21st Century

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1 Pope John Paul II 4x

2 China 3x

3 the euro 3x

4 Occupy Wall Street 3x

5 Y2K 2x

6 Sudan 2x

7 Ratzinger 2x

8 Osama bin Laden 2x

9 Mir 2x

10 Hamas 2x

11 FBI 2x

12 Camilla Parker Bowles 2x

13 Brazil 2x

14 Ariel Sharon 2x

15 Afghanistan 2x

16 (Theresa) May 2x

17 (Roger) Goodell 2x

18 a World's Fair 2x

19 Venus Williams 2x

20 the Olympic Athletes from Russia 2x

21 the Lehman Brothers 2x

22 Hosni Mubarak 2x

23 Kamala Harris 2x

Sample Clues

As part of official millennium plans, this 79-year-old religious figure will travel to Jerusalem in March 2000

Pope John Paul II

This country's CCTV censored Barack Obama's Inauguration Day speech upon mention of communism

China

It was equal to about $1.15 & wasn't circulating as cash yet when it went into effect on January 1

the euro

Zuccotti Park in New York City's Financial District was the birthplace of this movement against economic inequality

Occupy Wall Street

The world debated & awaited the consequences of this bug & its possible effect on computing

Y2K

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Other 321

Pope John Paul II (4) the euro (3) Occupy Wall Street (3) Y2K (2) Venus Williams (2) Slobodan Milošević (2) Ariel Sharon (2) Mir (2) Hamas (2) (Theresa) May (2)

Modern (post-1990) 14

Osama bin Laden (2) Afghanistan (2) (Timothy) McVeigh (1) Selma, Alabama (1) quid pro quo (1) China (1) Tom Price (1) Don McGahn (1) Shanghai (1) September 11th (1)

Ancient 11

Hosni Mubarak (2) Tom Brokaw (1) Gladiator (1) a calendar (1) a hacker (1) Kuwait (1) the opening ceremony to the Sydney Olympics (1) the IMF (the International Monetary Fund) (1) Mohamed Morsi (1) Malala (Yousafzai) (1)

Civil War 4

the Hunley (1) Sudan (1) Syria (1) South Carolina (1)

Colonial / Exploration 1

the Mayflower (1)

Revolutionary Era 1

Lebanon (1)

Cold War 1

September 11, 2001 (1)