4/9/2013
My life events
2000
1 Mar 17th: The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult.
2 Mar 20th: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead.
3. Jun 29th: Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'
4 May 13th: In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
5 May 2nd: President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2001
1 Jan 15th - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2 Feb 18th - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
3 Apr 1st - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, which is the first country to allow it.
4 May 3rd - The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
5. May 6th - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
2002
1 Jan 1st - Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei. 2 Jan 8th - President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. 3 Jan 21st - The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).
4 Jan 22nd - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
5 Mar 19th - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing