The year I was born

UNAM, FES Aragón, SUALicenciatura enRelaciones InternacionalesInglés IIMtro. Alonso Abraham Sosa Aguilar

Daniel García AcostaDiana Jannet Martínez MunguíaElia Guadalupe Parrilla MartínezGustavo Flores BarcoJosé Antonio Aguilar TraviesoNelly Michell Garrido Toribio

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The year I was born

20XX

The euro began to replace the national currencies of the EU member states.

2002

January 1st

2002

The Winter Olympics took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from February 8th to February 24th, 2002.

February

March 1st

The European Space Agency launched the Envisat satellite.

2002

June 30th

Brazil won the FIFA World Cup held in South Korea/Japan.

2002

November 30th

Linux operating system released its first commercial version Red Hat Linux 8.0.

2002

January 1st

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva became Brazil's first left-wing president.

2003

February 1st

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it entered the atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board.

2003

March 20th

The United States and its allies invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime.

2003

April 28th

In the United States, Apple launched the iTunes Store, which sold 1 million songs in its first week.

2003

May 21st

The Spanish Royal Court officially recognized Leandro Alfonso de Borbón Ruiz, illegitimate son of King Alfonso XIII.

2003

February 1st

Russian scientists have announced the discovery of two new chemical elements: nihonium and moscovium.

2004

February 4th

Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues at Harvard University launched "Facebook", which became the largest global social network.

2004

February 24th

An earthquake devastated towns in northern Morocco, leaving 629 dead.

2004

March 11th

A series of explosions on commuter trains in Madrid killed 193 people, a terrorist attack blamed on Islamic extremists.

2004

March 14th

President Vladimir Putin won the elections in Russia with more than 69 percent of the votes.

2004

2004 March 22nd

Prince Felipe de Borbón and Letizia Ortiz got married, a fact that sparked scandals.

2004

April 30th

Ten countries, eight from Eastern Europe + Cyprus and Malta, joined the European Union.

2004

May 1st

European Union Expansion The EU expanded with the addition of 10 new countries, including Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, making it the largest expansion in its history.

2004

May 2nd

Martín Torrijos, son of a former dictator, won the first presidential election since the handover of the Panama Canal and the withdrawal of US forces in December 1999.

2004

October 26th

After 37 years of occupation, Israel approved the withdrawal from Gaza.

2004

November 2nd

American citizens participated in the US presidential elections and re-elected George W. Bush.

2004

November 3rd

The people of Afghanistan held their first elections and Hamid Karzai won.

2004

November 4th

Government planes bombed the largest rebel-held city in the country's north, breaking a ceasefire of more than a year.

2004

December 13rd

Judge Victor Montiglio ordered the arrest of Augusto Pinochet for violating human rights.

2004

December 26th

A devastating 9.1-9.3 magnitude undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that affected several countries in Asia and Africa and caused more than 230,000 deaths.

2004

January 5th

Discovery of Eris: This dwarf planet, beyond Pluto's orbit, revolutionized our understanding of the solar system.

2005

April 2nd

Death of Pope John Paul II: His passing shocked the Catholic world and triggered a transition process in the Vatican.

2005

August 23rd

Hurricane Katrina (one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history), caused thousands of deaths and damage.

2005

October 2nd

Mexico Under-17 World Champion: The Mexican soccer team was world champion in this category and generated great euphoria in the country.

2005

December 2nd

Windsor Tower Fire: A devastating fire consumed a large part of this iconic building in Madrid, Spain.

2005

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