2001–2026
Contemporary
Networks, climate, and the new uncertainty.
196 events across 26 years
Turning points
2001North AmericaWar
September 11 attacks
September 11, 2001Contemporary
2001Central AsiaWar
War in Afghanistan begins
October 7, 2001Contemporary
2003Middle EastWar
Invasion of Iraq
March 20, 2003Contemporary
2004North AmericaTechnology
Facebook founded in a dorm
February 4, 2004Contemporary
2004Southeast AsiaDisaster
Indian Ocean Tsunami
December 26, 2004Contemporary
2007North AmericaTechnology
iPhone unveiled
January 9, 2007Contemporary
2008East AsiaCulture
Beijing Olympics open
August 8, 2008Contemporary
2008North AmericaPolitics
Lehman Brothers collapses
September 15, 2008Contemporary
2010AfricaPolitics
Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire
December 17, 2010Contemporary
2011AfricaPolitics
Tahrir Square fills
January 25, 2011Contemporary
2011East AsiaDisaster
Tōhoku earthquake and Fukushima
March 11, 2011Contemporary
2011South AsiaWar
Bin Laden killed in Abbottabad
May 2, 2011Contemporary
2012EuropeScience
Higgs boson confirmed
July 4, 2012Contemporary
2013EuropeReligion
Pope Francis elected
March 13, 2013Contemporary
2013Southeast AsiaDisaster
Typhoon Haiyan flattens Tacloban
November 8, 2013Contemporary
2015EuropePolitics
Paris Climate Agreement
December 12, 2015Contemporary
2016North AmericaScience
Gravitational waves detected
February 11, 2016Contemporary
2016East AsiaTechnology
AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol
March 9, 2016Contemporary
2017North AmericaCulture
#MeToo erupts
October 5, 2017Contemporary
2019OceaniaDisaster
Australia's Black Summer
December 30, 2019Contemporary
2019East AsiaDisaster
Wuhan reports a strange pneumonia
December 31, 2019Contemporary
2020EuropeDisaster
WHO declares COVID a pandemic
March 11, 2020Contemporary
2020EuropeScience
First COVID vaccinations
December 8, 2020Contemporary
2021Central AsiaWar
Taliban return to Kabul
August 15, 2021Contemporary
2023Middle EastWar
October 7 attack
October 7, 2023Contemporary
2024Middle EastWar
Assad government falls in Syria
December 8, 2024Contemporary
2025East AsiaTechnology
DeepSeek release rattles AI markets
January 27, 2025Contemporary
2025EuropeReligion
Pope Francis dies
April 21, 2025Contemporary
2026South AsiaPolitics
India's population lead over China widens
March 15, 2026Contemporary
2026North AmericaExploration
Artemis II launches
April 1, 2026Contemporary
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