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Hint
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Answer
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2000
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Notorious prison in Northern Ireland closes
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HM Prison Maze
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2000
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President Clinton becomes the first to visit _____ since US invasion
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Vietnam
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2001
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World's largest public encyclopedia launches
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Wikipedia
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2001
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This disease results in the culling of millions of livestock in UK
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Foot and Mouth
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2001
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Airliners hit the Twin Towers in New York
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September 11th Attacks
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2001
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America invades _______ as part of the "War on Terror"
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Afghanistan
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2002
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Currency introduced in France, Spain and other EU states
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Euro
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2002
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________ wins the World Cup in Yokohama
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Brazil
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2002
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Department of _________ established by President Bush to protect USA
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Homeland Security
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2003
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Country invaded by USA, UK and various others
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Iraq
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2003
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Shenzou 5 is the first manned space flight for.......
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China
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2003
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Huge earthquake killing thousands hits Bam in this country
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Iran
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2003
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First US state to legalise same-sex marriage
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Massachusetts
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2004
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Social network _______ is launched in Harvard
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Facebook
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2004
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Mass bombing of public transport in Spanish city
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Madrid
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2004
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Country becomes the first in Europe to ban smoking in enclosed public places
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Republic of Ireland
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2004
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Huge tsunami hits Southeast Asia on this day
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Boxing Day
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2005
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Pope _______ dies in April
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John Paul II
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2005
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Concerts around the world for the Make Poverty History campaign
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Live 8
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2006
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250th anniversary of the birth of ______ celebrated globally
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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2006
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_______ is sent off in the World Cup final for headbutting a player
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Zinedine Zidane
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2006
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A supposed nuclear test is carried out by this Asian pariah state
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North Korea
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2007
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The first version of this popular mobile device goes on sale
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iPhone
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2007
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College massacre at American University kills 33
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Virginia Tech Massacre
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2007
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A British child called ______ disappears from an apartment in Portugal
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Madeleine McCann
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2007
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_______ is the last country in worldwide to make slavery illegal
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Mauritania
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2008
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_______ resigns as President of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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2008
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Almost 80,000 people perish in the _______ quake in Sichuan, China
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Wenchuan
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2008
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Swimmer breaks the gold medal record at Beijing Olympics
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Michael Phelps
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2008
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Testing begins at this device located at CERN in Geneva
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Large Hadron Collider
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2009
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Outbreak of _____ flu worldwide
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Swine
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2009
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The King of Pop is found dead in his California home
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Michael Jackson
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2009
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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi returns to ______
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Libya
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2010
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The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building opens in this city
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Dubai
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2010
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Eyjafjallajokull erupts in _____ grounding most European flights
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Iceland
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2010
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Julian Assange's website _______ releases 250,000 US diplomatic cables
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Wikileaks
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2010
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Protests in Tunisia begin series of protests in other countries known as the ___
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Arab Spring
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2011
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President Obama announces that US have captured and killed _________
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Osama Bin Laden
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2011
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New country established in Africa
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South Sudan
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2011
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Anders Breivik murders 77 people in ____ after a bombing and mass shooting
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Norway
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2011
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Libyan dictator killed as his state is toppled
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Muammar Gaddafi
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2012
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Director ______ designs the opening ceremony for the London Olympics
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Danny Boyle
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2012
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_______ rover lands on Mars successfully
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Curiosity
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2012
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________ becomes the first human to break the sound barrier without using machine assistance in a spacedive from 24 miles high
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Felix Baumgartner
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2012
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Legendary Astronomer and presenter __ ____ ____ dies at the age of 89
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Sir Patrick Moore
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2013
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_____ explodes over Chelyabinsk in Russia causing widespread damage
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Meteor
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2013
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Rana Plaza collapses in ____ becoming one of the worst and most lethal industrial disasters in history
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Dhaka
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2013
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Pope ______ XVI becomes the first voluntarily resign since 1294
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Benedict
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2013
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Whistleblower ______ leaks details of American mass surveillance programs to British newspaper The Guardian
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Edward Snowden
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2013
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Euromaidan movement begins in ________
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Ukraine
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2014
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President ______ of Ukraine is ousted by his parliament following 100 people being killed in protests in Kiev against pro-Russian policies
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Yanukovych
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2014
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Flight MH370 disappears over Asia, prompting a huge search operation. The plane belonged to ______ _______
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Malaysian Airlines
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2014
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______ is suspended from the G8 after annexing Crimea
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Russia
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