- The assassination of JFK and MLK 1968
- The end of The Vietnam war 1975
- Gulf War begins 1990
- Gulf war ends 1991 us withdraw
- establishment of the world trade organization 1995
- Well there was 911 The bombing of twin towers, world-trade center, the start of the Afghanistan war all in 2001
- the start of the Iraq war begins in 2003
- Obama gets elected president of the United States 2008
- A 9.0 earthquake hit japan causing a tsunami killing 16000 people happened in 2011
- Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand