Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
2004
2003 invasion of Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2002
Iran bans advertising of United States products.
2001
The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus.
2000
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest Lysergic acid diethylamide labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
2000
Controversial United States presidential election, 2000 that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2000
Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady of the United States to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.
1996
A Nigerian Boeing 727 crashes into a lagoon 40 miles southeast of Lagos, killing 143.
1996
NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
Factoids
Vincent van Gogh sold only
one painting during his lifetime.
Vincent van Gogh
Factoids
Studies show that mosquitoes
prefer biting blondes to brunettes.
MosquitoesFactoids
The blue whale is the
largest animal that has ever lived.
Blue WhaleFactoids
Every ton of seawater
contains approximately 1 milligram of dissolved gold.
GoldFactoids
