Our Family History

The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt

1994 - 2017 (22 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1994	1994: USA - Lorena Bobbit Takes Brutal Revenge 1994: South Africa - Nelson Mandela Elected President 1994: USA - O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder 1994: Rwanda - Rwandan Genocide Begins 1994: UK - HIV protease inhibitor invented. 1994: Zaire - Ebola Virus Spreads
2	1995	1995: Tokyo, Japan - Gas Attack in Subway 1995: UK - Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated 1995: Balkans - Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia 1995-1996. 1995: USA - The Java computer language invented. 1995: USA - DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) invented. 1995: UK - Mad Cow Disease Hits Farms
3	1996	1996: UK - Two Royal Divorces 1996: UK - Web TV invented. 1996: UK - UK General Election: Labour routs Tories and Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister
4	1997	1997: Hale-Bopp Comet Visible 1997: Hong Kong, China - Hong Kong Returned to China 1997: Pathfinder Sends Back Images of Mars 1997: Paris, France - Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash 1997: Scotland - Scientists Clone Sheep 1997: UK - Daimler Benz and Toyota launched prototype fuel-cell powered cars 1997: Asia - India and Pakistan Test Nuclear Weapons
5	1998	1998: UK - Titanic Most Successful Movie Ever 1998: USA - U.S. President Clinton Impeached 1998: USA - Viagra on the Market 1998: Europe - The Euro the New European Currency
6	1999	1999: Fear of Y2K Bug 1999: USA - Killing Spree at Columbine High School 1999: Serbia - NATO Attacks Serbia 1999: Panama - Panama Canal Returns to Panama 1999: UK - Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h (318 mph). 1999: UK - Fuel protests paralyse Britain for seven days
7	2000	2000: UK - World celebrates New Millennium: UK opens unpopular dome visitor attraction at Greenwich 11 Sep 2000: New York, NY, USA - Attacks on US destroy World Trade Centre
8	2001	2001: UK - Outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease in UK. Millions of animals slaughtered and burned across the nation 2001: UK - General Election - Labour returned to power in UK 2001: USA - George W. Bush re-elected president of the USA. 2001: Windsor, UK - The Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon dies, aged 101 years
9	2002	2002: Iraq - Invasion of Iraq: United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq
10	2003	2003: UK - General election returns Labour to power for third term under Tony Blair