Posted by 8 MaKayla on January 17, 2010 at 11:30pm
1. 2009,It finally happened. A Honolulu judge struck down a Hawaiian law permitting only opposite-sex couples to marry, and Hawaii became the first state to recognize same-sex marriages.(1) Of course, the ruling hardly came as a surprise. The surprise had come three years earlier, when the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in Baehr v. Lewin(2) that a restriction on same-sex marriage constituted sex discrimination under the state constitution and remanded to give the state an opportunity to show that its law served a compelling interest. Still, the trial court's finding that it did not brings a further degree of closure to one chapter in the same-sex.2. meeting my family from germans and trying to learn the language3. 2006May 1 – In cities all over the U.S., Hispanics show what it would be like if immigrants didn’t work, shop or go to school during the Day without an Immigrant.4. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquakeThe 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami itself is given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami.The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were the hardest hit.With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. The plight of the many affected people and countries prompted a widespread humanitarian response. In all, the worldwide community donated more than $7 billion (2004 U.S. dollars) in humanitarian aid.5. 2001The United States marked the three-month anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks on Tuesday with the American national anthem playing at the White House and across the country. President George W. Bush, who led the commemoration, said America does not need monuments and memorials to grieve the deaths of more than 3,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks. "For those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock on the 46th minute on the 8th hour of the 11th day," Bush said. "We'll remember where we were and how we felt. We'll remember the dead and what we owe them. We'll remember what we lost and what we found." Bush has asked the United Nations, the international community and U.S. installations abroad to hold events to mark the three months since the hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon, the fourth crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Bush is expected to visit the Citadel, the state military college in Charleston, South Carolina, later on Tuesday to deliver a speech. He is to outline his views on the new demands for the military and intelligence gathering in the war on terrorism, and offer a vision of how the new coalition could change the global landscape. In New York City, firefighters and construction workers stopped work to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. local time (1346 GMT) at ground zero. The astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavor and the international space station also joined the commemoration. "In stark contrast to the international cooperation and unity in our efforts to take mankind literally to the stars, we're reminded of our loss and sorrow due to the acts of violence and terror in an unprecedented attack on freedom, democracy and civilization itself," flight director Wayne Hale said In Houston, Texas. According to the White House, events were scheduled in more than 80 countries in part to remind the world that people from more than 80 countries died in the attacks and to reinforce Bush's global anti-terror coalition.6. Sunday may 28th 2000The volcano Mount Cameroon eruptsLava fountains and ash erupted from Mount Cameroon. A violent explosion followed on the 29 May and lava fountains and explosions occurred up until 19 June. An explosion on 5 June injured members of the volcanoes surveillance team.7. 2002 On May 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed with US President George W. Bush in Moscow a nuclear disarmament treaty and a strategic partnership agreement. Under the treaty, the two countries will each slash nuclear arsenals by two-thirds, with their deployed nuclear warheads to be reduced from the currently allowed 6,000 to between 1,700 and 2,200 over the next decade.8. 2008United States Presidential ElectionThe United States presidential election occurred on November 4, 2008. It was the 56th election for the president and vice-president of the United States. This election coincided with other elections within the United States, including the elections of many Senate seats and the House of Representatives' seats. Held every four years, the presidential election involves extensive campaigns and media attention. President Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president in United States history as a result of the 2008 elecion. The year 2008 was also the first time since 1928 that an election had neither a current president nor a current vice-president running for their party.The first presidential election in the United States was held in 1789, when one of the nation’s “founding fathers” George Washington was voted as the country’s first president. George W Bush, who was a former governor of Texas, currently serves as the 43rd president of the nation.9. 2005The death of Pope John Paul II marked the end of an era in the life of the Roman-Catholic Church and modern history.10. 2003US-British coalition forces launched war against Iraq on March 20 without the authorization of the United Nations. The coalition forces overthrew the reign by Saddam Hussein and set up the Iraqi Governing Council on July 13. Attacks and bombs against the US-British forces and other international groups took place one after another . Saddam was captured by the US troops near Tikrit on Dec. 13.
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