The+World+1995-2010

Tell the World Your Story
** Since you were born, what has happened in the world? **

By: Faye Princess Diana was the former Princess of Wales who captured the heart of the entire world. However, on Sunday, August 31st, 1997 in Paris, France, Princess Diana, her fiancé Dodi Fayed, and their driver, were killed in a car accident after being chased by the paparazzi. Princess Diana was originally planned to be buried under the church of St. Mary but her family was worried about too many tourists appearing at the site. Instead, her coffin was put on an island known as the Oval. // Source: // [|Essortment.com]
 * The Death of Princess Diana**

By: Tre Marr; Edited By: Faye W. In the very first moments after midnight on July 1, 1997, China regained control over Hong Kong, thus ending 156 years of British control. Mere seconds after British soldiers lowered the union jack for the last time to the strains of ‘ God save the queen’; China's red banner was raised marking the transfer of this free- wheeling capitalist territory to Communist control. The transfer was an awaited event by many of the residents in Hong Kong. Since 1984 Britain had agreed to transfer power over to China. For many in Hong Kong, this was a time of celebration.
 * Hong Kong Returned to China from British Rule**

Change came quickly as the territories new rulers assumed control. The Britain’s ruled over Hong Kong because China lost to Britain in the Opium war. Britain’s rule reigned from 1842 to 1997.

On July 1, Hong Kong’s residents arose to watch as the prince, the governor, and the governor’s family leave Hong Kong to head back to Britain. Now, July 1 is national holiday in Hong Kong. //Source: Newsmine.org// media type="youtube" key="OlAZoRQexUU?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

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 * War in Kosovo**

U.S Embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzaina

** The Global Y2K Problem: ﻿ **Tyree Madlock The Y2K problem, also known as the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K. The cause of the Y2K problem was pretty simple, in they year 2000, some people believed that it would be horrible with the computers, they thought they would all crash and all data would be lost. Their theory was that because the computers thought that the years 1900 and 2000 both have 00 at the end, they could misinterpret them. When people put in their format (MM/DD/YY) the last two numbers would be 00, the computer might misinterpret it. Like if its 1900 they might think that you mean 2000. It also might think you are a different age. For example, if the program thinks that today’s date is 1/1/00 and your birthday is 1/1/65, then it may calculate that you are 65, when really you are 35. When 2000 came, they realized their theory was wrong, nothing at all happened.

By: Adam H.; Edited By: Faye W. The USS Cole bombing took place in Aden, Yemen on October 12 2000. It was a suicide attack 17 American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured. This is the deadliest attack against a U.S. Naval vessel since 1987.
 * USS Cole Bombing**

By: Andrew W. The tsunami of 2004 in the Indian Ocean was devastating. On December 26th, it left almost 300,000 people dead and millions of people homeless. It struck countries as far as Africa. The tsunami was created when a 9.0 earthquake struck. The earthquake happened when tectonic plates were sliding next to each other. Many people in Indonesia thought after the the first wave of the tsunami they could go back to the beach. That was a fatal mistake for many. Few of the ones that did go back survived. The tsunami left many heart broken, many dead, and many homeless. The countries that were hit and there deaths: Source: Wikipedia [|National Geographic]
 * Tsunami Strike Indonesia**
 * Indonesia: 220,172 deaths
 * Sri Lanka: 30,957 deaths
 * India: 16,389 deaths
 * Thailand: 5,395 deaths
 * Maldives: 82 deaths
 * Malaysia: 68 deaths
 * Myanmar: 61 deaths
 * Bangladesh: 2 deaths
 * Somalia: 298 deaths
 * Tanzania: 10 deaths
 * Kenya: 1 death
 * Total: 273,435 deaths

**Earthquake in Kobe Japan** By: Angelica It was Tuesday, January 17, 1995 at 5:46 a.m when Japan's 6th largest city was hit by a devastating Earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter Scale. The World's 6th largest port takes a beating as the ground shakes for 20 seconds and already more than 5,500 people are killed, about 26,000 people injured, and over 300,000 people became homeless. The damage the Earthquake caused was over 20 trillion yen or 200 billion dollars. The cities of Kobe and Osaka are connected by elevated highways, and because of the earthquake many portions of this highway was collapsed. The strong ground shaking motion also led to collapsing the Hanshin Express way. The collapse of many buildings was followed by the ignition of over 300 fires to occur within minutes of the Earthquake because of ruptured gas lines. Since the fire occurred, many traffic and water supply systems failed to work. The deaths and injuries of many people were caused by older wood-frame houses with heavy clay tile roofs collapsing on them. Many homes and buildings are designed to hold strong in vertical directions because they have to support their own static weight. Meaning that buildings can be very susceptible to horizontal ground motion. The Hanshin earthquake was the worst earthquake in Japan since the 1923 Tokyo earthquake, also known as the Great Kanto earthquake, that measures 7.9 on the Richter Scale and killed over 140,000 lives. It was the greatest disaster in Japan since World War II. The Great Hanshin Earthquake was very shallow making it more likely to cause extensive damage. Kobe is in an area many Japanese thought was a safe area and was unlikely to get hit, making the residence there unprepared for the major earthquake. Kobe was one of the nicest cities in Japan, but after the Great Hanshin earthquake many people moved to a different place to avoid another disaster. //Source: BBC News //**YouTube Vid.****YouTube Vid.2.**

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media type="youtube" key="0plbf5w0sbA?fs=1" height="265" width="320" **Global Terrorism** By: Anna  Since 9/11/01 life have drastically changed, from the security in our country, to the ways we now run our country these days. September 11th was recognized as the world’s biggest terrorism event ever. Yet some people think otherwise.

Terrorism is usually a group of men that are trained to attack the innocent people of our world. Most of these men are from the middle- eastern countries. Usually the reason terrorists attack in the first place is because of the beliefs and the religions of other people. They don’t like the way others go about their daily lives and how they don’t have the same beliefs as they do. The goal that is set when they plan a terrorist attack is to try and kill as many people as possible, but at one time.

From 2004-2007 deaths have dramatically increased because of global terrorism! In 2004 the total death percentage was around 5,000, in 2005 the deaths were increased to around 14 to 15,000 people, in 2006 the deaths were increased to about 20,000, and finally in the year of 2007 at the most, the deaths caused by global terrorism was increased to about 22,000 people. //Source:// media type="youtube" key="nuhBdHc8Nqs?fs=1" height="205" width="320"