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A heat wave kills seven hundred fifty in Chicago, bringing attention to the plight of urban poor and
elderly in extreme weather.
The Khobar Towers bombing by terrorists in Saudi Arabia kills nineteen U.S. servicemen.
1997
Global economic crisis leads to a major stock market decline.
1998
U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya are bombed by terrorists, killing 224 people.
1999
The world prepares for the possible effects of the “Y2K bug,” a computer-related problem that was
expected to cause computers to become inoperable.
2000
The USS
Cole
is bombed by terrorists in Yemeni waters, killing seventeen U.S. Navy sailors.
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September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC.
United States launches invasion of Afghanistan.
2003
The space shuttle
Columbia
disintegrates upon re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.
The United States, Great Britain, and other allies invade Iraq.
2004
Four deadly and damaging hurricanes impact Florida, killing one hundred people.
2005
Hurricane Katrina devastates Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastlines. It is the most deadly
and costly disaster in U.S. history, killing at least 1,836 people and causing $81 billion in damage.
2008
