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Mad Cow Disease causes alarm in Europe due to it...
Mad Cow Disease causes alarm in Europe due to it's growth
Ranked 24th
Gold: 3
Silver: 3
Bronze: 8
Total: 14
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Gra...
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a Grand Slam in Golf
The Worlds largest Ferris Wheel or Observation Wheel
( The London Eye ) is opened
The Latest Harry Potter Book Is Published
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Popular Films
- X-Men
- Scary Movie
- What Lies Beneath
- Gladiator
- Erin Brockovich
- Billy Elliot
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- Cast Away
- Mission: Impossible II
- Gladiator
- What Women Want
- The Perfect Storm
- Meet the Parents
2001
2001
Wikipedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. By 2009 the English-language version has three million articles
September
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon kill nearly 3,000 people
2002
2002
The Euro is introduced into 12 countries within the Euro-zone, including France and Germany
And the Oscar goes to
Halle Berry becomes first black woman to win a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster's Ball
2004
2004
Facebook founded by Harvard university student Mark Zuckerberg. The site now has 300 million active users
George W Bush wins a second term with an increased majority
A huge earthquake off the coast of Sumatra results in a tsunami, killing more than 300,000 in 11 countries including Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand
2005
2005
YouTube launched by three former PayPal employees
Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th Tour de France
Surgeons in France perform the first face transplant
2006
2006
The verb "to google" enters the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006
Twitter launched by Jack Dorsey.
President on Twitter
Pluto a planet??? Or not
Pluto is expelled from the planetary club