Events in the 21st Century

2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
Events

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The...

2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
Events

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver...

Red rain in Kerala
Red rain in Kerala
Events

From 25 July to 23 September 2001, red rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours occurred in which the rain was coloured red, staining clothes with an...

The Re-Invention Tour
The Re-Invention Tour
Events

The Re-Invention World Tour was the sixth concert tour by American recording artist Madonna. It supported her ninth studio album American Life and visited North America and Europe. Madonna...

2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
Events

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The...

Phoenix Mars Mission
Phoenix Mars Mission
Events

Phoenix is a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The scientists conducting the mission are using instruments aboard the Phoenix lander to...

21st century
21st century
Events

The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and will end December 31, 2100. In...

Iraq War
Iraq War
Events

The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003 with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a...

Web2.0 Expo 2008 San Francisco
Web2.0 Expo 2008 San Francisco
Events

A companion event to the Web2.0 Sumit, Web 2.0 Expo is an expanded, inclusive gathering for the technology and business communities through a combined conference and tradeshow.

SemTech 2008
SemTech 2008
Events

2002 Bali bombing
2002 Bali bombing
Events

The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of...

September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
Events

The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning,...

2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
Events

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, (from March 20 to May 1, 2003) was led by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark, Poland and Spain. Four...

British Basketball League 2005-06
British Basketball League 2005-06
Events

The 2005-06 BBL season was the 19th season of the British Basketball League, which ran from September 23, 2005, through to April 11, 2006. An earlier than usual start should be noted because...

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's +105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's +105 kg
Events

The Men's +105kg weightlifting event was the heaviest men's event at the 2008 Summer Olympics weightlifting competition, allowing competitors of over 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole...

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x400 metre relay
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x400 metre relay
Events

The Women's 4x400 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games will take place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. There will be only 16 NOCs competing at this event. These...

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 94 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 94 kg
Events

The men's 94kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took...

Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Events

Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place over a ten day period starting August 12 and culminating with the medal finals on August 21. All games were played at the Fengtai...

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women
Events

The women's tournament of the basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 9 and ended on August 23, when the United States defeated Australia 92-65 for the gold medal...

Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual
Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual
Events

The women's individual archery event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. It took place at the Olympic Green Archery Field. Ranking Round was on August 9, 2008...

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 105 kg
Events

The men's 105kg weightlifting event was the seventh men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took...

Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Events

Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 13 to August 23. All games were played at Wukesong Baseball Field, a temporary venue constructed at the Beijing Wukesong...

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men
Events

The men's tournament of basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 10 and ended on August 24, when the United States defeated Spain 118-107 for the gold medal. All...

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg
Events

The men's 69kg weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took...

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