Social media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the internet. Part of HuffPost Business. Gross. Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. Jeff Zucker, the Chief Executive of a rival network remarked that, I think Idol is the most impactful show in the history of television. Slumdog Millionaire took the world by storm, grossing $377 million. But, their job was not done yet. I'd like to think we respond with thoughtful, positive action, but judging from these events it seems mass hysteria is a more common reaction. "Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions What's in Yellowstone's Future?" The wave struck on Dec. 26, 2004, with a catastrophic force usually confined to apocalyptic action flicks. Oscar survived again and was rescued along with the remaining crew, and given the nickname "Unsinkable Sam." Carbajal stopped at a roadside orchard for a snack during the race, but the apples were rotten so he was struck with stomach cramps and had to sleep it off. Oct. 7, 2016. This prompted what has been called the largest Christian pilgrimage ever, with four million mourners descending on Rome for the funeral. Oil prices rise sharply throughout the year caused by Trouble in the Middle East, and later Hurricane Katrina. Ultimately, there was a vote among three officers on whether or not to launch a nuke, with Arkhipov being the lone "no" vote. If Glenn had failed, a struggling space program would have raised some real questions about the United States' national defense capabilities. Even wilder theories emerged suggesting that the comet's gravity might throw off Earth's tides and cause the Pacific to empty itself into the Atlantic. The plan was to use the publicity of the act to raise money and have the raft serve as an oceanographic research facility, but unfortunately a tropical storm destroyed New Atlantis in 1966, two years after it was created. (Oct. 10, 2016) http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/, National Archives. The second most widely used currency in the world was formally introduced in 2002. Jackie Salo. The Canadians ended a fifty year hockey drought with a win in the men's competition. In the 1960s space technology was viewed as a critical component in the nuclear arms race. Here are 22 terrible moments in history that all happened during the month of April. 1. On that day, according to the BBC, a 70-year-old man rode his bicycle down a stretch of highway in Raahe, Finland, when he was hit and killed by a passing truck. 16 members of the EU are obliged to adopt the euro eventually, with the United Kingdom and Denmark exempt. Iran steadfastly claimed that its nuclear program was for peaceful energy purposes, but various intelligence sources said the country was in dangerous reach of developing a nuclear weapon. Bob Larkin. Making things worse, a recently-discovered technique known as spectroscopy was used to analyze the composition of the comet, and scientists learned something unsettling namely that the tail contained a toxic gas known as cyanogen. Many times, things you may have assumed to be true (for years!) Sep 22, 2020. The year started off unlike anything other for me with a very mutilated, broken finger . The Spanish flu virus is reconstructed and shown to be closely related to the Avian flu virus. Eight years later, its hard to find a teenager or young adult without an iPod. A new cadre of internet citizen has been created since 2005: The social media editor. US residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. Mike said that this year has been a rather bad one, especially for the people living in the United States. Apr 19 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. The resulting changes in rainfall patterns and severe frosts could lead to more widespread crop failure [source: Oskin]. Jessop was a stewardess aboard the RMS Olympic, one of the Titanic's sister ships, when it collided with another ship in September of 1911. It led to an argument at the United Nations about what constitutes genocide and what necessitates U.N. action. The game was changed. https://www.thoughtco.com/top-news-stories-of-the-decade-3555536 (accessed March 1, 2023). Some of the events that rocked the world in the 2000s continue to reverberate years later. Waco Burning. It was so popular Zac Efron even got a tattoo of the saying on his hand. Churches held prayer vigils, and enterprising con-men sold comet pills to ward off the poison's effects. Katrina roared onshore as a Category 3 storm on Aug. 29, 2005, spreading destruction from Texas to Florida. Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Whenever I think of that, still make me chuckle. Runners-up: 2000 Bush/Gore Florida election, 2009 Iranian Elections. "Unsinkable Sam" was the nickname given to this cat, who was actually named Oscar. His last service was aboard the HMS Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier that was ALSO torpedoed, this time by a Nazi U-boat. We just aren't wired very well to deal with this uncertainty, and the Great Clown Scare is proof [source: Romm]. 4. (Oct. 12, 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/05/clown-sightings-south-carolina-alabama, U.S. Department of State. Considering this was the only thing standing between him and certain, fiery death, it was a bit concerning. The first decade of the 21st century was filled with major news events that include tragic acts of terrorism, natural and humanitarian international disasters, and celebrity deaths. "D.C. Sniper Attacks of 2002." In the end, nearly 230,000 people were killed, missing, or presumed dead. Earth Passes Through the Tail of Halley's Comet Washington, D.C., Sniper Attacks Cuban Missile Crisis The United States Nearly Loses John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Spacecraft 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 10: Y2K Perhaps more frightening than Y2K is the size of our old computer monitors. "10 Scare-inducing Moments in History" And back then, the smart phone wasn't an immediate smash hit, only selling 717,000 during its first quarter, according to Forbes. It was the original Internet platformsomething virtually every technology startup now aspires to be. The tsunami is believed to have been the deadliest natural disaster since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. The British crew found the cat floating on a board hours after the ship sank, took him aboard, and named him Oscar. Thinking he had been cut open, the doctor went into shock and died of a subsequent heart attack. Sites like Facebook and MySpace expanded to include high school students, and our timelines were never the same. One of the biggest problems would be the massive amounts of ash thrown into the air, which winds would carry across the United States. Some of the consequences of a warming planet are already happening, including accelerated sea rise, more intense rainfall, more severe heat waves, increased wildfires and decreased water availability. Sea levels have risen 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) over the past century. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow engage in a very public and nasty custody battle over their three children. Let me tell about all the crazy things that happened to us in 2015. It released a whopping 585 cubic miles (2,450 square kilometers) of molten rock and created a caldera measuring some 60 miles (96.6 kilometers) across. Anyway, he was arrested and charged with a double homicide in 2005 and sentenced to life in prison. The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. That makes it one of the five largest individual volcanic events in history nearly 6,000 times larger than the Mt. After sacking the city of Antioch in 540 CE, Sasanian Emperor Khosrow I built a new city that looked almost exactly the same and called it "Weh Antiok Khusrau," which, Public Domain / Library of Congress / Via. The sudden death of the pop star, a controversial figure mired in sexual abuse allegations and other scandals, was attributed to a cocktail of drugs that stopped his heart. We have been busting out Kevin James ' Hitch dance moves since the movie dropped in 2005. In October 2020, an Italian farmer's dog gave birth to a litter of five puppiesincluding one that had green fur. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed, or else none of us might be here. ThoughtCo. Liston was performing a leg amputation, but worked so fast that he accidentally cut off two fingers on his assistant's hand. Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, Louisiana were breached by the surge, ultimately flooding roughly 80% of the city of New Orleans and 1600 perished. December 31, 2020 6:34pm Updated. What about the third death? Over 220,000,000 iPods have been sold throughout the world, making them the highest selling digital audio player. In the 1980s, we wanted our hair to be as big as possible, our fanny packs to be as bright as possible, and our spandex to be as tight as possible. Hopefully you can somehow convince the superstitious executioner that you aren't a witch, but if not, you'll be hanged, beheaded or burned at the stake. October 6, 2016. Final score: Mia Tucker. People began threatening to shoot clowns, and a mob even formed at Penn State University in response to a clown sighting. "Mad Jack" Churchill, a British Army officer during WWII, was, At one point, the makers of Pepsi had the. Thus, three people died during an operation that was meant to save one life. "10 Major News Stories of the 2000s." Take a second to imagine what that would be like. Runners-up: Hurricane Katrina, Victorian Bushfire, Climate Change. The Grim Reaper was not kind to 2021, claiming the lives of some beloved titans like Larry King, Alex Trebek, DMX, Norm McDonald, Stephen . The vice president of PepsiCo attended an American "exhibition" in Moscow in 1959 as part of an effort to convince the Soviet Union of the benefits of capitalism. Johnson, Bridget. on his bagpipes before being knocked unconscious by a grenade. On Oct. 2, John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo climbed into a blue Chevrolet Caprice and headed toward an Aspen Hill, Maryland, craft store on a deadly mission. The year 2010 wasn't all fun and games. He started as a ship's cat aboard the Nazi ship Bismarck, which was sunk by the British ship HMS Cossack in 1941. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/, Miller, Laura. So good! Feb. 14, 1999. (Oct. 10, 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/may/20/carbon-dioxides-400ppm-milestone-shows-humans-are-re-writing-the-planets-history, Romm, Cari. A crew member almost lost his life in a car accident while driving to the set. Before the rise of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, there was no market for expertise in "crafting viral content." Deaths occurred in fourteen different countries, and Indonesia suffered the worst fatalities. Mass protests during the G20 Economic Summit in 2009. The elderly, conservative Ratzinger took the name Pope Benedict XVI, and the new German pontiff meant that the position would not immediately go back to an Italian. One decade ago was a wild time in pop culture history. Women Rescued Trying to Retrieve Phone Several firefighters in Washington state had to pull a woman out of an outhouse after accidentally falling into the hole after dropping her cell phone. In other words, we become scared superheroes ready to fight hard or run fast depending on the situation. Brazil President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao, Germany Chancellor Gerhard Schrder Till 22 November, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel From 22 November, India Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Russia / Soviet Union General Secretary of the CPSU Vladimir Putin, South Africa State President Thabo Mbeki, United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair, Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved thepeoplehistory.com Copyright 2022. 17 Crazy Things You Forgot Actually Happened in 2012 We need to talk about Zac Efron's YOLO tattoo. Might a serial killer strike your neighborhood and endanger your family? The Iranian regime, which has continually railed against the West and Israel, left little doubt about its motivation for wanting a nuclear weapon or willingness to use it. So what was this Y2K bug, and why was it turning otherwise normal people into end-of-timers? Probably people dressing up as creepy clowns and scaring the pants off of other people. might be totally false. 3. Will a natural disaster happen and wipe out your town? Woody Allen (age 56) left his long-term partner Mia Farrow after she discovered his secret affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (age 21). R. Kelly weirded everybody out by playing all of the roles from his R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" during the MTV VMAs. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. Rural areas had been completely wiped out. National Geographic. Halley's Comet came again in 1986, and with any luck, we'll all see it again in 2061 [source: Clark]. Feb 23 Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006. So what was the big deal? United States Supreme Court ruled Medicinal Use Of Marijuana users can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws. World War I Two drinking buddies, British Commander Edmund Rhoades and German Captain Berndt, found themselves on opposite sides when war broke out. 1990: Nelson Mandela Was Released Nelson Mandela walked to freedom in 1990. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. Even if Sumatran residents are instantly warned, they may only have 30 minutes to evacuate. Zac Efron had a "YOLO" tattoo. They scored the tying run, and eventually won the game in the 12th inning. She laughed and said it wasn't loaded. Buzzfeed ListsSpeaking of buzz, the media world has been transformed by the rise of Buzzfeed-style lists or listicles. 10. What, then, would happen if there were another such eruption? 1 Coronavirus Outbreak. Katrina claimed 1,836 lives, and 705 people were categorized as missing. Politics undoubtedly cloud the issue of climate change. 10) People jumped out of cars for the 'In My Feelings' challenge. Journalist Bridget Johnson has covered news and foreign policy for USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and more. There are 900 million television sets in use around the world; 201 million are in the United States. Many African counties have also adopted it unofficially and some countries have negotiated usage. Dec. 31, 2014. Then some guy called her back over to the table where he was sitting. "Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)." Runners-up: Darfur Genocide, Benazir Bhutto assassination, London train bombings. "Y2K Bug." And did anyone think the Rolling Stones would still be touring? Reporting on what you care about. Let's hop back a decade and remember why your friends couldn't stop quoting Hitch. At long, long, long last, this weird and horrible year is ending. Nearly three thousand people were killed in the attacks. Jun 27 AMD files broad antitrust complaints against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations. All the hysteria prompted author Stephen King whose murderous clown character Pennywise from his novel It probably contributed to the clown craze to issue a statement calling for people to cool it [source: Carlson]. During a live television broadcast of the siege, the structure housing members of the cult burst into flames. Hotels and motels were especially susceptible, as travelers spread them from location to location. One of the soldiers took the bear in and named him Wojtek, and he was trained in part by a civilian refugee. Glancing into the rearview mirror, we see a 2005 that lacks some of the mainstays of our 2014 existence. (Oct. 10, 2016) http://time.com/3645828/y2k-look-back/, Sheesley, John. 43rd US President George W. Bush. However, here are the craziest ones about what could potentially happen this year. American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole off Yemen were among them. 3. Oscar died in 1955, a full 14 years after the sinking of the Bismarck. The town of Palisade, NV like many other "Wild West" towns of the time was actually very peaceful and had so few crimes that it didn't even have an official sheriff. Jan 16 62nd Golden Globes: "The Aviator", Leonardo DiCaprio and Hilary Swank win, Jan 23 "Numb3rs", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS, Jan 26 Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, the first African American woman to hold the post, Jan 29 Australian Open Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Serena Williams wins her 2nd Australian title; beats Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, Feb 6 Tony Blair, now the longest-serving Labour PM, marks 2,838 days as British Prime Minister, Feb 10 His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales announces engagement to Camilla Parker Bowles, Feb 13 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-27; MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts, QB, HI, Feb 16 The UK version of "The Apprentice" with British business magnate Alan Sugar premieres on the BBC, Feb 23 Slovakia Summit 2005 begins; George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend - 1st visit of a sitting US President to Slovakia, Feb 26 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76, Feb 27 77th Academy Awards: "Million Dollar Baby", Jamie Foxx, and Hilary Swank win, Feb 28 19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher & Ciara win, Feb 28 Stereophonics release their single "Dakota", later their first #1 UK single, Mar 3 American rapper 50 Cent releases his album The Massacre (2005 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album 2006), Mar 13 Bob Iger is named CEO of Walt Disney International, succeeding Michael Eisner, Mar 14 20th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Buddy Guy; The O'Jays; The Pretenders; Percy Sledge; U2; Frank Barsalona; and Seymour Stein, Mar 18 "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" premieres on the Disney Channel, starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Mar 24 US version of "The Office" created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, developed by Greg Daniels, starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski premieres on NBC, Mar 26 "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, Mar 27 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Annika Srenstam of Sweden wins event for the 3rd time, 8 strokes ahead of American Rosie Jones, Mar 27 TV medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" created by Shonda Rhimes starring Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh debuts on ABC, Mar 28 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 48-year old Fred Funk becomes oldest event winner, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank, Mar 29 "We Belong Together" single is released by Mariah Carey (Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2006, Billboard Song of the Year 2005), Apr 3 WrestleMania XXI, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: Batista defeats Triple H; John Cena beats John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Apr 6 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day, Apr 7 Head of government of the Federal District, Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, faces an impeachment process at the Mexican Congress, Apr 10 69th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his 4th green jacket on the 1st hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco, Apr 11 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson & Kenny Chesney win. 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