E C O N O M Y
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- Average US yearly income was $42,350
- Gas cost $1.46.
- Average US house was $136,150.
- Average UK house was £------.
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N E W S
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- 9/11 terrorist attacks destroyed World Trade Center and damage the Pentagon.
- US invades Afghanistan. UK sends support.
- Anthrax scare hits the US Congress and other governmental bodies.
- In US, Timothy McVeigh executed for Oklahoma City Bombing.
- US refuses to sign Kyoto Agreement on Climate Change.
- US pulls out of the '72 ABM Treaty with Russia.
- IRA dismantles its weapons cache.
- Gunmen attack Indian Parliament.
- In Pakistan, General Musharraf takes power and bans opposition parties.
- Serbian President Milosevic arrested and charged with war crimes.
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T R I V I A
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- Wikipedia goes online.
- The iPod comes out.
- Microsoft presents Windows XP.
- Napster is shut down.
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F I L M
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- Monsters are cool again in Monsters, Inc..
- Hobbits are too in Fellowship of the Ring.
- So are the casino robbing Ocean's 11.
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