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Syrian military withdraws from Lebanon
After a 29-year occupation the final troops crossed the border, ending Syria's influence on Lebanon's political and economic life -
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Hurricane Katrina
Made landfall in Louisiana, caused widespread devastation and loss of life, particularly in New Orleans -
Abigail Hirsch was born (me)
I was born in newton memorial hospital in Newton, New Jersey at 12:14pm. -
Launch of instagram
The app was launched in 2010 by cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and it is now owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook. -
NATO intervention in Libya
The NATO-led intervention in Libya, aimed at ousting Muammar Gaddafi, concluded in 2013, marking a significant shift in the region's political landscape. -
Osama Bin Laden raid
The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan was a major blow to al-Qaeda and a significant victory for the U.S. -
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Ebola epidemic
The Ebola virus outbreak began in late 2013 with the fatal infection of a young boy in Guinea who might have contracted the virus from a species of bat, the disease's putative natural reservoir -
Germany wins FIFA worldcup
Germany won the World Cup for the fourth time. -
Trump wins the presidential election
Trump won the presidential election with 304 electoral votes, while Hillary Clinton received 227, though Clinton won a plurality of the nationwide popular vote, receiving nearly 2.9 million more votes than Trump. -
#Metoo movement begins
American actress Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter, "If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem," saying that she got the idea from a friend. -
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Covid 19 pandemic
CDC reports the first laboratory-confirmed case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the U.S. from samples taken on January 18 in Washington state and on the same day activates its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to respond to the emerging outbreak. -
BLM protests
The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, served as the catalyst for the 2020 protests. -
Broke my skull
I broke my skull and had a brain bleed from falling off a bike during the summer. -
I graduated highschool
Abigail Hirsch graduated from Kittatinny Regional Highschool after four long years including a covid pandemic. -
I moved into college
Abigail Hirsch moved into her dorm room at East Carolina University, starting her college career. -
Kamala Harris loses the presidential election
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who served from 2021 to 2025 as the 49th vice president of the United States. She ran for president in 2024.