March 20, 2003 – December 2011★★★★★
Iraq War
A US-led coalition invades Iraq and topples Saddam Hussein, beginning a long period of occupation and conflict.
War· Iraq, United States, United Kingdom
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Events this year
April 14, 2003★★★★★
Human Genome Project completed
The Human Genome Project announces it has sequenced the vast majority of the human genome.
Science· United States, United Kingdom
Ongoing
July 23, 1983 – May 18, 2009★★★★★
Sri Lankan Civil War
A 26-year armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ends in the LTTE's defeat.
War· Sri Lanka
August 2, 1998 – July 18, 2003★★★★★
Second Congo War
War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drew in the armies of numerous African states; the fighting and associated famine and disease caused millions of deaths.
War· DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia