Timeline

AMERICA'S CALL TO REPENTANCE

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings, Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of America.

For shame has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, the 21st Century, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. 
             
             Jeremiah 3:22-25

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US World and Current Events




1981

• First cases of aids discovered
• Personal Computer introduced by IBM
• The compact disc ( CD) is introduced

1982

• The word “Internet” used for the first time
• First execution by lethal injection in the U. S. occurs in Texas

1984

• HIV is identified as cause of AIDS
• CD-ROM is introduced
• Domain Name System (DNS) established

1985

• Ronald Reagan announces “star wars” SDI ( laser satellite system program)
• Hole in the ozone layer discovered

1986

• Space shuttle Challenger explodes
• US bombs Libya

1989

• President Bush inaugurated 41^st U. S. President
• Berlin Wall comes down ending the Cold War
• Dial up internet services for consumers debut (World)

1990

• Computer viruses spread over the Internet
• Growing number of church fires reported

1991

• Worldwide web debut on the Internet
• Operation Desert Shield
• Collapse of Soviet Union

1992

• Bill Clinton, youngest since Kennedy elected President
• LA riots

1993

• World Trade Center bombed
• Cult compound raided in Waco, TX
• Internet usage grows
• Don’t Tell Don’t Ask Policy instituted in the U S Military

1994

• Israel and Jordan sign Peace Treaty
• Rwanda Massacre
• US sends forces to Persian Gulf
• First search engine, Yahoo launched
• White House launches its website
• Netscape goes public, starts the dot.com craze

1995

• Ebola virus spreads in Zaire
• Oklahoma City bombing
• Million man march
• DVD is introduced

1996

• Mad Cow disease hits Britain
• Clinton form National Church Arson Task Force
• 43.2 million (44%) U. S. households own a personal computer

1997

• Hale Bopp discovery (Visions of God’s Coming Judgments)
• Heaven’s Gate cult members commit suicide
• First commercial spy satellite
• NBC’s Asteroid: Deadly Impact aired
• Scientists clone sheep
• Amazon.com is launched on the web

1998

• Europeans agree on currency
• Springfield, Oregon- 2 students killed, 22 others wounded and parents found dead at home
• Blair Witch project- most profitable cult classic grossed $125mil
• Viagara on market
• Armageddon premiers in theaters worldwide
• Ebay is founded
• Osama bin Laden wages a holy war against USA by bombing two USA embassies in Africa
• President Clinton impeached for lying about adulterous  affair
• Deep Impact premiers in theaters across America

1999

• West Nile Virus outbreak
• Y2K
• Artificial viruses (Internet)
• Euro became currency in 11 member states
• MySpace is launched
• 13 students killed in Colorado high by two students
• NATO attacks Serbia
• Fatal high school shooting in Jaber, Alberta, Canada
• Heritage High School shooting in Conyers, GA
• Deming Middle School shooting in Deming, N.M
• Fort Gibson Middle School shooting in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

2000

• G. Bush sworn in as 43^rd President
• Yemen terrorist explosion
• Six-year-old shoots another in Township Michigan
• Lake Worth Middle School teacher killed by student in FL
• Nasdaq, technology heavy stock index declined 39 percent over the year, worst in its history
• Six year old bring gun to school and kills another six year old in Mt. Township, Michigan
• Worst drought in India
• Two students killed after a dance given by Beach High School in Savannah, GA

2001

• USA enters recession
• World Trade Center tragedy
• Pentagon tragedy
• Fatal shooting in front of Lake Clifton Eastern High in Baltimore, MD
• First case of lethal injection carried out in the state of Georgia
• Several cases of anthrax detected in US
• Santana High School shooting, 2 killed, 13 wounded in Santee, CA
• Foot and Mouth disease reappeared in Europe and MidEast
• Race riots in Cincinnati
• 3% of the American population is in jail
• Bishop Neuman High School shooting in Williamsport, PA
• “In God We Trust” law stirs controversy
• Statue of limitations stands
• Granite Hills High school, one teacher, 3 students wounded

2002

• US markets crash (corporate scandals)
• West Nile spreads from state to state
• Bloodshed in Middle East
• 58.5% of US population uses the Internet (164.14 million people)
• Martin Luther King Jr. High School shooting in New York City
• Bridge collapse in Oklahoma killing 3
• Increase in witchcraft shows on TV
• Johann Gutenberg school shootings in Erfurt, Germany, 13 teachers, 2 students, one officer killed.
• Operation Anaconda
• North Korea admits developing nuclear arms
• DC Snipers kill ten and wounding others
• Homeland Security
• One Nation under God controversy
• Corporate Reform Bill signed
• Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal
• Outbreak of church fire at alarming rate
• World religious leader pledge world peace
• Ban lifted on advertising of drugs

2003

• Space shuttle Columbia disaster
• US and Britain launches war against Iraq
• Earthquake measuring 2.5 in Midwest/4.9 shakes South
• Episcopal church ordains gay priest as bishop
• Three University of Arizona professors killed by student
• Monkey Pox outbreak in Western Hemisphere
• Blackout hit major cities in US and Canada
• Nightclub fatal stampede killing 21
• John McDonogh High School shooting in New Orleans
• First human cloning acclaimed named Eve
• Increasing number of drug advertisements on TV
• SARS epidemic outbreak in China
• The dollar falls 25% to the euro in just one year
• Red Lion Area Junior High shooting, principal killed in PA
• Court saves affirmative action program
• Saddam Hussein captured
• Judge orders Ten Commandment monument removed from courthouse
• Ricori High School shooting in Cold Spring, MN, 2 students killed
• Suicide bombers attack Turkey synagogues
• Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem

2004

• Increase in US military casualties in Iraq
• Ethnic violence spread in Kosovo
• Bush appoints controversial judge
• Bird flu reaches Thailand
• Muslim attacks on Christians increasing in Nigeria
• Virus affects million of computers
• Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize gay unions
• Job growth stalled in December 2003
• Gay couples marry in San Francisco
• Bush defends action in Iraq and economy
• Scientists claim they cloned human embryo
• Spain rocked by terrorists
• Unemployment rate dropped 5.7 from 5.9
• Increased profanity and obscene material on TV programming
• US Church issues sex abuse reports
• Report exonerates Blair
• Bush endorses constitutional amendment banning gay marriage
• World Summit June 8-10, Sea Island, GA
• Bush elected second term as president of the U. S.
• ACLU of Ohio demands cancellation of government sponsored faith based gospel concert.

2005

• Bombs explodes in London
• Poverty increased to 12.7% from 12.5% in 2004
• Panel advise FDA on painkillers (Celebrex, Bextra, Vioxx)
• Pentagon recommends extensive base closings
• House endorses flag burning ban
• Bush defends war in Iraq
• Federal judge order Georgia school district to remove evolution disclaimer
• Cancer top killer in U. S.
• Pope John Paul II dies
• Benedict XVI becomes the next pope
• Swedish pastor beats "hate crime" conviction
• Bush signs the Central American Free Trade Agreement
• Parents face jail if kid don’t get flu shots (Maryland)
• U. S. arrests thousands in Dragnet
• Red Lake, MN school shootings, 10 dead
• NY Times reports President authorized spying on Americans
• Federal judge rules against Intelligent Design
• Number of deaths of U. S. soldiers reaches 2,000
• Campbell County High School in Jacksboro, TN

2006

• Blair announces plans to step aside
• Hezbollah fire rockets into Israel
• Saddam Hussein convicted of crimes and hanged in Baghdad
• Bush signs law renewing the Patriot Act
• Violent crimes increases in U. S. (rose by 2.5% in 2005)
• FDA approves morning after pill
• New U.S. dollar coins hide 'In God We Trust'
• Mexicans rally for immigration reform
• More than 92 million websites
• White House refuses to turn over storm documents (Katrina)
• Ben Ladin warns U. S. of al-Quaeda planning an attack
• Amish school shooting in Nickel Mines, PA (10 shot, 5 dead)
• FDA approves Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer
• Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress
• Essex Elementary School shooting in VT
• Explosion traps miners in West Virginia
• Protest over cartoons turn violet
• Senate defeats ban on same sex marriage
• NY Times reports government analyzing financial records
• Dawson College shooting in Montreal, Canada ( more than dozen wounded, shooter kills self
• James Brown God father of soul dies at 73
• Five pillars of Islam' taught in public school
• North Korea test fires missiles over the Sea of Japan
• Platte Canyon High School shooting in Bailey, CO (adult male kills one student then self
• 38^th President Gerald Ford dies
• U. S. population hits new milestone (300 million)
• NASA announces plan for base on the moon
• Bush call for expansion of Armed forces
• New Jersey court rules in favor of gay couples
• Electronic data on millions of Veterans stolen
• Bush signs legislation to build border fence
• Pope remarks outrage Muslims worldwide
• Senate Judiciary committee approves Wiretapping Act
• Weston School shooting in Cazenovia, Wisconsin (principal killed)

2007

• Stock market plummets
• Bibles banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Nine killed in shooting at Finnish school
• Bush Prepared to Veto 'Hate Crimes' Bill
• Senate votes to support timetable to withdraw from Iraq
• Tornado ravage several states (AL, MN, MO, GA)
• U. S. say it will impose duties on Chinese goods
• President Bush says, All religions pray to same God
• God banished from Washington Monument
• Wildfires devastate southern California
• Job losses spark worries (headed for recession)
• 'Christian patriots' interrupt Hindu prayer in Senate
• Former communist countries admitted into EU (Romania, Bulgaria)
• Bush vetoes Combat Spending bill
• Virginia Tech school shooting
• Hotels replace Gideon Bible with “sex kits”
• Harry Potter sales brisk (more than 8.3 million copies sold)
• Russia is awarded 2014 Olympics
• Foreclosures multiplying at an alarming rate
• Pledge-Protection Bill Reintroduced
• Bridge collapses into Mississippi River killing at least 4, injuring at least 60
• Attorney warns Methodist churches to not campaign from the pulpit
• Six coal miners trapped inside shaft in Utah
• Warning issued about Islamic goal of imposing Sharia law in U.S. by 2050
• Henry Foss High school shooting in Tacoma, WA
• ENDA would force Christians to 'kowtow' to homosexual, transgendered employees
• Federal reserve pumps billions into financial system
• Laodicean church in the making, says research firm
• Bush signs law to expand wiretapping
• House passes bill protecting gays
• Federal prison chaplains told to remove religious books from chapel libraries
• Baptist pastor calls preachers to fight for the truth
• Mexican city paralyzed by floods
• Prominent Palestinian Christian kidnapped, murdered
• Delaware State University shooting in Dover, DE
• Bush veto Children Health Insurance bill
• Pakastan president declares state of emergency
• U. S. suffers more casualties in 2007 than any other year (852 deaths in 2007)
• Minimum wage increases to $5.85 up from $5.15
• Cleveland High School shooting
• Joketa High School shooting in Finland
• Court strikes down FCC Indecency Policy
• Median household income up, number of insured down
• Intelligence report shows al-Qaeda remains strong
• 9 N. Korean Christians arrested for 'espionage'
• Bush request additional funding for war
• House passes bill on stem cell research
• In new book, terror leaders describe America bound by Islam
• Six major ministries under investigation (the work of satan)
• Miami school on lockdown after shooting
• Russian doomsday cult barricade themselves  in a cave awaiting doomsday
• Islamic village found in Georgia is under investigation. Locations in other states near power plants (including nuclear), military bases, reservoirs, etc.
• China toy recall
• Ottawa Anglicans approve 'same-sex' blessings
• Weather Channel founder: Warming 'greatest scam in history'
• Tropical storm Noel hits the Caribbean
• U. S. dollar dropping
• Super bug (staph infection) on the rise
• Water drought in Georgia
• More than 2,000 perish in Bangladesh cyclone
• Appeals court is asked to reconsider legislative prayer ruling
• Florida Senior Living Facility Bans Religious Christmas decor