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Fall of the berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989,constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989 -
first website created
The NeXT computer used by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 to create the world's first website. Berners-Lee's site went live in 1991, and was accessed by a decidedly small audience of fellow CERN researchers. -
Dissolution of soviet union
Several of the more authoritarian former Soviet republics have retained close links with Russia and formed multilateral organizations such as the Eurasian Economic Community, the Union State, the Eurasian Customs Union, and the Eurasian Economic Union to enhance economic and security cooperation. -
first sms text sent
the first messages over RCA transatlantic circuits were sent between New York and London. Seven million words or 300,000 radiograms transmitted the first year. Alphanumeric messages have long been sent by radio using via Radiotelegraphy. Digital information began being sent using radio as early as 1971 by the University of Hawaii using ALOHAnet. -
netscape goes public
Netscape Communications stages a successful initial public offering, making it one of the first companies to capitalize on the growing World Wide Web. -
y2k
problem for both digital and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits. -
India ends economic isolationism
India had to evacuate over 110,000 citizens from the Middle East during the first Gulf War an operation that required just under 500 flights over a period of two months. -
Completion of an around the world Fiber Optic Cable.
The Europe-Asia segment was laid by Cable & Wireless Marine in the mid-1990s and was the subject of an article in Wired magazine in December 1996 by Neal Stephenson. -
9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. -
China joins the wto
China became a member of the World Trade Organization on 11 December 2001. The admission of China to the WTO was preceded by a lengthy process of negotiations and required significant changes to the Chinese economy. It signified China's deeper integration into the world economy. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the United States. The invasion toppled the government of Saddam Hussein -
Facebook created
Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. -
youtube created
youTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. -
twitter created
registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app.Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has more than 25 offices around the world. -
The Arab Spring
Arab world that began on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution, and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and its surroundings. -
Wal-Mart becomes the world's largest retailer.
American operator of discount stores, one of the world’s biggest retailers. Its headquarters are in Bentonville, Ark.
