JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Sept 2, 2005 13:09:40 GMT -5
Well, we've just past the halfway mark of this decade, and I was wondering what people thought were the biggest news stories during that time...what we've all lived through these past 5 years...the first of the 21st century...
List 3, 5, 10, however many you think are deserving status in history as IMPORTANT events.
I'll start with what I think are the obvious:
***Asian Tsunami...the sheer magnitude of the devestation wrought by the Tsunami puts it at the top of my list.
***September 11, 2001 WTC Attacks...Everything changed after that day.
***Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath...God help us.
***Iraq War & Capture of Saddam Hussein...
***London Terrorist Bombings...
***Pope John Paul II dies, New Pope Elected...
***Space Shuttle Discovery Explodes on Re-entry...
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Post by NdY on Sept 2, 2005 14:50:36 GMT -5
asain tsunami took more lives by a long stretch
katrina most likely did more damage in dollar amounts (let alone wiping out an entire 'big' city)
but i'm pretty sure it's 9/11 for it's geopolitical reasons and the ultimate (in)stability of the planet
4&5 are responses to 9/11
and the last two are relatively insignificant in the grand scheme of things
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Post by Thorngrub on Sept 2, 2005 14:57:43 GMT -5
Also
~rollingstone.com boards splinter apart into proboards formats, RSCastaways & Sedakaclique formed
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Post by strat-0 on Sept 2, 2005 15:04:07 GMT -5
You can add Columbia to number 7. [edit] Oops, I think you meant 'Columbia' (Challenger of course being in the previous century, and Discovery is in tact).
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Post by phil on Sept 2, 2005 15:18:16 GMT -5
The curse of the Bambino is finaly lifted !!
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Post by maarts on Sept 3, 2005 8:35:09 GMT -5
The Madrid trainbombing in relation to the London bombing should be mentioned.
The delapidation of the Israel-Palestine peace process.
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JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Sept 3, 2005 8:45:09 GMT -5
asain tsunami took more lives by a long stretch katrina most likely did more damage in dollar amounts (let alone wiping out an entire 'big' city) but i'm pretty sure it's 9/11 for it's geopolitical reasons and the ultimate (in)stability of the planet 4&5 are responses to 9/11 and the last two are relatively insignificant in the grand scheme of things The point of this thread is not to rate the significance of what I deemed to be the top news stories of the first half of this decade. Rather, I had hoped that you would add to the list. NONE of it is "relatively significant in the GRAND scheme of things", I might add. |
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Post by Dr. Drum on Sept 4, 2005 7:57:04 GMT -5
The Asian tsunami is an event of truly Biblical proportions. 500/1000 years from now, that's the one that I think will still merit retelling. 9/11, of course, is also of historical significance.
Adding to the stories that have already been mentioned:
continuing African AIDS epidemic
rise of China and India as economic powers
ratification of Kyoto Accord/ continuing global warming story
Congolese civil war
establishment of the euro
Darfur crisis
Sudanese peace deal
2000 Florida election
overthrow of Taliban
famine in Niger
coup in Haiti
London/Madrid/Istanbul/Saudi/Bali bombings
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Post by kmc on Sept 7, 2005 19:33:32 GMT -5
Most important thing? Brazil wins 5th World Cup. Thank you.
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Post by Thorngrub on Sept 8, 2005 16:16:07 GMT -5
~shin & thoRn hang out
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