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1999 World History

Thabo Mbeki (1942–) Eileen Collins (1956– ) NASA 1999 U.S. agrees to ease restrictions on Cuba (Jan. 4). Dennis Hastert elected to replace Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the…

2000 World History

Hillary Clinton(1947–) Vladimir Putin(1952–) Vicente Fox Quesada(1942–) Vojislav Kostunica(…

2001 World History

Yasir Arafat(1929–2004) Ariel Sharon(1928– ) Mohammad Khatami(1943–) World Trade Center…

2002 World History

Jacques Chirac(1932–) Tony Blair(1953–) Hugo Chavez(1954–) Hu Jintao(1942…

2003 World History

George W. Bush(1946– ) Saddam Hussein(1937– ) INA/Reuters/Archive Photos Donald H. Rumsfeld(1932…

2004 World History

Viktor Yushchenko(1954– ) 2004 Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow pleads guilty to defrauding Enron (…

2005 World History

Mahmoud Abbas(1935– ) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(1956– ) Angela Merkel(1954– ) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf(…

2006 World History

2006 Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2006 for details (all year long). Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers…

DK History: Australia

WHY WERE CONVICTS SENT TO AUSTRALIA? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABORIGINALS? WHEN DID AUSTRALIA BECOME A NATION? BIOGRAPHY: JAMES COOK 1728–1779 FIND OUT MOREThe coasts of Australia were first mapped by…

DK History: Aztecs

WHERE WAS THE CITY IN THE LAKE? HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT AZTEC LIFE? HUMAN SACRIFICEFIND OUT MOREThe Aztec, or Mexica, people founded the last of the great civilizations that existed in Mexico before…