Ultimate 21st Century History Quiz

Can you name these things that happened every year from 2001 to present?

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Year	Hint	Answer
2022	Russia launches an invasion of this country	Ukraine
2021	This country's government surrenders to the Taliban	Afghanistan
2020	This disease, which first broke out in China, becomes a pandemic	COVID-19
2019	This Chinese probe becomes the first artificial object to land on the far side of the Moon	Chang'e 4
2018	This country's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders	China
2017	A new species of orangutan is identified in this country	Indonesia
2016	This country votes in a referendum to leave the European Union	United Kingdom
2015	The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) is held in this city	Paris
2014	This Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur disappears over the Gulf of Thailand	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
2013	A meteor explodes over this country	Russia
2012	After 246 years since its first publication, this encyclopedia discontinues its print edition	Encyclopædia Britannica
2011	A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hits this country	Japan
2010	This man-made structure in the UAE is officially opened	Burj Khalifa
2009	This country becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon	Czech Republic
2008	An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale strikes this province of China	Sichuan
2007	This person becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch, at the age of 81 years and 244 days	Queen Elizabeth II
2006	This celestial object is demoted to the status of dwarf planet	Pluto
2005	The first video on this video-sharing website is published	YouTube
2004	Mark Zuckerberg launches this social networking site	Facebook
2003	The last signal from this NASA spacecraft is received	Pioneer 10
2002	This currency is officially introduced in some European countries	Euro
2001	This building in New York City is attacked by terrorists	World Trade Center