- 1st African-America president elected.
-followed by 1st mass exodus of Americans to Mexico/Canada
- Chuck Norris successfully SC'ed a LTD xfire.
- New crossfire top speed, 184.
- Pirates attack oil tanker and other large vessels.
- Pirates then give the oil tanker back when price per barrel of oil drops below $60 because the cost of maintaining the vessel is too high in the
poor economy.