| 1946-1989 | | The Cold War from before birth until age 1 |
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| 1952-2050 | | Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from before birth until after timeline |
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| 1981-1988 | | Ronald Reagan president of US from before birth until age 0 |
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| 1988 | | Turin shroud precisely carbon dated to 1330 AD - shroud is a hoax at age 0 |
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| 1989 | | Pons and Fleischmann claim cold fusion at age 1 |
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| 1989 | | Powell is 1st black chairmain joint US chiefs of staff at age 1 |
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| 1989 | | Fall of Berlin Wall at age 1 |
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| 1989 | | Breakup of the Soviet Union at age 1 |
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| 1989 | | US Invades Panama, topples Noriega at age 1 |
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| 1989-1992 | | George Bush president of US from age 1 to 4 |
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| 1990 | | Hubble space telescope deployed at age 2 |
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| 1990 | | World Wide Web at age 2 |
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| 1991-2003 | | 8th Cholera pandemic from age 3 to 15 |
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| 1991 | | Iraq attacks Kuwait, US Attacks Iraq at age 3 |
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| 1992 | | Blacks riot in South Central neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 4 |
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| 1993-2000 | | William Clinton president of US from age 5 to 12 |
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| 1993 | | Catholic Church apologizes for its treatment of Galileo in the 1600's at age 5 |
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| 1993 | | Muslim terrorists bomb World Trade Center at age 5 |
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| 1994 | | South Africa moves to 1 person, 1 vote system at age 6 |
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| 1995 | | American Terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City at age 7 |
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| 1996 | | DVD video recordings at age 8 |
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| 1997 | | Mars pathfinder lands at age 9 |
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| 1997 | | Cloning living beings at age 9 |
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| 1998 | | Pres. Clinton Impeached December 19th. at age 10 |
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| 1998 | | 1st 1 GHz microprocessor ships - The DEC Alpha CPU at age 10 |
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| 1998 | | US attacks Iraq, again at age 10 |
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| 1999 | | US attacks Bosnia at age 11 |
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| 2000 | | Working draft of human genome completed at age 12 |
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| 2000 | | North Pole ice melts - 1.5 km of open water in August at age 12 |
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| 2000 | | Playstation II ships - most powerful video system to date at age 12 |
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| 2000 | | '2nd Coming' Prophesied 2nd time; Prophesy remains unfulfilled at age 12 |
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| 2001 | | Satellite Radio broadcasts to consumers begin at age 13 |
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| 2001 | | Muslim terrorists destroy World Trade Center Sep 11th at age 13 |
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| 2001-2009 | | George W. Bush president of US from age 13 until after timeline |
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| 2001 | | US attacks Afghanistan, October 7th at age 13 |
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| 2001 | | Wikipedia goes online at age 13 |
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| 2001 | | X-Box console released at age 13 |
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| 2001 | | Earthquaqe at Gujarat, India - 20,000 deaths at age 13 |
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| 2001 | | Probe NEAR-Shoemaker makes 1st touchdown on asteroid at age 13 |
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| 2002 | | 10th solar planet(oid) discovered: Quaoar at age 14 |
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| 2002 | | Terrorist bomb kills 170, injures 250 in Bali at age 14 |
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| 2002 | | Euro currency introduced at age 14 |
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| 2003 | | Shuttle Columbia destroyed during re-entry (feb 1st) at age 15 |
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| 2003 | | 28,000 die in Iran earthquake at age 15 |
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| 2004 | | Huge trans-Neptunian object, Sedna, discovered at age 16 |
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| 2004 | | Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami kills 290,000 - dec 26 at age 16 |
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| 2004 | | Non-government Spaceship One achieves spaceflight at age 16 |
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| 2004 | | Water verified present on mars by Odyssey lander at age 16 |
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| 2004 | | 10 terrorist bombs kill 200, injure 1240 in Spain at age 16 |
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| 2005 | | Microsoft ships Xbox 360 at age 17 |
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| 2005 | | Space Shuttle returns to flight July 26th…Aug 10th at age 17 |
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| 2005 | | Hurricanes Katrina, Rita devastate New Orleans - Aug, Sep at age 17 |
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| 2005 | | Huge trans-Plutonian object discovered at age 17 |
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| 2005 | | Muslim terrorists bomb London transit system July 7th at age 17 |
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| 2005 | | NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft craters comet Temple 1 at age 17 |
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| 2006 | | Wii ships from Nintendo at age 18 |
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| 2006 | | PS3 ships from Sony at age 18 |
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| 2006 | | Americans lose habeas corpus at age 18 |
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| 2006 | | Israel attacks Lebanon at age 18 |
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| 2007 | | Comet McNaught swings by the sun - extremely bright at age 19 |
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