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1. 2000: This department store was the world's first mail order company and at its peak had more than 500 retail outlets. On December 28th it announced that it was closing its doors after 128 years in business. Name it.
2. 2001: In January the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal demanded that Serbia hand over Slobodan Milosevic, who was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes. Milosevic had recently resigned as the president of which country?
3. 2002: This year saw the boom and, more times than not, the bust of a group of new Internet-based companies commonly referred to as what?
4. 2003: This pandemic viral disease was first reported in Guangdong, China in 2002 and reached its peak this year. Which was it?
5. 2004: Which free internet social networking site, whose name is a reference to a document some colleges produce that shows incoming students and faculty, was founded this year?
6. 2005: On August 28th Hurricane Katrina slammed into the southeastern United States. Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans in particular, received the lion's share of the press coverage of the event, but which other state suffered an estimated $50 billion in damage?
7. 2006: This Welsh singer was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in March for service to music. Best known for hits like "What's New, Pussycat" and the theme from the James Bond movie "Thunderball", his career had a resurgence in the late 80s when he began collaborating with younger artists like Prince and Tori Amos. Who now answers to "Sir" for these achievements?
8. 2007: On January 1st, Ban Ki-moon replaced Kofi Annan as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. From which country did he hail?
9. 2008 was a very good year for this tennis phenom. She won the Australian Open, was cited as the most searched athlete on Yahoo! and was the highest paid female athlete in the world, with much of her earnings coming from product endorsements. Who was she?
10. 2009: As the first decade of the third millennium came to a close who did 'Forbes' magazine report was the first author to have become a billionaire by writing?
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