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Great Events from History: The 21st Century (2000-2016)

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Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Table of Contents: Great Events from History - 21st




A-Z List of Contents




Y2k “Crisis” Does Not Cause Crisis




Peanuts Comic Strip Retires




United Kingdom Lifts Ban On Gays And Lesbians In The Military




Hague Court Convicts Bosnian Croats Of 1993 Massacre




Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes Because Of a Mechanical Failure




Endeavour Maps Earth From Space




Spacecraft Orbits, Then Lands On, A Near-Earth Asteroid




Land Reform Sparks Controversy In Zimbabwe




FMLN Wins Legislative Elections In El Salvador




Stephen King Releases the First E-Novel




Wade Ends Socialist Dominance In Senegal




Hollywood Awards Transgender Portrayals In Film




Survivor Introduces Audiences to “Reality TV”




Dot-Com Crash Ends A Historic Speculative Bubble




Vermont Gives Legal Status To Same-Sex Civil Unions




New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Extramarital Affair Is Revealed




ILOVEYOU Virus Attacks Computers




Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards Is Convicted On Corruption Charges




Scientists Release Evidence Of Water On Mars




Completion Of The Sequencing Of The Human Genome Is Announced




U.S. Supreme Court Holds That First Amendment Rights Of Private Organizations Trump Anti- Discrimination Laws




Canadian Parliament Makes Quebec Secession More Difficult




PRI Rule Ends In Mexico




Organization Of African Unity Moves To Establish The African Union




Second Camp David Summit Ends Without Any Agreements




Florida Jury Ordered Tobacco Companies To Pay $145 Billion To Florida Smokers In 2000




“Blood Diamonds” Attract World Scrutiny




Bridgestone/Firestone Announces Massive Recall




Russian Submarine Sinks, Killing 118 Crew Members




United Nations Holds The Millennium Summit




Gymnast Andreea RăDucan Loses Her Olympic Gold Medal Because Of Drugs




Palestinians Demonstrate Their Anger At Israel In The Second Intifada




Slobodan Milosevic Is Overthrown By The Serbian People




Large Coal Slurry Spill Pollutes Waters In Kentucky And West Virginia




Islamicist Terrorists Attack U.S.S. Cole




International Space Station Is Manned




Sexual Abuse Of Children In France Leads To The Outreau Scandal




U.S. Government Funds Everglades Restoration




The Supreme Court Orders An End To The Recount Of Disputed Ballots, Which Makes George W. Bush The Next President




California Experiences A Painful Electricity Crisis




Thes Sopranos Is Immensely Popular And Critically Acclaimed




Killing Of Unarmed African Americans By Police Officers Triggers Mass Protests And Riots




European Countries Punish Holocaust Deniers With Prison Sentences




Craigslist Continues To Generate Controversy




Cybercrime Becomes Increasingly Common




North American Droughts Inflict Catastrophic Economic Consequences On Many Regions




Al-Quada Carries Out Numerous Terrorist Attacks During The Early Twenty-First Century




U.S. Oil Companies Expand Fracking And Offshore Drilling




Hate Crime Events In The U.S. Appear To Have Increased In The Early Twenty-First Century




Children Increasingly Have Access To The Internet




Decriminalization Of Marijuana Advances Rapidly In The United States




Athletes And Parents Increasingly Concerned About Concussions In Sports




Treatment Of HIV/AIDS Improves During The Early Twenty-First Century




The Global Warming Debates And International Agreements




U.S. Government Applies Economic Sanctions Against Iran




Cloud Computing Becomes Ubiquitous For Both Individuals And Organizations




Significant Advances Are Made In Cancer Research




Canada And The United States Cooperate On Defense And Security Issues




Genetically Modified Foods Become Highly Controversial




The Bush Administration Has Several High-Profile Scandals




Wikipedia Provides Free Encyclopedic Information Over The Internet




Bill Clinton Agrees To A Plea Bargain For The Crime Of Lying Under Oath




The Bush Administration Expands Use Of Extraordinary Rendition




Liverpool Children’s Hospital Collects Body Parts Without Authorization




Attorney General John Ashcroft Applies Conservative Law-And-Order Policies




CIA Agent Robert Hanssen Is Arrested On Charges Of Spying For Russia




The U.S. Experiences A Short Recession in 2001




Ethics Counselor Exonerates Canadian Prime Minister Jean ChréTien




Cincinnati Experiences The Largest Urban Riots In The Country Since The Los Angeles Riots Of 1992




Disappearance Of D.C. Intern Chandra Levy Captures National Attention




Japanese Human Rights Council Recommends Lesbian And Gay Rights




The Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act




Award-Winning Historian Joseph J. Ellis Is Found Guilty Of Lying




Al-Qaeda Terrorists Destroy Towers Of The World Trade Center And Kill Almost 3,000 People




Mayor Giuliani Gains National Prestige As A Result Of 9/11




Anthrax Attacks Demonstrate The Terrifying Possibilities Of Biological Weapons




Post 9/11 Terrorist Attacks In The United States




U.S. Combat Mission In Afghanistan Fails To Bring Peace And Stability




The U.S. Government Attempts To Fight Terrorism With The Usa Patriot Act




Harry Potter Films Attract Huge Crowds




American Airlines Changes Training Program After 251 Passengers Die On Flight 587




Enron Bankruptcy Reveals Massive Financial Fraud




China Becomes A Member Of The World Trade Organization




Argentina’s Debt Default Is The Largest In World History




Supreme Court Expands The Definition Of “Cruel And Unusual Punishments”




Germany Legalizes Prostitution And Brothels




Historian Stephen E. Ambrose Is Accused Of Plagiarism




Boston Globe Reports On Child Sexual Abuse By Roman Catholic Priests




U.S. Government Holds Suspected Terrorists At The Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp




Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Is Accused Of Plagiarism




French Judge Admits Favoring Russian Figure Skaters In Winter Olympics




Rotting Human Bodies Are Found At Georgia Crematory




Supreme Court Holds That Execution Of A Mentally Retarded Offender Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment




Riots In Gujarat Result In The Deaths Of 790 Muslims And 254 Hindus




Job Creation And Worker Assistance Act Provides Economic Stimulus For Businesses




President Hugo CháVez Is Removed From Power In Venezuela For 47 Hours




American Idol Was One Of The Most Successful Shows In Television History




Internal Corruption Forces Adelphia Communications To Declare Bankruptcy




Journalist Alleges Release Of Genetically Modified Corn Seeds In New Zealand




Canada Legalizes Same-sex Marriage




Supreme Court Approves Vouchers For Private Religious Schools




Sarbanes-Oxley Act Is Designed To Combat Corporate Fraud




Immunologist Resigns After Being Accused Of Falsifying Research




Inquiry Reveals That Physicist Jan Hendrik SchÖN Faked His Research




British Politician Reveals Her Affair With Prime Minister John Major




Beltway Snipers Terrorize The Greater Washington Area




Murder Of Transgender Teenager Attracts National Attention




Congress Authorizes The Use Of Military Force Against Iraq




At Least 170 People Die In Moscow As A Consequence Of Chechen Terrorist Attack




Historian Michael A. Bellesiles Resigns After Discovery Of Scholarly Fraud




SARS Epidemic Results In Over 8,000 Reported Cases And 774 Known Deaths




Department Of Homeland Security Is Created In Response To 9/11




Senator Trent Lott Loses His Job For Praising Strom Thurmond’s 1948 Dixiecrat Campaign




E-Books Grow In Popularity




War In Darfur Results In 300,000 Deaths And About 3 Million Displaced Persons




E-Mail Message Prompts Inquiry Into Air Force Academy Sexual Assaults




North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapons And Long-Range Rockets, Despite Un Sanctions




Space Shuttle Columbia Disintegrates When Re-Entering The Earth’s Atmosphere




Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Causes Over 100 Deaths




Australian Court Validates Transsexual Marriage




U.S. National Security Agency Is Found To Have Spied On U.N. Officials




Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation




Cuba Conducts The “Black Spring” Crackdown On Dissidents




Iraq War: U.S. Coalition Overthrows Saddam Hussein’s Regime But Fails To Bring Peace And Stability To Iraq




The Da Vinci Code Challenges Traditional Ideas About Jesus And Early Christianity




Buenos Aires Recognizes Same-sex Civil Unions




New York Times Reporter Jayson Blair Is Exposed As A Fraud




Roadmap For Peace Initially Inspired Hope But Is Terminated By The Gaza War




Jobs And Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Designed To Promote Economic Growth By Reducing Taxes




NASA’s Two Exploration Rovers Land On Mars And Send Messages Back To Earth




Flash Mobs Begin As A Playful Assembly But Become Criminal And Violent Events




Supreme Court Places Limited Restrictions On Affirmative Action Programs




Supreme Court Rules Texas’ Anti-Sodomy Law Is Unconstitutional




Basketball Star Kobe Bryant Is Accused Of Rape




Wal-Mart Adds Lesbians And Gays To Its Antidiscrimination Policy




Columnist Robert Novak Leaks The Name Of CIA Operative Valerie Plame




The Second Congo War Officially Ends But Vicious Fighting Continues




The Great Heat Wave Of 2003 Kills More Than 40,000 Europeans And Destroys 32 Million Tons Of Grain Harvest




Over 50 Million People Are Affected By The Northeastern Blackout Of 2003




Mutual Fund Companies Are Implicated In Shady Trading Practices




Schwarzenegger Is Elected Governor




China Becomes The Third Nation To Conduct Manned Space Flight




California Fire Siege Is The Largest Wildfire In The State’s History




Paris Hilton Sex-Tape Appears On The Web




Massachusetts High Court Rules For Same-Sex Marriagex




President Bush Signs Into Law The Prescription Drug Option




Senator Strom Thurmond’s Biracial Daughter Is Revealed




Pop Star Michael Jackson Is Charged With Child Molestation




Earthquake In Iran Kills More Than 26,000 People And Leaves 75,000 Homeless




Private Military Companies Expand During The Iraq War




Janet Jackson Shocks Spectators During Halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII




Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is Criticized for its Violence and Negative Depiction of Jewish People




Former United Way Charity Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement




Martha Stewart is Convicted in Insider Trading Scandal




V. Gene Robinson Becomes First Openly Gay Bishop in Christian History




Radical Islamists Commit Numerous Terrorist Attacks in Europe




Insurgents In Iraq Kidnap Over 200 Foreign Hostages




Over 800,000 People Participate in the March for Women’s Lives




CBS Broadcasts Photos of Abused and Tortured Prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq




Transsexual Athletes Allowed to Compete in Olympic Games




U.N. Report Reveals that Secretary-General Kofi Annan Dismissed Sexual Harassment Charges




Supreme Court Insists that Suspected Terrorists Abroad have Right of Habeas Corpus in US Courts




Blog “Outs” Antigay Congressman Edward Schrock




Google’s Trading Debut on the Stock Market is Followed by Extraordinary Growth




60 Minutes II Reports on George W. Bush’s Evasion of Wartime Duty




Political Commentator Bill O’Reilly is Sued for Sexual Harassment




Insurance Brokerage Marsh & Mclennan is Charged with Fraud




George W. Bush Wins The Presidency for the Second Time




United Kingdom Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Partnerships




Indian Ocean Earthquake Produces Tsunami that Kills Over 230,000 People




Iqbal Riza Resigns from the United Nations in Oil-for-Food Scandal




Supreme Court Prohibits Capital Punishment of Juveniles




Former Baseball Star Mark McGwire Evades Congressional Questions On Steroid Use




United Kingdom’s Gender Recognition Act Legalizes Transsexual Marriage




Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are Married at Windsor Guildhall




U.S. Air Force Investigates Religious Intolerance at Its Academy




Supreme Court Holds that Eminent Domain Permits Seizure of Property to Promote Economic Development




Spain Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage




Federal Agents Raid Congressman Randall Cunningham’s Home




President Bush Signs the Energy Policy Act of 2005




Israel Unilaterally Withdraws from the Gaza Strip and Parts of the West Bank




Government Incompetence Impairs Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts




Fear of Hurricane Rita Causes the Largest Evacuation in US History




John Roberts Becomes the Seventeenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court




Danish Newspaper’s Prophet Muhammad Cartoons Stir Violent Protests




Kashmir Earthquake Kills 80,000 People and Leaves 4 Million Homeless




Liberian Workers Sue Bridgestone Firestone over Slave Labor Conditions




Roman Catholic Church Bans Gay Seminarians




Somali Piracy a Threat to Commerce




Samuel Alito’s Confirmation Makes the Supreme Court More Conservative




Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica Receive Oscars




Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Goes to Prison for Fraud and Corruption




Duke Lacrosse Players are Falsely Accused of Gang Rape




Media Uncover Match-Fixing in Italian Soccer




Scientist Is Indicted for Faking His Research on Creating Stem Cells




Manufacturer Recalls Pet Food From China that Killed Thousands Of American Pets




Supreme Court Upholds Insanity Defense Law that only Permits Consideration of Defendant’s Ability to Distinguish Right from Wrong




New York Times Exposes Grading Scandal at Auburn University




Tour De France is Hit with a Doping Scandal




Actor Mel Gibson is Caught Making Anti-Semitic Remarks




Novelist Günter Grass Admits to Youthful Nazi Ties




Newsweek Reveals that Hewlett-Packard Spied on its Own Board




Congressman Mark Foley Resigns in Sex Scandal Involving a Teenage Page




Wikileaks Exposes Embarrassing Secrets of The U.S. Government And Others




President Bush Signs a Bill To Build A “Secure Fence” Along the Mexican Border




Male Escort Reveals Sexual Liaisons with Evangelist Ted Haggard




News Corp Abandons Plan to Publish O. J. Simpson’s Book




Former Russian Security Service Officer Dies From Radiation Poisoning




Honeybee Population Decreases Rapidly Without Explanation




Saddam Hussein Is Found Guilty and Executed




Ayaan Hirsi Ali Begins a Foundation to Oppose Oppression of Women in the Islamic World




Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman to Serve as Speaker of The House of Representatives




Apple Computer Changes its Name to Apple Inc.




Washington Post Exposes Decline of Walter Reed Army Hospital




Supreme Court Upholds the Authority of the Epa to Regulate Greenhouse Emissions




Shock Jock Don Imus Loses His Radio Show over Sexist and Racist Remarks




Virginia Tech Shooting Rampage Results in 33 Deaths




Supreme Court Upholds Federal Law that Prohibits Partial-Birth Abortions




Supreme Court Approves of Police Ending High-Speed Chase by Causing the Fleeing Car to Crash




Supreme Court Rules that Students Cannot be Assigned to Particular Schools to Achieve Racial Balance




Senator David Vitter’s Name Is Found in D.c. Madam’s Address Book




University of Colorado Fires Professor Ward Churchill for Plagiarism and Research Falsification




Subprime Mortgage Crisis Brings Down the Housing Market




The Collapse of a Minneapolis Bridge is Symptomatic of the Nation’s Aging Infrastructure




Football Star Michael Vick Pleads Guilty to Financing a Dogfighting Ring




New England Patriots Football Team is Fined for Spying on Other Teams




President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Defends Islamicist Policies in a Talk at Columbia University




Olympic Champion Marion Jones Admits Steroid use




The United States Suffers its Worst Recession Since World War ii




Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, is Assassinated




Hurricane Ike Causes Huge Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico




Barack Obama Defeats Hillary Clinton in Presidential Primaries and Caucuses




Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia




Raúl Castro Officially Becomes President of Cuba




New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns in Prostitution Scandal




Top Court Allows Use of Controversial Drug Cocktail in Executions




Supreme Court Upholds Voting Requirement of a Picture ID




Earthquake in China Kills More than 80,000 People and Leaves 5 Million Homeless




Supreme Court Forces The US Government to Respect Minimum Legal Rights of Detainees at Guantánamo




Supreme Court Holds the Second Amendment Protects a Personal Right to Keep and Bear Arms




Pickens’ Plan Calls for Reduction on U.S. Dependency on Foreign Oil




John Edwards’ Extramarital Affair Ends his Political Career




Russia’s Invasion of South Ossetia Begins the Russo-Georgian War of Five Days




Financial Institutions and Markets Begin to Collapse




President Bush Signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008




Barack Obama Becomes the First African American to be Elected President of The United States




Terrorists Kill 176 People in Mumbai (Bombay)




US Government Helps Automobile Manufacturers Survive a Major Downturn




O.J. Simpson is Sentenced from 9 To 33 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery




Federal Reserve Slashes its Key Interest Rate to Near Zero




The Gaza War Collapses the Roadmap to Peace




Skillful Piloting by “Sully” Prevents a Tragedy




President Obama Prohibits Waterboarding but Decides not to Prosecute those who Practiced it




President Obama Signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009




Tea Party Movement Campaigns for Lower Taxes and Less Government




New Strain of Swine Flu Does not Kill as Many People as Originally Feared




Washington Becomes the Second State to Legalize Physician-Assisted Dying




Bernard Madoff Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors




Earthquake in Central Italy Kills 309 and Leaves 65,000 Homeless




Sonia Sotomayor Becomes the First Hispanic Justice to Sit on The US Supreme Court




Supreme Court Rules that Strip Search of Middle-School Student Violates the Fourth Amendment




Tiger Woods Crashes his Car While Fleeing from his Angry Wife




Massive Earthquake in Haiti Kills Over 220,000




Supreme Court Rules that Corporations and Labor Unions have a First Amendment Right to Make Independent Political Expenditures




Obamacare Expands the Number of Insured Persons but Fails to Make Medical Care Affordable




Presidents Obama and Medvedev Sign a New Nuclar Arms Reduction Treaty




Earthquake in China Results in 2,700 Deaths and Over 100,000 Homeless




Deepwater Horizon Blowout Causes the Largest Oil Spill in History




Supreme Court Rules that Juveniles Cannot be Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Without Parole for a Non-Homicide Crime




Supreme Court Rules that a Criminal Suspect Must Explicitly and Unambiguously Articulate Miranda Rights




Supreme Court Upholds University’s Requirement that Religious Groups Must Accept Anyone Wishing to Join




Supreme Court Rules that State and Local Governments May not Abridge the Right to Keep and Bear Arms




President Obama Signs into Law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act




Elena Kagan Replaces Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court




Former Governor Rod Blagojevich is Found Guilty of 18 Criminal Counts




Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize While in Prison




33 Chilean Miners are Rescued at the Copiapó Mine




Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) Declares Bankruptcy




President Obama Signs the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell




Popular Uprising in Egypt Forces Hosni Mubarak to Resign




The Last Major Component of the International Space Station is Installed




Supreme Court Defends Right to Conduct Anti-Gay Picket During Funeral of Marine Who Died in Iraq War




Great Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan Kills 15,894 People and Causes Meltdowns of Power Plants




Syrian Civil War Kills Over 470,000 People and Displaces More Than Six and a Half Million




Nato-Led Coalition Intervenes in the Libyan Conflict




Osama bin Laden is Killed by a Team of U.S. Navy Seals




Head of the International Monetary Fund Resigns After Being Charged with Rape




Oprah Winfrey Broadcasts her Final Talk Show




Supreme Court Rejects Class-Action Sex-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart




South Sudan Becomes Independent but the Country is Soon Engaged in Another Civil War




East Asian Agreement on Preliminary Guidelines to Resolve South China Sea Disputes Fails to End Rival Claims




Norwegian Terrorist Murders 77 People with the Goal of Saving Europe from Islamic Dominance




Police Killing of a Young Black Man in London Causes Violent Riots in Cities Throughout England




Occupy Wall Street Movement Begins in Zuccotti Park




Libyan Dictator Muammar Al-Kaddafi is Killed During the Civil War




Military Leaders Overthrow the Democratically Elected President of Mali




Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona’s Immigration Laws




Penn State Football Coach Jerry Sandusky is Found Guilty of Child Sex Abuse




Supreme Court Upholds “Individual Mandate” in Aca




Saudi Dissident is Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment and 1,000 Lashes for Criticisms of Islam




U.S. Ambassador Killed in Benghazi




Hurricane Sandy Kills 159 Americans and Wreaks Havoc along the East Coast




President Barack Obama is Reelected to Serve a Second Term




President Obama Signs American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012




Pope Benedict XVI Resigns




Venezuelan President Maduro Becomes Increasingly Authoritarian as the Economy Worsens




Supreme Court Rules Police Need a Warrant Before Using a Dog to Sniff a Home




Collapse of a Bangladesh Factory Building Kills More Than 1,100 People




IRS Official Pleads the Fifth




The Moynihan Report on the Black Family is Revisited




Supreme Court Rules a Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional




Supreme Court Holds that Federal Government Must Recognize All Marriages Approved by a State




General Abdel Fatah El-Sisi Overthrows the Government of President Mohamed Morsi




“Black Lives Matter” Protests Mistreatment of African Americans by the Police




The City of Detroit Files for Municipal Bankruptcy




Julius Malema Organizes the Economic Freedom Fighters of South Africa




Russia Annexes Crimea and Supports Military Incursions into Ukrainian Territory




Boko Haram Kidnaps 276 Schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria




Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Bans on Preferences Based on Race, Ethnicity, or Sex




The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Declares an Islamic Caliphate




The Supreme Court Decides that Closely-Held Corporations May Disregard Some Legal Mandates that Violate Owners’ Religious Beliefs




Ebola Outbreak Kills at Least 11,310 People in West Africa




Citizens of Scotland Vote to Stay in the United Kingdom




United States Organizes a Large Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant




The Canadian Supreme Court Grants Grievously Ill Canadians the Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide




Outbreaks of the Zika Virus Spread Throughout Much of the Americas




Somali Al-Shabaab Militants Kill 147 People at a Kenyan University




Nepal Earthquake Kills 9,000 and Leaves 3.5 Million Homeless




Supreme Court Endorses Disparate Impact Paradigm for Government-Supported Housing Projects




Supreme Court Broadly Interprets a Key Provision of Obamacare




Supreme Court Holds that All States Must Provide Equal Rights for Same-Sex Marriages




High Court Permits Use of Controversial Chemical in Carrying Out the Death Penalty




Greece is the First Developed Country Unable to Make an IMF Loan Repayment




International Agreement Reached on Iran’s Nuclear Program




The United States Re-Establishes Diplomatic Relations With Cuba




Chancellor Angela Merkel Invites an Unlimited Number of Refugees Into Germany




Scientists Observe Gravitational Waves For The First Time




Hurricane Joaquin Slams into the Caribbean, Killing 34 People and Causing $64 Million in Damage




Michigan Governor Declares a State of Emergency in the City of Flint Because of Water Contamination




Mexican Drug Lord Joaquín Guzmán is Captured for the Third Time




Public Policies Disallowing Transgender People to Use Public Bathrooms Generate a Firestorm of Controversy




Armenians And Azerbaijanis Fight a Four-Day War in Nagorno-Karabakh




Massive Wildfire in Alberta Forces the Evacuation of Over 90,000 Residents




Takata Airbag Recall Becomes the Largest Safety Recall in Automotive History




United Nations Reports a Record Number of Displaced Persons




Supreme Court Upholds Racial Preferences in University Admissions Policies




British Citizens Vote to Leave the European Union




Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Requirements for Abortion Clinics




Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gun Ownership By a Person Found Guilty of Domestic Violence




Attempted Coup D’état in Turkey Results in 300 Deaths and 6,000 Detentions




Engineer For Volkswagen Pleads Guilty to Violation of the Clean Air Act




Trump is Elected President of the USA




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