Important Events?

Name 6 important events that have happened between 1995 - 2007 that have changed the world and that are approite for a 6th grade social studies class

Important Events?
February 2, 2004


It was reported that a white powder had been found in an office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) later confirmed that the powder was the poison ricin.





February 2, 1999


Hugo Chávez Frías took office. He had been elected president of Venezuela in December 1998.





February 1, 2003


Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. [The crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), astronauts: Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959); David Brown (b. 1956); Kalpana Chawla (b. 1961); Laurel Clark (b. 1961); Rick D. Husband (b. 1957); Willie McCool (b. 1961); Ilan Ramon (b. 1954)]





January 31, 2001


In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.





January 31, 2002


A large section of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begins disintegrating, eventually consuming about 3,250 km² (1,254 miles²) over a 35-day period.


The Bush administration handed abortion opponents a symbolic victory, classifying a developing fetus as an “unborn child'' as a way of extending prenatal care to low-income pregnant women under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.





January 29, 2002


In his State of the Union Address, United States President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.





I'll let you decide which ones are more important than others. And I've lots more. You might want to check out wikipedia.org for your own list.
Reply:9/11


First Woman Speaker of the House


Cloning


Saddam Husein and Democracy in Iraq


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