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 . Well, doctors and other spectators would often watch these surgeries from the gallery, which was much more up close and personal than medical galleries today. Apr 19 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. George W. Bush starts his second term as 43rd President of the United States. Despite being a proudly cynical 16-year-old, I sobbed my way through most of Nicholas Sparks's 1999 novel, A Walk to Remember.Sparks, a notable asshole, somehow managed to pen the ultimate fantasy of any God Girl (including Muslim God Girls).It goes like this: Bookish, plain, religious girl manages to pull the Hottest Guy in School by being smart, kind, and . Source: Newsweek Lots of insane things happened in 2017, and there's probably more in store in 2018. Wojtek was eventually enlisted as a soldier in the Polish army in order to get him on a British transport ship and given his own paybook, serial number, and rank (he was a private). Michael Jackson is found not guilty of Child Molestation Charges. The rest of the world responded with relief aid estimated at over ten billion US dollars. After the war, Churchill retired and appeared as an extra in the 1952 movie Ivanhoe. But it was the subsequent failure of the levees in New Orleans that made the hurricane a humanitarian disaster. "D.C. Sniper Attacks of 2002." American Idol was still the top TV show, and George W. Bush was "the decider.". It also won 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief [source: National Geographic]. 1990: Nelson Mandela Was Released Nelson Mandela walked to freedom in 1990. The exaggerated face paint also makes them uncanny human, but in a strange and mysterious way. The aftermath 1 week after the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami. "2021 has been a complete blur. President Obama won the Electoral College by a staggering 192 votes over his opponent Senator John McCain. St. Helens eruption of 1980 [source: Lowenstern et al.]. "Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions What's in Yellowstone's Future?" 4. So what was the big deal? (Oct. 10, 2016) https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201206/is-our-survival-instinct-failing-us, Teague, Matthew. Jan 16 62nd Golden Globes: "The Aviator", Leonardo DiCaprio and Hilary Swank win, Jan 23 "Numb3rs", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS, Jan 26 Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, the first African American woman to hold the post, Jan 29 Australian Open Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Serena Williams wins her 2nd Australian title; beats Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, Feb 6 Tony Blair, now the longest-serving Labour PM, marks 2,838 days as British Prime Minister, Feb 10 His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales announces engagement to Camilla Parker Bowles, Feb 13 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-27; MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts, QB, HI, Feb 16 The UK version of "The Apprentice" with British business magnate Alan Sugar premieres on the BBC, Feb 23 Slovakia Summit 2005 begins; George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend - 1st visit of a sitting US President to Slovakia, Feb 26 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76, Feb 27 77th Academy Awards: "Million Dollar Baby", Jamie Foxx, and Hilary Swank win, Feb 28 19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher & Ciara win, Feb 28 Stereophonics release their single "Dakota", later their first #1 UK single, Mar 3 American rapper 50 Cent releases his album The Massacre (2005 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album 2006), Mar 13 Bob Iger is named CEO of Walt Disney International, succeeding Michael Eisner, Mar 14 20th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Buddy Guy; The O'Jays; The Pretenders; Percy Sledge; U2; Frank Barsalona; and Seymour Stein, Mar 18 "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" premieres on the Disney Channel, starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Mar 24 US version of "The Office" created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, developed by Greg Daniels, starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski premieres on NBC, Mar 26 "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, Mar 27 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Annika Srenstam of Sweden wins event for the 3rd time, 8 strokes ahead of American Rosie Jones, Mar 27 TV medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" created by Shonda Rhimes starring Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh debuts on ABC, Mar 28 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 48-year old Fred Funk becomes oldest event winner, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank, Mar 29 "We Belong Together" single is released by Mariah Carey (Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2006, Billboard Song of the Year 2005), Apr 3 WrestleMania XXI, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: Batista defeats Triple H; John Cena beats John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Apr 6 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day, Apr 7 Head of government of the Federal District, Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, faces an impeachment process at the Mexican Congress, Apr 10 69th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his 4th green jacket on the 1st hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco, Apr 11 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson & Kenny Chesney win. While different shows can fit the general description of reality TV, it really began with in the UK with Pop Idol in 2001. The tsunami is believed to have been the deadliest natural disaster since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. 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). It's from this angle a fear of the uncertain that we compiled our list of 10 anxiety-inducing events in history. Hotels and motels were especially susceptible, as travelers spread them from location to location. Thinking he had been cut open, the doctor went into shock and died of a subsequent heart attack. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. The Guardian. The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse. The shootings continued for the next three weeks, claiming victims at a gas station, home improvement store, middle school and other ordinary public places [source: Philofsky]. The same fight-or-flight response that gripped cavemen stalked by a hungry saber-toothed tiger still grips modern humans when they skydive for the first time. 2012 was the year of many things, because of 2012 we learned that we the Mayan's calendar just happened to end on that date. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. She laughed and said it wasn't loaded. Runners-up: Darfur Genocide, Benazir Bhutto assassination, London train bombings. The first film was so successful (no surprise there), that Warner Bros. chose to make. "What Would Happen if Yellowstone's Supervolcano Erupted?" We learn that the young man, played by Dev Patel, is not interested in the money, but in finding his lost girlfriend. Time. 5. Dec. 31, 2014. "Stephen King Urges People to 'Cool the Clown Hysteria' After More Reports and Arrests." From a deadly pandemic to a global movement for racial justice, the year 2020 . He was taken to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, but escaped along with a Royal Air Force officer shortly after. "Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)." A trend toward stronger and more frequent hurricanes, though not yet definitively tied to climate change, is also expected to accelerate. Here's just a couple of them: 1) One time I was driving home, dirt roads midday, and I had to stop. Still, the problem played on people's lingering fear of technology, and the belief among some Christians that Jesus might return 2,000 years after his birth only escalated the concern [source: Sheesley]. December 17, 2020. Who knew reality TV love couldn't last? The second-largest earthquake ever recorded, with at least a 9.1 magnitude, ripped the floor of the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia. Even if you are a PC, you must admit that Apple was doing something right when they introduced the iPod. 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. 10. During the procedure, Liston accidentally swiped near an elderly doctor with a blade, slicing the fabric of the doctor's suit coat. RELATED: The biggest company blunders of 2014. Finally, yes, the biggie. Did anyone think they would be holding a powerful phone in their pocket and take that power for granted today, ten years ago? The launch of the unmanned Cosmos 1 failed during June. 10 Major News Stories of the 2000s. July 21, 2007 Final Harry Potter Book Released, November 12, 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Released, October 17, 2004 Boston Red Sox Begin Their Comeback. Take the Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions, which happened 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. So good! R. Kelly weirded everybody out by playing all of the roles from his R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" during the MTV VMAs. A woman in Alabama created a Facebook page for "Flomo Klown" and threatened to kill people at a local school. The intelligence that led to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 remains a controversy, but the invasion changed the decade in a way that its predecessor, the Gulf War, didn't. (Oct. 13, 2016) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Halleys-Comet, White, Josh. 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. Many groups attempted to ban the books, arguing that Rowling was brain washing kids into practicing magic and believing in the occult. On September 11, 2001, four airplanes in the United States were hijacked by Muslim extremists and crashed into various locations. 4. One of the soldiers took the bear in and named him Wojtek, and he was trained in part by a civilian refugee. It released a whopping 585 cubic miles (2,450 square kilometers) of molten rock and created a caldera measuring some 60 miles (96.6 kilometers) across. So what's the big deal? Here's How We Prepped for the Non-Disaster." 1. That wasn't the scary part [source: Weissman]. A completely avoidable computer bug. Not only were feet planted as a hoax, but as far back as 1914, shoes with feet were also reported. Oct. 8, 2016. Having reached the end of the first decade of the new millennium, its time to look back at all the things that helped shape the cultural heritage of our ever globalizing society. 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. Any small musician, looking to make it big, can get his music in the iTunes store, and theoretically propel himself to stardom. But before you know it, local officials are dragging you off to a witch trial where logic doesn't matter and torture is the preferred way to draw a confession. Could an astronomical event impact the Earth and all life on it? See, the Indonesian island of Sumatra sits right next to a hyperactive fault zone. Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley's Comet Washington, D.C., Sniper Attacks Cuban Missile Crisis The United States Nearly Loses John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Spacecraft 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 10: Y2K Perhaps more frightening than Y2K is the size of our old computer monitors. Churches held prayer vigils, and enterprising con-men sold comet pills to ward off the poison's effects. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were two young men from extremely wealthy, prestigious families. Based on the book "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup, the movie tells the tale of an impoverished young man and his chance to make millions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" He answers question after question based on chance encounters throughout his life, such as how he knows who is on a US 100 dollar bill. We just aren't wired very well to deal with this uncertainty, and the Great Clown Scare is proof [source: Romm]. Oscar survived again and was rescued along with the remaining crew, and given the nickname "Unsinkable Sam." Today billions of videos are uploaded and watched by millions of users of the website. The 2020s started off pretty rough, you could even say horribly. Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. However, here are the craziest ones about what could potentially happen this year. His last service was aboard the HMS Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier that was ALSO torpedoed, this time by a Nazi U-boat. Katrina Makes Landfall As Category 3 Louisiana. Leicester Hemingway sailed a barge made mostly out of bamboo, roughly 8 foot by 30 foot, out to sea and declared it a micro-nation that was half independent and half part of the United States. In the 1960s space technology was viewed as a critical component in the nuclear arms race. Considering this was the only thing standing between him and certain, fiery death, it was a bit concerning. But "hashtags" have emerged from the pack and represent a new way to organize language by grouping words into metadata. Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. There have been 10 more feet found, and it remains a partial mystery as to identity of the owners. Outraged by rising government debt, the Tea Party formed in 2009 and has had considerable success in Congressional elections. The Y2K bug was big news in December 1999. The Live 8 benefit concerts are held during July. Glancing into the rearview mirror, we see a 2005 that lacks some of the mainstays of our 2014 existence. President George W. Bush acknowledged he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. following Sept. 11, President George W. Bush signed the new act making it harder for those with large debts to wipe clean their financial slates by declaring bankruptcy under Chapter 7 "New Bankruptcy Law". We were so innocent then! Usually, victims know the killer. Source: NPR 1 . Two were crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one was flown into the Pentagon Building in Washington DC, and in the fourth plane, civilians overtook the terrorists and the plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It has also changed the music industry itself. Calculations for everything from interest rates at banks to safety checks at nuclear power facilities would be incorrect. (2021, August 31). 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. 42 of 68 43 of 68 Aug. 31, 2005 Express-News file photo Show More Show Less 44 of 68 Sept. 1, . What defines the 2010s? 2. The Top Ten. How we managed to function without it remains a baffling mystery. 16 members of the EU are obliged to adopt the euro eventually, with the United Kingdom and Denmark exempt. 17. Today it sells that amount every two days, and more than 500 million iPhones have been sold in total. It just goes to show how close the world came to all-out nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. These were followed by a large scale ground invasion on four primary fronts. The Darfur conflict began in 2003 in western Sudan. Dec. 25, 2014. Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group centered in the Middle East, and its leader Osama Bin Laden were blamed for the attack. Scientists believe climate change will continue to affect the planet through this century and beyond [source: NASA, "The Consequences"]. Section of the 17th Street Canal levee gives way allowing a sea of water from Lake Pontchartrain to flood Lakeview and into Mid-City, Carrollton, Gentilly, City Park and neighborhoods farther south and east. Reporting on what you care about. 8. Jessop had to jump out of the lifeboat she was on in order to avoid being sucked under the ship's propellors, and suffered a head injury in the process. Hopefully you can somehow convince the superstitious executioner that you aren't a witch, but if not, you'll be hanged, beheaded or burned at the stake. 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. Everything was fine until the 1990s, when concern grew that computers might interpret the looming year 2000 known in computer-speak as "00" as 1900. Carrie Underwood won Season 4 of American Idol. Glenn would be the first American to orbit the Earth, but as he prepared to re-enter the atmosphere, he got some bad news from Mission Control: A sensor detected a problem with the heat shield. on his bagpipes before being knocked unconscious by a grenade. Pope Benedict served until his resignation in 2013 and the current pontiff,Pope Francis, was appointed. Women Rescued Trying to Retrieve Phone Several firefighters in Washington state had to pull a woman out of an outhouse after accidentally falling into the hole after dropping her cell phone. Will a regional conflict become global and spark World War III? 18/18. Fear is an ancient emotion. Since then, a number of countries have committed to the effort to stop global terrorism. The Nokia 3310 became the best-selling phone of its time (and everyone was playing Snake!). George W. Mike Myers' face. It led to an argument at the United Nations about what constitutes genocide and what necessitates U.N. action. Other times, what you long believed to be a myth is actually fact.From an earthquake-proof cathedral that's made almost entirely of cardboard to an ancient Egyptian mummy with a modern-day passport, this list of crazy . The issue at hand was the Soviet Union's use of Cuba as a launching pad for nuclear weapons capable of striking the United States. Oscar survived that attack as well, and afterward retired to Belfast, where he lived in a seaman's home. 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. "People Fear Clowns for the Same Reason They Fear Uncertainty." When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. He said, "give me that.". "I was young and stupid," he said in the series. While such actions may seem crazy now, they could one day prove necessary. He got out shortly before the finish line and crossed it, which fooled some of the onlookers. One guy accidentally swallowed their precious plutonium. Despite reassurances from experts, people were worried. Their first shot shattered the window of the store but narrowly missed the cashier's head. Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, sparked the feud. Obsessed with travel? Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park Bomber) sentenced to multiple life sentences. Whatever the reason for the spree, it remains one of the scariest examples of serial killing in American history [source: White]. Runners-up: Janet Jacksons Super Bowl Show, Live 8, Napster, death of Michael Jackson. James Barrett James is a journalist covering everything from travel, interviews, personal essays to lifestyle and entertainment. So the USSR bought billions of dollars worth of Pepsi by trading submarines, military ships, and a lot of vodka for the soda. The second largest recorded earthquake in history occurred on December 26, 2005, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's brutal dictator since 1979, was successfully ousted from power; his two sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed fighting with coalition troops; and Hussein was found hiding in a hole on Dec. 14, 2003. The Oklahoma City ThunderThe Oklahoma City Thunder quickly became one of basketball's most dominant teams after relocating from Seattle in 2008. Photo credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-00652 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. 17 Crazy Things You Forgot Actually Happened in 2012 We need to talk about Zac Efron's YOLO tattoo. Citizens from both sides of the wall uses hammers and axes to smash away at the wall until nothing was left. Kanye West. It was the year when Princess Diana of the UK separated from her husband, Prince Charles after the latter's secret affair with another lady was exposed by the media. For that brief time, PepsiCo had the 6th largest military in the world, until it sold all of the ships and submarines for scrap recycling. As the last man standing, Churchill played "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" In other words, we become scared superheroes ready to fight hard or run fast depending on the situation. People are in a crazy hoarding frenzy, eventually resulting in a Lysol shortage. It's unclear whether Hemingway involved any actual guano (bird or bat droppings) in the process. 14. Had it been successful, it would have been the first orbital spacecraft to use a solar sail to increase its speed in space. 1 /18. Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher shot the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco (pronounced Butt-a-foo-co), Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face. Watch on YouTube 2. It has been acclaimed as being a small representative of the future of film, because of its international cast, crew, and audience. Russian President Vladimir Putin. Part of the reason for its strange allure is the tragic accident which occurred on set. 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