2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President, in or out of office, to visit since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million
