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As this decade comes to a close some will reflect what has happened in the past ten years. This decade like any other has a few key events that has dominated the whole decade. But as we go by year by year its hard to believe that so much time or so little time has passed since certain events. Be it personal or otherwise what key events affected you the most or were important to you this decade.  
 
2000  
Personal: Graduating High School  
Media: US Election  
Other: Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde Crash)  
 
2001  
Personal: Three Months In Guatemala  
Media: September 11  
Other: Dale Earnhardt dies as a result of a last lap accident at the Daytona 500.  
 
2002  
Personal: Began training as a Pilot  
Media: Four Canadian Infantrymen loose their lives in a "friendly fire" incident  
Other: The Euro becomes the currency of many European nataions  
 
2003  
Personal: Logged my 100th hour of flying  
Media: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas  
Other: George W. Bush "Mission Accomplished"  
 
2004  
Personal: Commercially Licensed Pilot  
Media: Indian Ocean Earthquake and tsunami  
Other: Facebook was founded  
 
2005  
Personal: Top 10 Overall 10K YMCA Run  
Media: Canada's Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage  
Other: Pope John Paul II dies  
 
2006  
Personal: Moved to Gander NL for 7 months  
Media: 2006 Canada Election  
Other: Pluto demoted Pluto to dwarf planet  
 
2007  
Personal: Moved back to Brandon  
Media: Benazir Bhutto is assassinated  
Other: I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse  
 
2008  
Personal: Aerobatic Flight Instructor  
Media: US Election  
Other: 2008 Prairie Meteorite  
 
2009  
Personal: Class II Instructor  
Media: International Recession  
Other: H1N1  
 
 
Edited by Erwin (aka Flyboy), 2009-12-20 15:18:00