The+World+1995-2009

Apollo 13
====Apollo 13 lunched during April 11, 1970. The crew flew the space Odyssey and Aquarius. Two days after they left on the Apollo 13 it was close to the moon, there was an explosion that caused the service module to lose oxygen. The crew used Aquarius to get back to earth. During that time they overcame life-threatening problems such as freezing temperatures and carbon dioxide. They landed in the Pacific Ocean during April 17, 1970.====

**http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564360_4/Apollo_Program.html#p24**

 * By:Tiffany Schmidt**

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On October 17, 1973 the Arab oil produces announced an embargo to limit the shipments of oil in the United States. A Embargo is when the government doesn’t allow Merchant ships in or out of the ports. The United States embargo brought a crisis on the proportions of oil. It went from 1.2 billion barrels to 19,000 barrels in a daily shipment. As the proportions of the oil went down the price went up. Between May 1973 and June 1974 the price of gasoline went up 43%. President Jimmy Carter even cut back on the speed limit to 55 mph to use less gas. Countries looked for other energy sources such as natural gas, nuclear energy, and coal, because of the scarce amount of oil.===== By: Briana Plummer**
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It was July 14th 1999 in Milwaukee Wisconsin when the stadium got destroyed within seconds. While the construction workers were building the Stadium, people were recording it because it was the first ever stadium in Milwaukee in which baseball will be played. Any ways, One of the construction workers must have gotten the wrong message and the crane just crashed, killing a total of three people and ruining the stadium completely! It was a total disaster. If you go to the website below, you will be able to see what many people had to deal with. (just press on where it says “see big blue video”.)======

http://www.craneaccidents.com/BigBlue/video.htm

 * By: Rebecca Bloch**

Tell the World Your Story
// After each post, place a link back to your source and include your first name and last initial. //
 * Since you were born, what has happened in the World? **

The global Y2K Problem
The Y2K was a notable problem for both digital and non-digital documention and data storage situtations situtations which resulted from the pratice of abbreviating a four digit year to two digits. Supposeivley everything was to break down on January 1,2000. Nothing really happened globally once the clocks rolled over into 2000. Some countries computer industry did get infected by this problem though. But nothing compared to what suppose to happen. Source- Wikipedia**d
 * By- Cassie G

U.S Embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzaina
On August 7, 1998 US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzaina were blown up by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The bombings were believed to be revenge on America for extraditing four Albanians from Albania to Egypt.

Osama Bin Laden scheduled the bombings on the 7th because it was the 8th anniversary of the American troops going into Saudi Arabia. His main goal for the bombings was to lure the Americans into Afghanistan.

Somewhere between 10:30 am and 10:40 am trucks parked outside both embassies. The trucks blew up at the same time. 223 people, including 12 Americans, were killed and about 4100 people were injured. In response, President Clinton fired missiles at a pharmaceutical facility that he believed made chemical weapons. However, after the missile strike was completed there was an investigation into president Clinton's sources and they turned out to be unreliable. Suspects in the bombing were taken and were charged with bombing the embassies and killing 12 American citizens. media type="youtube" key="d3W22hWWIpw" height="265" width="320" By: **Alex N** Edited By: **Nathan B.** Source: [|Wikipedia]

Swine Flu Pandemic
In 2009, the swine flu threatened the entire world. Swine flu is usually found in pigs but can quickly move to humans as well. If the virus mutates, it can cause panic, hysteria, and many deaths upon humans.

This virus quickly became a threat to humans, especially those with little or no immunity. Swine Flu officially known as the H1N1 virus originated in Mexico.The first causality was a 23 month old from Mexico. By June 2009 many deaths were blamed on Swine Flu. They doctors are rushing to make a vaccine. By:**Antoinette Howard** Edited By: **Ashley O.** Source:[|Google]

**The USS Cole Bombing**
On October 12, 2000 suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole, which was stationed off the coast of Yemen. The Cole was attacked when it was in Aden harbor for a normal refueling stop. The people that attacked the USS Cole were on a small boat, and the explosion left a 40-foot by 60-foot hole in the hull of the boat. Seventeen American soldiers were killed in the attack. By: **Cody Findling** Resources: Wikipedia

** Tsunami Strikes Indonesia **
** On December 26 2004 largest Tsunami in the History of the world engulfed people near **** Indonesia ****. An earthquake at the bottom of the Indian ocean caused the tsunami, killing about 230,000 people in eleven countries. ** media type="youtube" key="w9ygYqj4rVM" height="265" width="320" By: **John M. and Rebecca P.** Edited by: **Rm 205** Source [|here]

** Earthquake Strikes Kobe, Japan on Jan. 17, 1995 **
On January 17, 1995 a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kobe, Japan sparking many fires throughout the city. About 30,400 buildings were destroyed and about 5,100 people died. There were over 26,000 people injured. The economy lost about 200 billion dollars. This was one of the most devastating earthquakes to hit Japan. By: **Joey P**. Edited by: **Room 205** Source: [|Wikipedia]

** Hong Kong is Returned to China from British Rule **
The territory of Hong Kong was returned from the United Kingdom to China in 1997.

Hong Kong became a crown colony of the United Kingdom in 1842 because China lost Hong Kong to Great Britain in the first Opium War. Then in 1860, after China's defeat in the Second Opium War, Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street and Stonecutter's Island were ceded to Britain under the Convention of Peking. In 1898 Britain obtained a 99-year lease of Lantau Island and the adjacent northern lands, which became known as the New Territories. Hong Kong's territory has remained unchanged to the present. It was reclassified as a British dependent territory in 1983 until the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997.

So Hong Kong was ruled by Britain in 1842, but basically, it was returned to China as the lease expired! By: **Megan K.** Edited by: **Tiffany S.** Sources: [|Wikipedia][|Google][|History Timeline]

On May 10, 1996, Mt. Everest climbers saw the mountain's deadliest year. Two groups were scaling the mountain in the South Col when a snow storm swooped over them, causing a white out. During this, eight people total from the two teams died that day, two of whom were team captains. When the survivors made it down to the other teams, they told them what happened. The story was then documented onto the internet.

A total of 15 climbers died that year making the year 1997 the mountains deadliest year. By: **Sara B.** Edited By: **Ashley O. Nathan B.** Sources: [], Wikipedia

Pope John Paul Dies at 84
Pope John Paul II died at April 2, 2005 at the age of 84 in his private apartment in Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, Italy.

Pope John Paul II made over 100 international journeys, and had met more people than any other Pope. He had been the Supreme Pontiff for 26 years, and was the longest serving pope in modern time. He was also the first non- Italian pontiff for 455 years.

His reign was responsible for stabilizing the Roman Catholic Church, showing a strong religious lead even in hard times, and for reestablishing the word of God in Africa and South America. He used his position and leadership not only for the good of the church but to fight for the right of the poor and underprivileged. He also used his leadership to speak publicly and privately to political leaders. He wasn't afraid to point out what they're lacking of and embarrass them into becoming a better person and behaving better, even in front of their own countries. By: **Edhela E.** Edited by: **Room 207** Source: []

Death Of a Tyrant
On December 30th, 2006 former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hung for "crimes against humanity." He was captured by US forces in the town of ad-Dawr and was incarcerated at Camp Cropper until he was convicted of crimes against humanity. The case against him was based on his bombing of a village named Dujail in the late 1980's. The motive for the bombing was a failed assassination attempt against him. For More info go to this website: [] By: **Alex C** Edited by: **Cody F**

**Terrorist bomb in Bali** **kills hundreds**
On October 12th 2002, a terrorist bomb goes off in Bali and kills hundreds of people. Since the bomb occurred many people had severe burns and many were killed. The certain amount of people killed were 202. 240 people were lucky and were only injured. The attack had a total of 3 bombs that went off with two of the bombs that would be able to do a lot of damage and the 3rd one not able to do much. People believe many people were involved in this attack while only three people were sentenced to the death penalty. The three people being [|Imam Samudra], [|Amrozi Nurhasyim] and [|Mukhlas Ghufron]. By:**Naomi S.**