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      Jan 16th, 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.

      Feb 1st, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
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      1990•Americas Favorite animated family "The Simpsons " is aired on Fox for the first time

      Actually it first ran in 1989, but they only ran one episode to see what kind of response they would get. They decided to run a full season that aired in 1990-91.
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      19 March 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom begins
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      2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
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      2005 - Pope John Paul II passed.
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      2006 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf assumes office as President of Liberia, the first female elected head of state in Africa.
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      2007-



      Apple Inc's CEO and founder, Steve Jobs announces the first generation iPhone, the iPhone 2G
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      January 22, 2008 Heath Ledger died :(
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      2009-



      The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic,[45] becoming the first condition since the Hong Kong flu of 1967–1968 to receive this designation
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      i know i'm going backward, but what about 2008 - United States elects first black president???
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      2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes & kills 11; causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge in the Gulf of Mexico.
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      i know i'm going backward, but what about 2008 - United States elects first black president???



      Guess Heath Ledgers death trumped it.
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      2011-


      A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.[16]
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      February 11th 2012. One of the MOST amazing & influential women in the history of Music dies, Singer/Actress Whitney Houston.
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      Awesome, guys! Thanks to everyone who played along.
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      February 11th 2012 cokehe.......................nm.
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      Now lets keep it topic specific, Lets do Movies.
      1901- Excelsior! The Prince of the Magicians
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      hate i missed this....this has to be.....hands down....THE coolest thread EVAR!!!!!!!
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      I felt like sharing something people might not know. Of course it doesnt trump the Obama election, but its what i put.
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      22 December 2012 - A lot of silly people slap themselves when they wake up to a world that still exists.
      23 December 2012 - "Those stupid Mayans" becomes a common verbal expression, though the reason for the expression will be false. :flowerforyou:
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      hehe :)
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      Now lets keep it topic specific, Lets do Movies.
      1901- Excelsior! The Prince of the Magicians

      LOL.


      1902-

      "A trip to the Moon" A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the moon. Starring Georges Melies
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      1903 - Alice in Wonderland is a 1903 British silent film and the first film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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      1904:
      The Impossible Voyage (French: Voyage à travers l'impossible) is a 1904 silent film by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. Like most of Méliès' films at this time, it made use of narrative, models, and trick photography.

      This sounds cool, I'd love to see it!
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      Bump
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      1905
      Esmeralda (French: Esméralda) is a 1905 short silent film based on the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame written by Victor Hugo. It was directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset. There are two characters in the film, Esmeralda (Denise Becker) and Quasimodo (Henry Vorins). The film is the oldest film adaptation of the novel.
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      1906 "The Story of the Kelly Gang" is a Australian film that traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly (1855–1880).
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      1907

      Ben Hur is a 15 minute long 1907 silent film, the first film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, one of the best-selling books at that time
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      1908

      "The Doctor's Experiment"

      Patients behave like apes after being given monkey-gland injections.
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      1909

      The Cowboy Millionaire is a 1909 American silent short western directed by Francis Boggs and Otis Turner. The film stars Tom Mix, Mac Barnes and William Garwood. It was the debut film of actor William Garwood.
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