World History for the years :-

• 1900 - 1999 Go back 100 years
  
  
• 2000 Turn of the new century. The Millennium Bug wasn't quite as bad as we thought !
  
  
• 2001 The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. The movie '2001' refers to this year.
  
  
• 2008 Financial Meltdown.
  
  
• 2009 James Cameron releases the movie "Avatar"
  
  
• 2014 Russia invades Crimea.
  
  
• 2022 Russia invades Ukraine.
  
  
• 2023 Massive 7.8 earthquake in Turkey kills 53 thousand.
  
  
• 2068 Asteroid '99942 Apophis' will make a close fly-by of Earth, chance of impact is timy.