1976
The worlds first case of this disease is documented in June of 1976 in Nzara, Sudan.
Ebola
1986 was the last time this celestial body visited our solar system, and was closely observed by an ESA probe.
Halleys Comet
In 1996, This company's supercomputer beat the reigning Chess Champion Gary Kasparov
IBM's Deep Blue
In 2006, google purchases this technology company for 1.65 Billion US dollars. The service today now has over 2.7 billion monthly users.
Youtube
Harambe is tragically killed at this US Cities zoo in 2016.
Cincinatti.
This Communist dictator achieved full power of Cambodia in 1976 and went on to lead a genocide that would kill over 25% of the population.
Pol Pot
The 1986 Chernobyl Disaster is one of 2 events categorized as maximum severity by the international nuclear event scale. This is the other event.
2011 Fukushima Nuclear disaster.
This American Rapper is shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996. An arrest for the killer wasn't made until 2023.
Tupac Shakur
The Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii were all launched between November of 2005 and the end of 2006.
This was the highest selling video game from 2006 to 2010.
Wii Sports
The international consurtium of Investigative Journalists releases this set of 11.5 million documents in 2016 that reveal information on more than 214,000 offshore companies featuring names of several heads of state as beneficiaries.
Panama Papers
The Enterprise
The Big Mac Index is created by the newspaper The Economist as a way of measuring this for a country.
Purchasing Power
The Taliban captures this city in the Afghan Civil War, establishing control over much of Afghanistan until the US invasion in 2001.
Kabul
This south Korean politician and diplomat is elected as UN Secretary General, a position he will serve until 2016.
Ban-Ki Moon
In 2016, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill meet for the first such meeting between the Catholic Church and this establishment since their schism in 1054.
Eastern / Russia Orthodox
In September of 1976, This communist revolutionary past away. He rose to power during the Long March in 1937 and overthrew the nationalist government in 1949.
Mao Zedong
In 1986, Lebanese newspaper published the story of the Iran-Contra Affair during the Reagan administration. An attempt to fund the contras under the table in this country.
Nicaragua
Nintendo releases this 64-bit home game console, which was packaged with Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye 007.
N64
In 2006, Pluto was demoted from being a planet after the IAU further defined what was required to be a planet. This is the reason Pluto cannot be defined as a planet.
Is not large enough to exert orbital dominance. (It also orbits around its moon)
The Chicago Cubs ended the record longest championship drought in American Sports history with their world series win in 2016.
The current longest championship drought in American sports is held by this team, whose last championship was in 1947.
Arizona Cardinals
In August of 1976, the US completes Operation Paul Bunyun to cut down a tree in this region, with a total force of 124 Soldiers, 27 helicopters, and 1 B-52.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
In one of the most famous world cup matches in history. This iconic argentinian futball player scores a controversial handball goal in a 1986 game against England
Diego Maradona
In 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty was enacted preventing the testing of nuclear explosions. Since then only 3 non-signatory countries have detonated nuclear weapons. Name 1 besides North Korea.
India or Pakistan
In December 2006, the UK finally settles its debt on the Anglo-American Loan. A debt that it had owed since this event.
World War 2
In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. They are one of 2 countries to ever do so, with this country also doing it in 1985.
Greenland