2012 NASA's second Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft is in orbit around the moon
2011 Brazil swears in Dilma Rousseff, its first female president
2011 Hungary takes over the position of the presidency of the European Union
2010 A suicide bomber kills 95 people, injures over 100, and destroys 20 houses at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan
2009 Czech Republic assumes EU presidency
2009 Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro
2008 Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro
2008 Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro
2007 Bulgaria joins the European Union
2007 Romania joins the European Union
2007 Slovenia begins using the Euro as it's currency
2004 Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14
2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14
2002 Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14
2002 The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe
2001 Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24
2000 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9
2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
2000 Millennial celebrations occurred worldwide without terrorist incidents
1999 International Year of Elderly
1999 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31
1998 All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free
1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
1998 U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16
1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17
1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
1996 Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances
1995 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances
1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union
1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
1995 International Year of Tolerance
1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980
1995 Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi
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