Friday, Sep 24, 2021
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1998 - The Federal Reserve releases to circulation Series 1996 $20 notes with new designs.
2005 - Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, devastating areas near Beaumont, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. The New Orleans's 9th Ward re-floods since Katrina, and Mississippi and Alabama are also affected.
2005 - Worldwide protests occur against the Iraq War, with over 150,000 protestors in Washington DC.
2007 - The One Laptop Per Child organization launches the Give 1 Get 1 marketing plan. For US$399, a buyer will purchase two XO computers, receiving one in early 2008, with the other being sent to a child in Cambodia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, or Haiti.
2008 - TV series Knight Rider debuts in the US.