Europe

1945: End of WWII
1950: Chi-Chi Chi-Chi Ya-Ya
1954: Battle of Yavin
1957: Ozzy Osbourne crowned king of Europe (isn't he Australian?)
1964: Battle of Endor
1977: King Ozzy deposed in a coup-de-tat by dissident fans of The Who and replaced by Pete Townshend
1981: Perestroika and glasnost begin to destroy the Soviet Union
1987: Charlton Heston attempts to singlehandedly conquer the Soviet Union, but is defeated by a bunch of damn dirty apes
1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Humpty Dumpty seriously injured, but the Soviet Union has neither the organization nor the manpower to put him back together again (I can't believe I actually made that joke)
1991: The Joy Luck Club released. Critics call it "the feel good movie of the year"
1992: Spat in Kuwait...or was that 1991? The Media President elected
1996: Ace of Base climbs to the top of the charts. The effects are earth-shattering, believe you me.
1997: Millions of screaming teenage girls declare their undying love for Leo. King Pete calls for his immediate execution.
1999: King Pete assassinated by renegade Napster users. Metallica swears revenge.
2000: Yeltsin dies (or does he? Perhaps he merely drinks himself into a stupor)
2001: A Space Odyssey
May 11, 2001: I fail my Modern European History AP
Today's date: History ends