Definition and Examples, American Involvement in Wars From Colonial Times to the Present, Biography of Saddam Hussein, Dictator of Iraq, B.S., Criminology, California State University Fresno. Whenever I think of that, still make me chuckle. President Obama won the Electoral College by a staggering 192 votes over his opponent Senator John McCain. There was a cat who started in the Nazi navy in WWII, then became a ship's cat in the British Royal Navy, and survived three sinking ships during his naval service. 14. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld refuses the United Nations commission access to inmates at the Guantnamo Bay detention center, Typhoon Damrey strikes China's island province of Hainan killing 16, President George W Bush at the G8 summit tells other leaders he will not support legally binding reductions on carbon emissions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins a landslide victory on June 25th in Iran's presidential poll, Terrorist Attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt kill 90, Prisoners go on hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp. A star-studded memorial service took place for the singer at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. National Geographic. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-definitive-map-of-americas-creepy-clown-epidemic, Taylor, Jim. Britain implements The Civil Partnership Act granting civil partnerships "which include same sex partnerships" with rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. We have been busting out Kevin James' Hitch dance moves since the movie dropped in 2005. "Y2K Bug." Runners-up: Darfur Genocide, Benazir Bhutto assassination, London train bombings. From the awe-inspiring to the downright bizarre, below we've handpicked the 22 most amazing things that happened in the UK this year (in no particular order). To add to the list of fun things that happened in 2020, Chernobyl - yes, that Chernobyl - caught fire, releasing radiation into the smoke-filled air. Now it's hard to imagine there not being. If you're a 10-year-old reading about these things for the first time: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey were like the Prince William and Kate Middleton of our timebut alastheir love burned too bright and now Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica serves as the sole time capsule to remember what romance is, or should we say, was. Hotels and motels were especially susceptible, as travelers spread them from location to location. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html, Philofsky, Rachel. Wentworth Miller played Mariah Carey's love interest in her "We Belong Together" music video, which served as a sexual awakening for soooo many millennials. Apparently, this has happened before. 1 Coronavirus Outbreak. Unfortunately, there have been many terrible events in our history that have struck fear in the hearts of people across the globe. He didn't have a lot of screen time on the film but he did happen to take things too far when all was said and done. Not only were feet planted as a hoax, but as far back as 1914, shoes with feet were also reported. On Dec. 31, 1999, people watched with a little more anxiety and a little less celebration as the clock ticked towards potential Armageddon. U.S. Geological Survey. And did anyone think the Rolling Stones would still be touring? That's nowhere close to enough time, particularly in large cities where evacuation routes could quickly choke with cars [source: Folger]. On Oct. 22, Kennedy ordered a naval quarantine of Cuba in order to prevent Soviets from delivering any offensive weapons. The film made instant sensations out of its fresh-faced stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. One guy accidentally swallowed their precious plutonium. The town of Palisade, NV like many other "Wild West" towns of the time was actually very peaceful and had so few crimes that it didn't even have an official sheriff. It's from this angle a fear of the uncertain that we compiled our list of 10 anxiety-inducing events in history. 10 things that happened in 2003 Sep 28, 2012 at 3:44 pm Expand Autoplay 1 of 10 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere in February, killing all on board. Jan. 21, 2011. The tsunami is believed to have been the deadliest natural disaster since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. In 2004, however, U.S. President George W. Bush finally discussed the conflict,which took an estimated 300,000 lives between 2003 and 2005 and displaced two million people. The disaster also prompted the creation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System. It was called just a fad, but others insist that social networking sites have become one of the biggest shifts in human interaction since the invention of the telephone. Jan 9 Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Why Bush and Lincoln Both Suspended Habeas Corpus, 14 of Hillary Clinton's Major Accomplishments, What Is Interventionism? (Oct. 14, 2016) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis, U.S. Geological Survey. The first stage of the Volna rocket that was supposed to launch the spacecraft failed and the craft was unable to achieve orbit and instead crashed into the Barents Sea less than a minute and a half after launch. The triumph of change was approved all around the world. The coronavirus outbreak caused the whole world to stockpile basic needs. But in some horrifying cases, murderers choose to kill people at random. "2021 has been a complete blur. This prompted what has been called the largest Christian pilgrimage ever, with four million mourners descending on Rome for the funeral. (Oct. 12, 2016) http://people.com/crime/clown-sightings-2016-stephen-king-twitter-reacts/, Clark, Stuart. 15. solidsnake4545. That fourth-place finisher, Andarn Carbajal (pictured above), was a Cuban national who raised money to attend the Olympics by running the entire length of Cuba. Pope Benedict served until his resignation in 2013 and the current pontiff,Pope Francis, was appointed. 7. The winner of the first season was Will Young, who has had a modest career since. Today it sells that amount every two days, and more than 500 million iPhones have been sold in total. From a deadly pandemic to a global movement for racial justice, the year 2020 . Destiny's Child announced their official breakup, and we cried all the tears. Yikes! But as the examples above show, these killings weren't some kind of systematic cleansing by the Catholic Church to wipe out pre-Christian religions and the women who perpetuated them. October 6, 2016. But it was the subsequent failure of the levees in New Orleans that made the hurricane a humanitarian disaster. 16. Since 2005, the Seattle Sounders (MLS) and the Washington Nationals (MLB) have also joined the scene. Woody Allen (age 56) left his long-term partner Mia Farrow after she discovered his secret affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (age 21). (Oct. 11, 2016) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/, Miller, Laura. Could an astronomical event impact the Earth and all life on it? Dec. 31, 2014. 1990: Nelson Mandela Was Released Nelson Mandela walked to freedom in 1990. Jun 3 'The Knight of Sainte-Hermine' by Alexandre Dumas is published in France by Editions Phbus, completed by Claude Schopp, 135 years after the author's death. Sites like Facebook and MySpace expanded to include high school students, and our timelines were never the same. He said, "give me that.". 6. might be totally false. The recession showed that globalization means that countries aren't immune to the effects of foreclosures, rising unemployment rates, controversial bank bailouts, and a weak gross domestic product. The tsunami claimed victims in both poor villages and plush tourist resorts. 3. The service drew the most heads of state in history: four kings, five queens, 70 presidents and prime ministers, and 14 heads of other religions. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. Steve Fossett breaks world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. 5: Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley's Comet, 2: The United States Nearly Loses John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Spacecraft, Carlson, Adam. Interestingly, there are studies being done that argue iPods are making kids more anti-social, because they can turn on their music instead of socializing. (Oct. 13, 2016) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lee-boyd-malvo-10-years-after-dc-area-sniper-shootings-i-was-a-monster/2012/09/29/a1ef1b42-04d8-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html, Worland, Justin. "I was young and stupid," he said in the series. (2021, August 31). Feeling safer yet? (Oct. 11, 2016) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/, Weissman, Paul. A series of explosions led to an enormous fire at one of Britain's largest oil depots Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. Pepsi, the soda company, once had the 6th largest military in the world. Not to mention, my insurance no longer covered my RA medication, so I was dealing with that pain too. From Tokyo to London, New York to Sydney, Rio De Janeiro to Cairo, the fireworks and celebrations were extraordinary. The pipeline transports diesel and jet fuel from Texas to New York and delivers roughly 45% of New England's fuel. Whatever the reason for the spree, it remains one of the scariest examples of serial killing in American history [source: White]. What Happened in 2005 Major News Events, Popular Culture, History Prices Live 8 benefit concerts. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations and is a five time published author. Countries that didn't prepare were no worse off than those that did. Steve Jobs didnt invent the mp3 player, but he did revolutionize it. Runners-up: Hurricane Katrina, Victorian Bushfire, Climate Change. Then, at midnight, nothing happened. Reports of bedbug infestations soared, topping out at an 81% increase in calls for pest control since 2000. Earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured in southern Iran. It included his three children whom Jackson had famously sheltered from the press. But when you realize that it was John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, taking about a possible nuclear strike against the United States, it's downright terrifying. An Act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and across the globe, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. The Pacific Northwest and Midwest would be particularly hard hit, resulting in a short-term devastation of agriculture and waterways choked with gray sludge. We also all laughed a little harder when we found out Zac Efron got YOLO tattooed . The popular video sharing website YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim during February of 2005. (Oct. 21, 2016) http://time.com/4058851/kiribati-cliamte-change/, Special Offer on Antivirus Software From HowStuffWorks and TotalAV Security, Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley's Comet, The United States Nearly Loses John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Spacecraft, Time: Everything You Need to Know About the 'Clown Attack' Craze. Apr 19 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. The Nashville Curse was broken! Many groups attempted to ban the books, arguing that Rowling was brain washing kids into practicing magic and believing in the occult. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Let's hop back a decade and remember why your friends couldn't stop quoting Hitch. Sometimes events that happened hundreds of thousands or even millions of years ago are scary, not because tons of people were there to see them, but because they are predictive of what might happen in the future. From somewhat plausible to completely insane, here are some predictions about things people think might . Fear is an ancient emotion. He. Johnson, Bridget. The story was unsubstantiated, but copycats soon emerged. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at the university and a U.S. resident who was from South Korea, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic . 5. The plan was to use the publicity of the act to raise money and have the raft serve as an oceanographic research facility, but unfortunately a tropical storm destroyed New Atlantis in 1966, two years after it was created. "Will Indonesia Be Ready for the Next Tsunami?" Did anyone really grasp the ability for computers and the internet to permeate every aspect of our day to day lives? Jeva Lange. Game 5 went to 14 innings, and game 6 was decided by just two runs. Their motives were unclear. Later, an airplane crash did . That makes it one of the five largest individual volcanic events in history nearly 6,000 times larger than the Mt. In 1983, during the Cold War, a single Soviet lieutenant colonel by the name of Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov avoided nuclear war by correctly identifying a false alarm with the Soviet missile detection system. Most of their criticism has been ignored, especially by the college students playing quidditch matches on campus, and Oxford English Dictionary, who in 2003 entered muggle into its lexicon. And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief [source: National Geographic]. An Australian speedskater won that country's first-ever gold medal in a Winter Games because of sheer crazy luck. Apr 26 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 13th studio album "Devils and Dust", May 3 Fall Out Boy's breakthrough album "From Under the Cork Tree" is released through Island Records, May 9 Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched, May 15 "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, May 15 Laureus World Sports Awards, Casino Estoril, Portugal: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Kelly Holmes; Team: Greece Men's National Football team, May 17 Singer Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer at 36, May 27 DreamWorks releases computer-animated film "Madagascar" with voices by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith, May 28 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders claim their 5th title with a 35-25 win over the NSW Waratahs; Dan Carter lands 3 conversions & 2 penalties for the winners, May 30 Gordon Ramsay first appears on US television in cooking competition show "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox. Thinking he had been cut open, the doctor went into shock and died of a subsequent heart attack. For one, clowns are unpredictable: You never know if they're going to squirt water on you or pull something from their sleeve. There are 900 million television sets in use around the world; 201 million are in the United States. The first decade of the 21st century was filled with major news events that include tragic acts of terrorism, natural and humanitarian international disasters, and celebrity deaths. The search for the missing and involved over 130 people. Runners-up: HD TV, high speed internet, Wikipedia. It stands out as the most conventional action in a war that has rewritten the rules on conflict. The first decade of the 21st century was filled with major news events that include tragic acts of terrorism, natural and humanitarian international disasters, and celebrity deaths. Dec. 20, 2012. Katrina claimed 1,836 lives, and 705 people were categorized as missing. 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