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1999_1 | Section: February (2):
February 7 β Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein.
February 11 β Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231.
February 12 β U.S. President Bi... |
1999_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda.
The Ottawa Treaty comes into force.
March 12 β Former Warsaw Pact members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join N... |
1999_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 β Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory.
April 5
Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The Unite... |
1999_4 | Section: May (2):
May 3 β 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: a devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, hits southern and eastern Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: 301 Β± 20 mph (484 Β± 32 km/h).
May 7
Kosovo War: in the Federal... |
1999_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 β Napster, a music downloading service, is created; it would later inspire other file-sharing sites such as The Pirate Bay, LimeWire, Gnutella, Kazaa, Morpheus, BearShare, and ΞTorrent 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second Golden Age of Piracy".
June 2 β The King of Bhutan allows tele... |
1999_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β Europol (short for European Police Office) the European Union's criminal intelligence agency becomes fully operational.
July 7 β In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded, at 3:43.13.
July 10 β American soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick ... |
1999_7 | Section: August (2):
August 7 β Dagestan incursions: Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of Dagestan, triggering the short war.
August 10 β The Atlantique incident occurs as an intruding Pakistan Navy plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, a month after the end of... |
1999_8 | Section: September (2):
September 3 β 1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8.
September 7 β The 6.0 Mwβ― Athens earthquake hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800β1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
September 8 β The first of a series of Russi... |
1999_9 | Section: October (2):
October
Conacami (National Confederation of Peruvian Communities Affected by Mining) is established to protect indigenous rights.
NASA loses one of its probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter.
October 1 β Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hon... |
1999_10 | Section: November (2):
November 6 β Australians defeat a referendum proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.
November 12 β The 7.2 Mwβ― DΓΌzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people ... |
1999_11 | Section: December (2):
December 3
After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone, when she reaches Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands.
NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraf... |
2000_0 | 2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade. |
2000_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Millennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
The year 2000 problem, a time formatting and storage bug, takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.
January 6 β The last naturally conceived Pyrenean ibex is found dead, a... |
2000_1 | Section: February (2):
February 5
Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre β Russian forces summarily execute 56β60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.
2000 Six Nations Championship in rugby union opens, the first year in which Italy takes part.
February 6 β Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny (1999β2000) ends as Russian ... |
2000_2 | Section: March (2):
March 4 β Sony releases the PlayStation 2 in Japan to compete with the Dreamcast. It launches in other countries later in the year.
March 10 β The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000 reach their peaks prior to the Dot-... |
2000_3 | Section: April (2):
April 19 β Air Philippines Flight 541, an Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach at Davao City, Philippines, killing 131 people. making it the deadliest air disaster in Philippines.
April 30 β Canonization of Polish Catholic sister Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first D... |
2000_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 β A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or human-made material.
May 4 β The 7.6 Mw Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 d... |
2000_5 | Section: June (2):
June 4 β The 7.9 Mwβ― Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.
June 10βJuly 2 β Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
June 17 β A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) h... |
2000_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β The Γresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
July 2 β France defeats Italy 2β1 after extra time in the final of the UEFA Euro 2000 Championship in Association football, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
Ju... |
2000_7 | Section: August (2):
August 8 β The US Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
August 12 β The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the death... |
2000_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 β The Nokia 3310 mobile phone is released.
September 6 β The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
September 6β8 β World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.
September 7β14 β Fuel protests in t... |
2000_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3 β Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.
October 5 β Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan MiloΕ‘eviΔ.
October 11 β 250 million US gallons (950,000 m3) of ... |
2000_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 β Expedition 1 to the International Space Station begins.
November 7 β 2000 United States presidential election: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida.
November 11 β Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and sn... |
2000_11 | Section: December (2):
December 7 β Kadisoka temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
December 12 β Bush v. Gore: The United States Supreme Court rules that the recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making George W. Bush the winne... |
2001_0 | 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade. |
2001_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 β Greece becomes the 12th country to join the Eurozone.
January 7 β Ghana undergoes its first peaceful transfer of power since 1979 when John Kufuor is sworn in as President of Ghana.
January 9 β Apple Inc. launches iTunes, a software program that acts as a media player and media library... |
2001_1 | Section: February (2):
February 6 β 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel.
February 12
The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, a near-Earth object, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.:β474β47... |
2001_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 β Despite pleas from the international community to spare them, the Taliban government of Afghanistan begins destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, having declared that they are idols.
March 4 β The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing 59 people.
March 14 β Battle of Tet... |
2001_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
The Act on the Opening up of Marriage goes into effect in the Netherlands, which becomes the first modern country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Hainan Island incident: A Chinese fighter jet collides with a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft, which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hai... |
2001_4 | Section: May (2):
May 7 β In Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an attempt is made to reconstruct the historic 16th-century Ferhadija Mosque. Serbian nationalists respond with riots and mass violence against Bosnian Muslims.
May 13 β The House of Freedoms coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general ele... |
2001_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal kills his father, the king, his mother and other members of the royal family with an assault rifle and then shoots himself in the Nepalese royal massacre. Dipendra is recognized as King of Nepal while in a coma.:β72β73β
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas ... |
2001_6 | Section: July (2):
July β The largest ever recorded outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurs in Murcia, Spain. 449 cases are confirmed, with more than 800 suspected ones.
July 2 β The world's first self-contained artificial heart is implanted in Robert Tools in the United States.
July 4 β Vladivostok Air Flight 352 cra... |
2001_7 | Section: August (2):
August β A ceasefire is negotiated to end the War of the Peters.
August 2 β The ICTY convicts Bosnian Serb general Radislav KrstiΔ on the charge of genocide for his role in the Srebrenica massacre.
August 8
The Genesis probe is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17.
Albanian rebels ... |
2001_8 | Section: September (2):
September 7 β 2001 Jos riots: Clashes between Christian and Muslim rioters begin in Jos, Nigeria. The conflict will continue until September 17, during which time hundreds of people will be killed.
September 9 β A suicide bomber kills Ahmad Shah Massoud, military commander of the Afghan Northern... |
2001_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1
Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38 people.
3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.:β182β
October 2 β Swissair, the national airline of Switzerland,... |
2001_10 | Section: November (2):
November β The World Trade Organization begins the Doha Development Round to negotiate lower trade barriers between countries and integrate developing nations into the global economy.
November 1 β An interim government in Burundi begins the peace process for the Burundian Civil War.:β27β
November... |
2001_11 | Section: December (2):
December β Dasht-i-Leili massacre: Hundreds of Taliban prisoners are killed by the forces of Abdul Rashid Dostum.
December 1
The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty produces a report on responsibility to protect.
A series of bombings in Zion Square are carried out by Ha... |
2002_0 | 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade. |
2002_0 | Section: January (2):
January β Operation Enduring Freedom β Philippines: The Philippines and the United States begin a joint operation to combat Jihadist groups in the Philippines.
January 1 β The Euro is introduced as the official physical currency in the Eurozone countries. The first physical transactions are carrie... |
2002_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 β 2002 Afyon earthquake: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey, killing 41 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
February 5 β NASA launches the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager as part of the Explorers Program.
February 6 β Queen E... |
2002_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 β The Envisat environmental satellite is launched, with its purpose being the recording of information on environmental change.
March 2β10 β Afghan and coalition troops carry out Operation Anaconda in the Shah-i-Kot Valley, the largest combat operation against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to tha... |
2002_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
The South West State of Somalia is established as an autonomous territory in Somalia by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud.
Battle of Jenin: Israeli forces attack Palestinian militants in the Jenin refugee camp.
April 2 β Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem: Israeli forces besiege th... |
2002_4 | Section: May (2):
May 2 β BojayΓ‘ massacre: A church is struck with a cylinder bomb during a conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, killing an estimated 119 people.
May 4 β NASA launches the Aqua satellite as part of the Earth Observing System.
May 9 β... |
2002_5 | Section: June (2):
June 3 β Archaeologists begin uncovering the Liye Qin Slips in Liye, China.
June 4
The ringed dwarf planet Quaoar is discovered by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
The Zeyzoun Dam in Zayzun, Syria, fails.
June 8 β The Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson boxing fight tak... |
2002_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β The Rome Statute comes into force, thereby establishing the International Criminal Court.
July 3 β NASA launches the CONTOUR satellite but loses contact.
July 5 β The Imperial War Museum North opens in Trafford, England.
July 9
The Organisation of African Unity is disbanded and replaced by t... |
2002_7 | Section: August (2):
August 7 β The AKS primality test is published by Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena from the Indian Institutes of Technology.
August 19 β 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: Chechen separatists shoot down a Russian Mil Mi-26, killing 127 soldiers. It was the worst aviation disaster in the his... |
2002_8 | Section: September (2):
September β Yemeni al-Qaeda operative Ramzi bin al-Shibh is arrested in Pakistan for involvement in the September 11 attacks. He will later be found unfit to stand trial.
September 10 β Switzerland joins the United Nations as the 190th member state after rejecting a place in 1986.
September 14β2... |
2002_9 | Section: October (2):
October β Operation Enduring Freedom β Horn of Africa: The United States deploys troops to the Horn of Africa to combat Islamist groups and pirates.
October 2 β Former Republika Srpska president Biljana PlavΕ‘iΔ pleads guilty to crimes against humanity for her involvement in the Bosnian genocide.
O... |
2002_10 | Section: November (2):
November 3 β 2002 Denali earthquake: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest North American earthquakes recorded, occurs in Alaska.:β181β
November 7 β A sovereignty referendum is held in Gibraltar. The people reject Spanish sovereignty.:β385β
November 8 β The United Nations Security Coun... |
2002_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2 β Opponents of President Chavez begin a strike in Venezuela.
December 3 β The government of Burundi signs a ceasefire with the CNDD-FDD rebel group to end the Burundian Civil War. It holds until February 2003.
December 17
A peace agreement is made in the Second Congo War, approving the... |
2003_0 | 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade. |
2003_0 | Section: January (2):
January 5 β Tel Aviv central bus station: Two Palestinian suicide bombers attack a neighborhood in Tel Aviv, killing at least 23 people and injuring 103.
January 8 β Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashed into a hangar upon takeoff in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 passengers and crew.
January... |
2003_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.
February 4 β The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro" (after its two constituent states) after its lead... |
2003_2 | Section: March (2):
March 8 β Malta approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
March 12
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran ΔinΔiΔ is assassinated in Belgrade by a sniper.
The World Health Organization issues a global alert on severe acute respiratory syndrome when it spreads to Hong Kong and Vietnam after originati... |
2003_3 | Section: April (2):
April 9 β U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the rule of Saddam Hussein.
April 12 β Hungary approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
April 14 β The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
April 16 β The Treaty of Accession i... |
2003_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1
2003 BingΓΆl earthquake: A 6.4 Mwβ― earthquake strikes in BingΓΆl, Turkey, killing 177 people.
U.S. President George W. Bush declares an end to the invasion of Iraq in the Mission Accomplished speech. Hostilities would continue for several years during a period of Iraqi insurgency.
May 11
Benvenuto... |
2003_5 | Section: June (2):
June 2 β Mars Express launches, containing the Beagle 2 lander.
June 8
Poland approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
Major Saleh Ould Hanenna leads a failed coup in Mauritania, leading to violence.
June 14 β The Czech Republic approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
June 15... |
2003_6 | Section: July (2):
JulyβAugust β 2003 European heat wave: Europe experiences its hottest summer in over five centuries.
July 1 β Tesla Inc., the American electric car company, is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California.
July 2 β The International Olympic Committee awards Vancouver the r... |
2003_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 β Social networking service Myspace is launched.
August 2 β President Charles Taylor of Liberia resigns, effectively ending the Second Liberian Civil War.:β118β
August 5 β A car bomb exploded at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 12 people and injuring 150.
August 11
The Sec... |
2003_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2 β Typhoon Dujuan makes landfall in Guangdong as a category 1 typhoon with sustained winds of 90 mph.
September 5 β Hurricane Fabian strikes Bermuda.
September 12 β Typhoon Maemi, makes landfall in South Korea as a category 3 typhoon with sustained winds of 125 mph.
September 14
Gener... |
2003_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 β The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
October 4 β Maxim restaurant suicide bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber attacks a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, killing at least 19 people.
October 5 β Israeli warplanes strike alleged Islamic jihad bases in... |
2003_10 | Section: November (2):
November 12 β A suicide bombing at an Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, kills 17 Italian military police officers and nine Iraqi civilians.
November 14 β The dwarf planet Sedna is discovered by a team of astronomers led by Michael E. Brown from the Palomar Observatory.
Nove... |
2003_11 | Section: December (2):
December 5 β 2003 Stavropol train bombing: A suicide bomber attacks a train in Stavropol Krai, killing 46 people.
December 12 β Paul Martin becomes the 21st Prime Minister of Canada.
December 13 β Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, is captured in the small town of Ad-Dawr by the U.S. A... |
2004_0 | 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade. |
2004_0 | Section: January (2):
January 3 β Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history at the time.
January 4 β NASA's MER-A (Spirit) spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars.
January 6 β Construction on t... |
2004_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 β Mark Zuckerberg launches "TheFacebook", later renamed to Facebook, a social networking website for Harvard University students.
February 13 β First EuroMillions transnational lottery drawn, in Paris.
February 26 β Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near ... |
2004_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 β A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.
March 7 β The 2004 Greek legislative election is held to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament and the New Democracy party, led by Kostas Karamanlis, won 165 out of 300 se... |
2004_3 | Section: April (2):
April 4 β The First Battle of Fallujah starts.
April 8 β The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups, in order to put a pause on the War in Darfur.
April 17 β Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas... |
2004_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1
The European Union expands by 10 new member states: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
The First Battle of Fallujah ends.
May 9 β A stadium bombing in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia kills ten people, including regional governor Akhma... |
2004_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 β A United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti begins, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
June 4 β Marvin Heemeyer takes his modified and armoured Komatsu D355A bulldozer (killdozer) on a rampage through the town of Granby, Colorado, causing approximately 7 million... |
2004_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β The unpiloted CassiniβHuygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
July 11 β The Russian Federation stops recognizing Soviet Union passports as legal identification.
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2004_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 β A fire in the "Ycua BolaΓ±os-BotΓ‘nico" supermarket in AsunciΓ³n, Paraguay kills around 400 people.
August 3 β NASA's unpiloted MESSENGER spacecraft is launched, with its primary mission being the study of Mercury.
August 12 β Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as the third Prime Minister of Singa... |
2004_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 β Beslan school siege: Chechen rebels take 1,128 people, mostly children, hostage at a school in Beslan, Russia. The crisis ends when Russian security forces storm the building, resulting in more than 330 people being killed.
September 9 β A car bomb of the Jemaah Islamiyah explodes ... |
2004_9 | Section: October (2):
October 8 β Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people and injuring 171, mostly Israeli tourists.
October 9 β 2004 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating th... |
2004_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 β 2004 United States presidential election: George W. Bush is re-elected President of the United States, defeating his Democratic challenger John Kerry.
November 7 β The Second Battle of Fallujah starts.
November 13 β The European Space Agency probe SMART-1 arrives at the Moon, becomin... |
2004_11 | Section: December (2):
December 14 β The world's tallest bridge, the Millau Viaduct over the Tarn in the Massif Central mountains, France, is officially opened.
December 21 β Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people.
December 23 β The Second Battle of Fallujah ends.
December ... |
2005_0 | 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade. |
2005_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 β Jeanna Giese from Wisconsin, United States, comes home from the hospital and officially becomes the first person to ever survive rabies without a vaccination.
January 5 β Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown usin... |
2005_1 | Section: February (2):
February 10 β North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.
February 14
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.
YouTube, an Americ... |
2005_2 | Section: March (2):
March 14 β China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
March 24 β The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.
March 28 β The 8.6 Mw NiasβSimeulue earthquake shakes norther... |
2005_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2 β Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.
April 8 β The first solar eclipse of the year was a rare hybrid event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 4.4 days after the... |
2005_4 | Section: May (2):
May 5 β The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.
May 13 β Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.
May 18 β English whisky ... |
2005_5 | Section: June (2):
June 4 β The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and MureΘ is founded.
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2005_6 | Section: July (2):
July 2 β Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
July 6
The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.
The International O... |
2005_7 | Section: August (2):
August 12 β The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral, designed to explore Mars.
August 14 β Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
August 16 ... |
2005_8 | Section: September (2):
September 7 β Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.
September 12 β Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.
September 19 β North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange ... |
2005_9 | Section: October (2):
October 3
Croatia and Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union officially starts.
The second solar eclipse of 2005 was an annular event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 4.8 days after the Moon reached apogee. Gamma had a value of 0.33058. An annular solar eclipse was v... |
2005_10 | Section: November (2):
November 9 β At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.
November 11 β In Kazakhstan, Zamanbek Nurkadilov, former mayor of Almaty, government minister and a political opponent of Nursultan Nazarbayev is found dead at his fam... |
2005_11 | Section: December (2):
December 12 β Scientists announce that they have created mice with small numbers of human neurons in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders.
December 16 β Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.
December 18 β Chad descends into civil war after various... |
2006_0 | 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade. |
2006_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1β4 β Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
January 12 β A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 pilgrims.
January 15 β NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, th... |
2006_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 β Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, killing over 1,000 people.
February 6 β Stephen Harper is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Canada.
February 10β26 β The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy.
February 17 ... |
2006_2 | Section: March (2):
March 9 β NASA's CassiniβHuygens spacecraft announces a geyser-like emission of vapor, dust, and small ice crystals on Saturn's moon Enceladus, possibly indicating the presence of water.
March 10 β NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars.
March 10 β Michelle Bachelet becomes the ... |
2006_3 | Section: April (2):
April 4 β The Faddoul Brothers, kidnapped on February 23, 2006, in Caracas, Venezuela, are found dead, causing outrage and mass protests against insecurity in the country.
April 11
The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that I... |
2006_4 | Section: May (2):
May 17 β The Human Genome Project publishes the final chromosome sequence, in Nature.
May 18β20 β The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 takes place in Athens, Greece, and is won by Finnish band entrant Lordi with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
May 27 β The 6.4 Mwβ― Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Jav... |
2006_5 | Section: June (2):
June 3 β Montenegro declares its independence from Serbia and Montenegro after a May 21 referendum and becomes a sovereign state. Two days later, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro officially disbands after Serbia declares its independence as well, ending an 88-year union between the two countr... |
2006_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β The QinghaiβTibet railway begins operation, making Tibet the final province-level entity of China to establish a conventional railway.
July 6 β The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
July 11 β A series of seven bomb bl... |
2006_7 | Section: August (2):
August 10 β News was revealed of a thwarted terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks, aboard multiple transatlantic air flights.
August 14 β Sri Lankan civil war, Chencholai bombing: 61 female students in Mullaitivu are killed by the Sri Lankan Air Force in an air strik... |
2006_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 β Analog terrestrial television is switched off in Luxembourg, being the first country to do so.
September 7 β British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.
September 7 β Partial lunar eclipse, visible over most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Au... |
2006_9 | Section: October (2):
October 6 β Fredrik Reinfeldt replaces GΓΆran Persson as Prime Minister of Sweden.
October 9
North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test.
Google purchased YouTube for US$1.65 billion.
October 11β13 β St Andrews Agreement is held in Scotland between the British and Irish governm... |
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