English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

12 answers

Asian tsunami
9/11
Hurricane Katrina
London Bombings

2007-08-27 15:18:33 · answer #1 · answered by brat 5 · 1 1

Well...
The United States, England, and Italy were victims of terrorist attack by Islamic-fascists.
The US invaded both Afghanistan and Iraq.
There's an upcoming Presidential election in which a woman and an African-American have a realistic chance of being elected.
England and France elected new national leaders.
We've had several mining catastrophes.
There have been several natural disasters...Hurricane Katrina and that tidal wave in the South Pacific, for example.
Pluto has been stripped of its "planet" status.
Yasser Arafat died.
A US President was impeached.

2007-08-27 22:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

In the last 10 years...Princess Diana died...Mother Teresa died, 9/11 terrorist attacks, Endeavor space program, Texas Rangers baseball team broke a record set 110 years ago

2007-08-27 22:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

That would be pretty recent history. Do you mean things that might become historical landmarks, like the walks in space or something of that sort?

2007-08-27 22:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0 2

9/11, Invasion of Iraq

2007-08-27 22:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by Jeanne 2 · 0 2

Hurricane Katrina.

2007-08-27 22:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by rod85 6 · 0 2

911

2007-08-27 22:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by Mom of 2 great boys 7 · 0 2

Every second that passes during time is history.
So everything that happens during those seconds becomes history. What's important to you becomes history.

2007-08-27 22:19:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There is an ancient Chinese saying/proverb which is a mild curse/pejorative, saying "May you live in interesting times.".

Well guess what , "we live in VERY interesting times".

Interesting dates include
November 9, 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall followed by

December 25, 1991, the dissolution of the USSR

Uknown time , 1993-1998 - Russian nuclear weapons probably acquired by non-state actors for eventual resale on the black market.. (Google Alexander Lebed, "Loose Nukes")
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june98/nukes_3-19a.html)

1992-2001 Increasingly spectacular terrorist events culminating in the events of 9/11. (Google history of Al Quaeda attacks - http://www.crusade-media.com/news1.html)

September, 2001 - Anthrax released through USPS, dozens of citizens sickened, suspects are never detained, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks)


October, 2001 US occupies Afghanistan and dislocates Taliban forces in Afghanistan in response to 9/11 attacks, large elements of Taliban including all high priority targets relocated outside of Afghanistan immediately before and after 9/11 events.
(http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/10/afghan_suicide_bombe.php)
(http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/598)


March, 2003 - US occupies Iraq, later executing President Hussein in furtherance of the "war on terrorism".
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq)


2003 - President Bush signs the USA Patriot act and various extensions, "technically" eliminating all constitutional protections for citizens of the United States.
(http://www.abanet.org/natsecurity/patriotdebates/)


2001-2007 - President Bush authorizes various unknown acts which are known to violate several aspects of federal , state and international laws. (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/04/30/examples_of_the_presidents_signing_statements/)

March 2006, China makes its first use of the tremendous amount of US debt as an economic weapon against the United States. (Personally I found this amusing, there was someone with suggesting this as outlandish, however it's
first significant occurance was 4 months beforehand)

Case of Chinese dumping US debt occurring : (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-06/19/content_897708.htm)
Claim that debt dumping is not possible :
(http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/08/chinas_hollow_threat_to_dump_us_bonds_peter_morici.php)

January 2002-present - Former elements of the KGB reformed under the FSB take formal/active control of the state apparatus of the former Russian state, press controls and media outlets are censored , reporters are regularly assassinated or otherwise eliminated after 2003.
(http://samvak.tripod.com/pp106.html)
(http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002994.html)

2003-4 Osama Bin Ladin and other elements of Al Qaeda seek religious consultation and grounds for legitimate justification for the use of weapons of mass destruction
within the principles and context of Jihad.


October, 2004 - Vice President Cheney reveals classified the existence of a multi-billion dollar program for information gathering for political gain late in the election cycle, helping to "improve" their standing in the polls. The program becomes ineffective within one week of the announcement.
(http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070114153813.ahatfwm8&show_article=1)
(http://www.popmatters.com/pm/books/reviews/the-one-percent-doctrine-by-ron-suskind)

August-September, 2005 - Hurricanes Katrina & Rita - US infrastructure failures in combination with federal , state and local response mechanisms incompetently deployed causing deaths and billions of dollars of losses in the delta area.

December , 2006 - Massive Tsunami affecting most coastal states of the Indian and East Pacific ocean concentrated in Indonesia and Thailand, approximately 250,000-330,000 killed, millions left homeless, environmental and economic devastation throughout the region.

Paris Hilton goes to jail for a few days, but gets to go home after getting really really upset and crying...and stuff...has recently been seen partying it up in Vegas, but as a reformed
person....really.

BFF Nichole Richie gets nailed for DWI and then again for driving down the highway the wrong way , gets put in the SLAMMER! For about an hour or so... again with the crying and stuff...she is released.

Disney Corporation continues to keep American children enthralled with High School Musical #2, released recently.

OJ Simpson's book will finally go on sale "If I did it" - or whatever it is promises to be a best seller ... among those at the Life Sentences Wing of most state correctional facilities.

On the upside

Harry Potter #7 is out as of last month...if you're into that sort of thing.

There is an eclipse in 4 hours.

2007-08-27 23:17:32 · answer #9 · answered by Mark T 7 · 1 0

I got married, I had a birthday, I reached level 70, I bought a cat, I can keep going

2007-08-27 22:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by GizmosFurBall 2 · 0 3

fedest.com, questions and answers