Humanitites 2004-2016 Timeline

  • Facebook was founded

    Facebook was founded
    Facebook was founded in 2004
  • Youtube was released

    Youtube was released
    Youtube was released in 2005
  • Pluto is no longer a planet

    Pluto is no longer a planet
    According to the new definition, a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. In addition, a planet has to dominate the neighbourhood around its orbit. Pluto has been demoted because it does not dominate its neighbourhood. Aug 2006
  • iPhone was invented

    iPhone was invented
    The "iPhone" is the first smartphone released from Apple. It is the first generation of iPhone that was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumours and speculation It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007, and it featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
  • Google Created Android

    Google Created Android
    The first commercially available smartphone running Android was the HTC Dream, released on October 22, 2008
  • Michael Jackson Died

    Michael Jackson Died
    Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009,
  • Steve Jobs launched the very first iPad

    Steve Jobs launched the very first iPad
    The device was announced and unveiled on January 27, 2010 at a media conference. On April 3, 2010, the Wi-Fi variant of the device was released in the United States, followed by the release of the Wi-Fi + Cellular variant on April 30. On May 28, it was released in Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
  • North Korea Proposes Peace Talks with South

    North Korea Proposes Peace Talks with South
    North Korea proposed on Saturday talks with the South in late January or early February and said it will reopen a liaison office in a jointly-run factory park with the South that it shut down last year.
  • The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

    The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
    6th February 2012 marked the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (as well as the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of Commonwealth). Celebrations were held in these countries to mark the occasion
  • President Obama is inaugurated for his second term on January 21st.

    President Obama is inaugurated for his second term on January 21st.
    The second inauguration of Barack Obama marked the beginning of the second term of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States and Joe Biden as Vice President. A private swearing-in ceremony took place on Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Blue Room of the White House. A public ceremony took place on Monday, January 21, 2013 at the United States Capitol building
  • Search South Korea Ferry Sinks, Hundreds Missing

      Search  South Korea Ferry Sinks, Hundreds Missing
    The sinking of MV Sewol (Hangul: 세월호 침몰 사고; hanja: 世越號沉沒事故)[15] occurred on the morning of 16 April 2014, en route from Incheon to Jeju in South Korea.
  • Paris terrorist attack, hundreds dead

    Paris terrorist attack, hundreds dead
    The November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that occurred on Friday 13 November 2015 in Paris, France and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.[9] Beginning at 21:16 CET, three suicide bombers struck outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, during a football match.
  • Trump won the election

    Trump won the election
    Donald John Trump is an American businessman and the President-elect of the United States. In June 2015, Trump announced his candidacy for president as a Republican and quickly emerged as the front-runner for his party's nomination