Kids stayed home from school, sporting events were canceled and people hid while pumping gas. Encyclopedia Britannica. R. Kelly weirded everybody out by playing all of the roles from his R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" during the MTV VMAs. Any small musician, looking to make it big, can get his music in the iTunes store, and theoretically propel himself to stardom. Runners-up: Darfur Genocide, Benazir Bhutto assassination, London train bombings. "For us, the single biggest story was the storming of the US Capitol and Trump's attempts to overturn the election results. A Concert for Hurricane Relief. 4. Since 2005, the Seattle Sounders (MLS) and the Washington Nationals (MLB) have also joined the scene. The service drew the most heads of state in history: four kings, five queens, 70 presidents and prime ministers, and 14 heads of other religions. The devastation prompted a massive global humanitarian response, with more than $7 billion donated to the affected regions. That makes it one of the five largest individual volcanic events in history nearly 6,000 times larger than the Mt. May 10, 2005. The first film was so successful (no surprise there), that Warner Bros. chose to make. Runners-up: Janet Jacksons Super Bowl Show, Live 8, Napster, death of Michael Jackson. Behind the US dollar, the euro has become the second largest reserve currency and the euro also has the more value in circulation than any other currency. In other words, we become scared superheroes ready to fight hard or run fast depending on the situation. 2020 is a year where the essential goods section gets wiped clean, while toilet paper becomes the hot new currency in some countries. During a live television broadcast of the siege, the structure housing members of the cult burst into flames. "Meet the President Trying to Save His Island Nation From Climate Change." He even typed up a constitution, which was just a copy of the US Constitution with any occurrences of "United States" replaced with "New Atlantis.". He was carried across the finish line by his handlers. It led to an argument at the United Nations about what constitutes genocide and what necessitates U.N. action. He. (Oct. 10, 2016) https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201206/is-our-survival-instinct-failing-us, Teague, Matthew. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-definitive-map-of-americas-creepy-clown-epidemic, Taylor, Jim. If you've ever lived in a small town, you know that small sleights or misinterpreted gestures can quickly become a big deal when the local rumor mill kicks into gear. One of the soldiers took the bear in and named him Wojtek, and he was trained in part by a civilian refugee. 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. He even performed actual work by helping transport supplies, including heavy boxes of ammunition. (Oct. 14, 2016) http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/coldwar/interviews/, Oskin, Becky. Other times, however, the threat was less obvious and fear lay in the dark unknown. Jeva Lange. People are in a crazy hoarding frenzy, eventually resulting in a Lysol shortage. Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park Bomber) sentenced to multiple life sentences. Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. The resulting tsunami slammed 11 countries as far away as South Africa, with waves up to 100 feet high. The Kyoto Protocol which is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gasses comes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia. Or maybe it was just so the people of Palisade could have a good laugh at the city-folk. 4. Even if Sumatran residents are instantly warned, they may only have 30 minutes to evacuate. Oscar died in 1955, a full 14 years after the sinking of the Bismarck. A crew member almost lost his life in a car accident while driving to the set. 5. It's from this angle a fear of the uncertain that we compiled our list of 10 anxiety-inducing events in history. 1 Coronavirus Outbreak. 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 Washington Post. Instead of a traditional press outlet, the celebrity gossip website TMZ broke the story that Jackson died. He would often sleep in bunks with the other soldiers, and he was said to be very fond of beer and cigarettes. And proceeded to pull out the magazine. What defines the 2010s? ( Bird Flu ) H5N1 strain of Avian Flu claims more lives in Indonesia and other countries around the globe. The Nokia 3310 became the best-selling phone of its time (and everyone was playing Snake!). The film made instant sensations out of its fresh-faced stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Walk to Remember Jan. 25, 2002. Might a serial killer strike your neighborhood and endanger your family? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made history in March by becoming the first African and the first woman to serve as director-general of the World Trade. These were followed by a large scale ground invasion on four primary fronts. We have been busting out Kevin James ' Hitch dance moves since the movie dropped in 2005. But there may be something more fundamental. People actually believe there will be football this fall. "As I walked out [of the President's Oval Office] I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night" [source: National Security Archive]. An African woman leads the World Trade Organization. He got out shortly before the finish line and crossed it, which fooled some of the onlookers. Aside from a few minor, isolated incidents, everything was fine. Earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured in southern Iran. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld refuses the United Nations commission access to inmates at the Guantnamo Bay detention center, Typhoon Damrey strikes China's island province of Hainan killing 16, President George W Bush at the G8 summit tells other leaders he will not support legally binding reductions on carbon emissions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins a landslide victory on June 25th in Iran's presidential poll, Terrorist Attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt kill 90, Prisoners go on hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. The largest of these eruptions was the oldest one, which created a volcanic formation known as the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff. A version of Khutulun (played by Claudia Kim, pictured above) appears as a character in Netflix's Marco Polo, as the explorer met and wrote about Khutulun in his travels. The second largest recorded earthquake in history occurred on December 26, 2005, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Jessica Simpson filed for divorce from Nick Lachey. The story was unsubstantiated, but copycats soon emerged. On Oct. 2, John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo climbed into a blue Chevrolet Caprice and headed toward an Aspen Hill, Maryland, craft store on a deadly mission. Mass protests during the G20 Economic Summit in 2009. (Sorry to all the Constantine Maroulis diehards!). By 2006, search engine Google purchased the company for $1.65 billion in Google stock. 5: Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley's Comet, 2: The United States Nearly Loses John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Spacecraft, Carlson, Adam. "D.C. Sniper Attacks of 2002." Marathon, 1904 St. Louis Olympics. (Oct. 13, 2016) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lee-boyd-malvo-10-years-after-dc-area-sniper-shootings-i-was-a-monster/2012/09/29/a1ef1b42-04d8-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html, Worland, Justin. Most of their criticism has been ignored, especially by the college students playing quidditch matches on campus, and Oxford English Dictionary, who in 2003 entered muggle into its lexicon. That was the terrifying reality during the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002. Thankfully, another runner used a knife to cut his pants into shorts. As the last man standing, Churchill played "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" Sep 22, 2020. What followed was nothing short of mania. (Oct. 10, 2016) http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/, National Security Archive. With close to 500 million people worldwide using the euro, its use and expanding use will help shape our future and hopefully lead us into a stage of macroeconomic stability. In the end, nearly 230,000 people were killed, missing, or presumed dead. 11th March 2004 Madrid train bombings or Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people. James Barrett James is a journalist covering everything from travel, interviews, personal essays to lifestyle and entertainment. By Paramore, by becoming the first band actually from the Nashville area to go platinum - the curse existed for twenty years. U.S. Geological Survey. Those in vulnerable areas, like the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati, are particularly concerned but determined to fight back. Feb. 1, 2005. The concerts were held in London, Philadelphia, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Edinburgh, Cornwall, Johannesburg, and Barrie. May 20, 2016. It's said that she had thousands of horses, possibly even up to ten thousand, as a result of her many victories. Here's just a couple of them: 1) One time I was driving home, dirt roads midday, and I had to stop. The medication that led to his death prompted an investigation of Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. Salon. By the late 1700s, the witch craze was largely over, but not before some 40,000 to 100,000 people had been killed under such outrageous circumstances as those mentioned above. The spacecraft was created by the Planetary Society, a non-profit space advocacy group. Wikipedia. Here's a stress ball, just in case that helps.. Johnson, Bridget. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption.html, Philofsky, Rachel. Wilderness-survival boot camps recruited participants like never before. Usually, victims know the killer. Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Politics undoubtedly cloud the issue of climate change. Here are 16 of the wildest experiences actors and crew had on set: 1. Later, an airplane crash did . Updated on July 14, 2019. Of course what happened to him makes his own crimes seem pretty tame. In the aftermath, entire cities had been destroyed. "2021 has been a complete blur. 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. By the time the waters receded, nearly 228,000 people in 14 countries were dead, and some communities in hard-hit Indonesia were almost completely wiped off the map [source: Folger]. Live Science. Did anyone think they would be holding a powerful phone in their pocket and take that power for granted today, ten years ago? National Geographic. "Remember Y2K? Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 1st of 3 straight French titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-1, 6-1, Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta of Argentina 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 to claim his first French title, Jun 13 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch, Jun 15 "Batman Begins", directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Katie Holmes goes on wide release, Jun 18 David Tennant's first appearance as the Tenth Doctor in BBC "Doctor Who" episode "The Parting of the Ways", Jun 19 Michael Schumacher wins controversial United States Formula 1 Grand Prix where only 6 of 20 cars complete the race amongst ridicule of F1 safety and tyre rules, Jun 21 Billy Corgan releases"TheFutureEmbrace", his first solo album, Jun 23 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Detroit Pistons, 81-74 in Game 7 for club's 3rd title; MVP: Tim Duncan, his 3rd MVP award. 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. We were so innocent then! It was so popular Zac Efron even got a tattoo of the saying on his hand. 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 . 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 . If Glenn had failed, a struggling space program would have raised some real questions about the United States' national defense capabilities. Leopold's father made his fortune in the shipping industry, and Loeb's father was vice president of Sears, Roebuck & Company. A series of explosions led to an enormous fire at one of Britain's largest oil depots Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. American Idol took off a year later, and every week gains more votes than the US presidential election. Like other recent food product successes, Taco Bell relied heavily on social media marketing to make the Locos Tacos fad go viral. On the line was national pride and confidence in the country's ability to compete with its Soviet rivals. Nicknamed the "Yorkshire Witch," Mary Bateman's career began when she pretended to be the go-between for a couple of fake psychics named "Mrs. Moore" and "Miss Blythe." She actually made a pretty tidy living selling potions, fortunes, and curses, but greedy people are never happy with "a pretty tidy living." Yellowstone continues to be an active volcanic zone, as its numerous geysers and hot springs attest. 16. Down three games to zero against their fiercest rival, the New York Yankees, in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox were down to their final inning when the magic began. Robert Liston, a surgeon in the 1800s, performed an operation with a. A star-studded memorial service took place for the singer at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Feb. 14, 1999. Obsessed with travel? 5. This prompted what has been called the largest Christian pilgrimage ever, with four million mourners descending on Rome for the funeral. 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. Even if you are a PC, you must admit that Apple was doing something right when they introduced the iPod. The Live 8 benefit concerts are held during July. London wins the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games. An international poll showed an average of 49% worldwide in favor of Obama, while McCain only garnered 12%. 1990: Nelson Mandela Was Released Nelson Mandela walked to freedom in 1990. Final score: Mia Tucker. Most recently, prosecutors have said that Ana's phone pinged on her home on both Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 when surveillance video obtained during the police investigation revealed that Brian went to. Katrina Makes Landfall As Category 3 Louisiana. The News Feed -- now the homepage of the site -- wasn't introduced until 2006. Yikes! They pumped his stomach and separated the plutonium back out. Even wilder theories emerged suggesting that the comet's gravity might throw off Earth's tides and cause the Pacific to empty itself into the Atlantic. American Idol was still the top TV show, and George W. Bush was "the decider.". So the whole thing was a nightmare from the start. 19. 4. And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief [source: National Geographic]. From the real (climate change, tsunamis, supervolcanoes) to the perceived (Y2K, creepy clowns, Halley's Comet), scary events are a huge part of our shared human history. An entire generation grew up along with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, reading thousands of pages in a time where most children are watching TV. It was also the year when comedian Sam Kinison died when a drunk driver hit his car on a desert highway in California. The tsunami is believed to have been the deadliest natural disaster since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. May 5, 2016. 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