
Pope dies.
Pope John Paul dies. -
London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings
London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II. -
Katrina strikes
Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. -
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Lebanese fires rockets into Israel
Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, fires rockets into Israel. In response, Israel launches a major military attack, sending thousands of troops into Lebanon. -
Bush uses veto power for the first time
President Bush uses his veto power for the first time, striking down legislation that would have expanded the number of stem cell lines available for embryonic research using federal financing. -
Hussein convicted
Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court and hanged in Baghdad. -
John Bolton steps down as ambassador
John Bolton steps down as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it becomes clear that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to win confirmation. -
David Hicks pleads guilty
David Hicks, an Australian, pleads guilty to providing material support to al Qaeda. He's the first Guantánamo Bay detainee to be convicted by a military commission. -
Great Britain gets new prime minister
Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as the prime minister of Great Britain. -
Minimum wage increases
The minimum wage increases to $5.85, up from $5.15. It's the first increase in 10 years. -
Bush signs new law
President Bush signs law that legalizes government eavesdropping of telephone conversations and emails of American citizens and people overseas without a warrant as long as there is a "reasonable belief" that one party is not in the United States.
