The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, t ...

for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Web page
accessed 5 November 2006 It is named after Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971). The prize currently comes with a A$30,000 cash award.

Winners and shortlists

2022

* Eunice Andrada – ''TAKE CARE'' * Evelyn Araluen – ''Dropbear'' * Eileen Chong – ''A Thousand Crimson Blooms'' * Dan Disney – ''accelerations & inertias'' * John Kinsella – ''Supervivid Depastoralism'' *

Bella Li Bella Li (born 1983) is a Chinese-born Australian poet. Early life and career Li was born in China in 1983. When she was three she and parents migrated to Australia. Li has an Arts/Law degree from the University of Melbourne. In 2020 she rec ...

– ''Theory of Colours''

2021

* Winner: Ellen van Neerven – ''Throat'' *

Jordie Albiston Jordie Albiston (30 September 1961 – 28 February 2022) was an Australian poet. Early life Jordie Albiston grew up in Melbourne, the second of four children. She studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts before completing a doct ...

– ''Element: The Atomic Weight & Radius of Love '' * Rebecca Jessen – ''Ask Me About the Future'' * Jill Jones – ''A History of What I’ll Become'' * Jaya Savige – ''Change Machine ''

2020

* Winner:

Peter Boyle Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. Known as a character actor, he played Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom '' Everybody Loves Raymond'' and the comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof '' Young ...

– ''Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness'' * Joanne Burns – ''apparently'' * Zenobia Frost – ''After the Demolition'' * Lisa Gorton – ''Empirical'' * Natalie Harkin – ''Archival-Poetics'' *

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf AO (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Quee ...

– ''An Open Book''

2019

* Winner: Judith Bishop – ''Interval'' * Michael Farrell – ''I Love Poetry'' * Penelope Layland – ''Things I’ve Thought To Tell You Since I Saw You Last'' * Philip Neilsen – ''Wildlife of Berlin'' * Mark Reid – ''Blindside'' *

Chris Wallace-Crabbe Christopher Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian poet and emeritus professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. Life and career Wallace-Crabbe was born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. His father was K ...

– ''Rondo''

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

* Winner:

– ''Argosy'' * Adam Aitken – ''Archipelago'' *

– ''Euclid's dog: 100 algorithmic poems'' * Rico Craig – ''Bone Ink'' * Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng – ''Captive and Temporal'' * Omar Sakr – ''These Wild Houses''

2017

* Winner:

– ''Ghostspeaking'' * Paul Hetherington – ''Burnt Umber'' * Jill Jones – ''Breaking the Days'' * Antigone Kefala – ''Fragments'' * John Kinsella – ''Firebreaks: Poems'' * Ellen van Neerven – ''Comfort Foot''

2016

* Winner: Joanne Burns – ''brush'' * Lionel Fogarty – ''Eelahroo (Long Ago), Nyah (Looking), Möbö-Möbö (Future)'' * Sarah Holland-Batt – ''The Hazards'' * Meredith Wattison – ''terra bravura'' * Chloe Wilson – ''Not Fox Nor Axe'' * Ouyang Yu – ''Fainting''

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

* Winner:

– ''Earth Hour'' * Michael Aiken – ''A Vicious Example'' * Judith Beveridge – ''Devadatta's Poems'' *

Anne Elvey Anne Frances Elvey is an Australian academic, editor, researcher and poet. Education Elvey has completed at Bachelor of Science with Honours, a Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary), a Bachelor of Theology, a Master of Theology and a ...

– ''Kin'' * Libby Hart – ''Wild'' *

John Mateer John Mateer (born 1971) is a South African-born Australian poet and author. Early life and education He was born in Roodepoort, South Africa in 1971, and grew up on the outskirts of Johannesburg. He spent some of his childhood in Canada, before ...

– ''Unbelievers, or The Moor''

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

*Winner: Fiona Hile – ''Novelties,'' Hunter * Justin Clemens – ''The Mundiad,'' Hunter * Diane Fahey – ''The Stone Garden: poems from Clare,'' Clouds of Magellan * Liam Ferney – ''Boom,'' Grand Parade Poets * Kate Middleton – ''Ephemeral Waters,'' Giramondo Publishing * Jessica Wilkinson – ''Marionette: A biography of Miss Marion Davies,'' Vagabond Press

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

*Winner: Ali Cobby-Eckermann – ''Ruby Moonlight,'' Magabala Books *

Kate Fagan Kate Fagan (born November 15, 1981) is an American sports reporter and commentator who previously was employed by ESPN. Before joining the ESPN staff, she worked as the ''Philadelphia Inquirer's'' beat writer for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. ...

– ''First Light,'' Giramondo Publishing * Michael Farrell – ''Open Sesame,'' Giramondo Publishing * Anthony Lawrence – ''The Welfare of my Enemy,'' Puncher & Wattman *

Kate Lilley Kate Lilley (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet and academic. Early life Kate Lilley was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1960 and moved to Sydney with her family. She is the daughter of writers Dorothy Hewett and Merv Lilley, and ...

– ''Ladylike,'' UWA Publishing * Vivian Smith – ''Here, There and Elsewhere,'' Giramondo Publishing

2012

*Winner: Gig Ryan – ''New and Selected Poems,'' Giramondo Publishing * Ken Bolton – ''Sly Mongoose,'' Puncher and Wattman *

Susan Hawthorne Susan Hawthorne (born 30 November 1951) is an Australian writer, poet, political commentator and publisher. Together with Renate Klein, she is co-founder and director of Spinifex Press, a leading independent feminist publisher that celebrated it ...

– ''Cow,'' Spinifex Press *

– ''Southern Barbarians,'' Giramondo Publishing * Claire Potter – ''Swallow,'' Five Islands Press * Tracy Ryan – ''The Argument,'' Fremantle Press

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

*Winner:

Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Blooda ...

– ''Pirate Rain,'' Giramondo Publishing * Susan Bradley Smith – ''Supermodernprayerbook,'' Salt Publishing * Andy Jackson – ''Among The Regulars,'' Papertiger Media Inc * Jill Jones – ''Dark Bright Doors,'' Wakefield Press Pty * Anna Kerdijk Nicholson – ''Possession,'' Five Island Press * Andy Kissane – ''Out to Lunch,'' Puncher and Wattmann

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

*Winner:

– ''The Sonnet According to "M"'' *

Emily Ballou Emily Ballou is an Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter. Her poetry collection ''The Darwin Poems'', a verse portrait of Charles Darwin, was published by University of Western Australia Press in 2009.

– ''The Darwin Poems'' * Judith Beveridge – ''Storm and Honey'' * Emma Jones – ''The Striped World'' *

Morgan Yasbincek Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964) is a contemporary Australian poet, novelist and academic. Morgan Yasbincek lives in Western Australia where she completed her PhD at Murdoch University.2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

*Winner: LK Holt – ''Man Wolf Man,'' John Leonard Press. * Michael Brennan – ''Unanimous Night,'' Salt Publishing * David Brooks – ''The Balcony,'' University of Queensland Press * Sarah Holland-Batt – ''Aria,'' University of Queensland Press * Kerry Leves – ''A Shrine To Lata Mangeshkar,'' Puncher & Wattman *

Alan Wearne Alan Wearne (born 23 July 1948) is an Australian poet. Early life and education Alan Wearne was born on 23 July 1948 and grew up in Melbourne. He studied history at Monash University, where he met the poets Laurie Duggan and John A. Scott. ...

– ''The Australian Popular Songbook,'' Giramondo

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

*Winner:

Kathryn Lomer Kathryn Lomer (born 1958, Tasmania) is an Australian novelist, young adult novelist, short story writer and poet. She has also written for screen, with one short film credit to date. Her first novel, ''The God in the Ink'' was published by th ...

– ''Two Kinds of Silence'' * Joanne Burns – ''an illustrated history of dairies'' * Brook Emery – ''Uncommon Light'' *

Peter Kirkpatrick Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick (24 August 1916 – 6 October 1995) was a British rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He also represented England and won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1950 Brit ...

– ''Westering'' *

– ''Typewriter Music'' * Phyllis Perlstone – ''The Edge of Everything''

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

*Winner:

John Tranter John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 199 ...

– ''Urban Myths,'' University of Queensland Press * Robert Adamson – ''The Goldfinches of Baghdad,'' Flood Editions * Laurie Duggan – ''The Passenger,'' University of Queensland Press * Les Murray – ''The Biplane Houses,'' Black Inc. * Simon West – ''First Names,'' Puncher and Wattmann * Fay Zwicky – ''Picnic,'' Giramondo Publishing Company

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

*Winner:

Jaya Savige Jaya Savige is an Australian poet. Biography Born in Sydney (1978), Savige grew up in Queensland, on Bribie Island and in Brisbane, boarding at St Joseph's College, Nudgee. He attended the University of Queensland, where, after withdrawing f ...

– ''Latecomers,'' University of Queensland Press. * Aidan Coleman – ''Avenues & Runways,'' Brandl & Schlesinger *

Susan Hampton Susan Hampton (born 1949) is an Australian poet who lives in Davistown, New South Wales. Biography Susan Hampton was born in Inverell, New South Wales, in 1949, and lived in Annandale in Sydney for many years. She has taught writing at UTS an ...

– ''The Kindly Ones,'' Five Islands Press * Jill Jones – ''Broken/Open,'' Salt Publishing * Penelope Layland – ''Suburban Anatomy,'' Pandanus Books *

David McCooey David McCooey (born 1967 in London), poet, critic, musician, and academic. He is Personal Chair in Literary Studies and Professional & Creative Writing at Deakin University in Geelong. Early life and education David McCooey was born in London i ...

– ''Blister Pack,'' Salt Publishing

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

* Winner: Samuel Wagan Watson – ''Smoke Encrypted Whispers,'' University of Queensland Press *

M. T. C. Cronin M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963) is a contemporary Australian poet. MTC Cronin has published more than twenty books (poetry, prose poems and essays) including several collections jointly written with the Australian poet and translator, Peter Boyle ...

– ''< More or Less Than> 1–100,'' Shearsman Books Ltd *

Lidija Cvetkovic Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967) is a contemporary Australian poet. Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to Australia with her family in 1980. She earned a BA at the University of Queensland and has worked as a teacher ...

– ''War is Not the Season for Figs,'' University of Queensland Press * John Kinsella – ''Doppler Effect,'' Salt Publishing *

Dipti Saravanamuttu Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960) is a contemporary Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic. Dipti Saravanamuttu was born in Sri Lanka and arrived in Australia with her family in 1972. After studying English at Sydney University, apart from ...

– ''The Colosseum,'' Five Islands Press *

– ''The Lovemakers Book Two: Money and Nothing,'' ABC Books

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

* Winner:

Pam Brown Pamela Jane Barclay Brown (born 1948) is an Australian poet. Career Pam Brown was born in Seymour, Victoria. Most of her childhood was spent on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane. Since her early twenties, she has lived in Melbourne a ...

– ''Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems,'' Salt Publishing *

– ''The Fall,'' White Crane Press *

– ''beautiful, unfinished'' Salt Publishing * Brook Emery – ''Misplaced Heart,'' Five Islands Press * Philip Hammial – ''In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children,'' Island Press *

– ''Studio Moon,'' Salt Publishing

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

* Winner: Jill Jones – ''Screens Jets Heaven'' *

Alison Croggon Alison Croggon (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, and librettist. Life and career Born in the Transvaal, South Africa, Alison Croggon's family moved to England before settling in Australia, first in B ...

– ''Attempts at Being'' *

– ''Versary'' *

Emma Lew Emma Lew (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian poet. Born in Melbourne, Emma Lew studied arts at Melbourne University and worked as a deckhand, shop assistant, proof-reader, and clerical assistant, only beginning to write poetry in 1993.

– ''Anything the Landlord Touches'' *

Sarah Day Sarah Day (born 1958) is an English-born Australian poet and teacher. She was also the poetry editor of ''Island Magazine'' for several years. Biography Sarah E Day was born in Lancashire, England, in 1958 and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania. A ...

– ''New and Selected Poems'' * Robert Gray – ''Afterimages''

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

* Winner:

– ''The Lovemakers,'' Penguin Books Australia * Robert Adamson – ''Mulberry Leaves: New & Selected Poems: 1970–2001,'' Paper Bark Press * Martin Harrison – ''Summer,'' Paper Bark Press *

Dorothy Hewett Dorothy Coade Hewett (21 May 1923 – 25 August 2002) was an Australian playwright, poet and author, and a romantic feminist icon. In writing and in her life, Hewett was an experimenter. As her circumstances and beliefs changed, she progressed ...

– ''Halfway Up the Mountain,'' Fremantle Arts Centre Press *

Bronwyn Lea Bronwyn Lea is a contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor. Biography Born in Tasmania, Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University. She completed a PhD titled "The way ...

– ''Flight Animals,'' University of Queensland Press * Gig Ryan – ''Heroic Money,'' Brandl & Schlesinger *

– ''Ultra,'' Brandl & Schlesinger

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

* Winner: Ken Taylor – ''Africa,'' Five Islands Press * Jennifer Compton – ''Blue,'' Ginninderra Press * Brook Emery – ''and dug my fingers in the sand,'' Five Islands Press * Philip Hammial – ''Bread,'' Black Pepper *

J. S. Harry J. S. Harry or Jan Harry (4 January 1939 – 20 May 2015) was an Australian poet described as "one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist." J. S. Harry was ...

– ''Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow,'' Vagabond Press * Wendy Jenkins – ''Rogue Equations,'' Fremantle Arts Centre Press

2000

* Winner:

– ''Mines,'' Paper Bark Press/Australian Humanities Research Foundation *

Richard James Allen Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer, actor and filmmaker. The former artistic director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Allen was co-artistic director with Kar ...

– ''Thursday's Fictions,'' Five Islands Press *

– ''Everything Holy,'' Balcones International Press * Jennifer Harrison – ''Dear B,'' Black Pepper * Kevin Hart – ''Wicked Heat,'' Paper Bark Press * John Millett – ''Iceman,'' Five Islands Press

1999 and before

Award winners:New South Wales Ministry of Culture Web site
official list of past winners *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: Lee Cataldi – ''Race Against Time'', Penguin Books Australia * 1998: ''no awards were presented'' *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: Anthony Lawrence – ''The Viewfinder'', University of Queensland Press *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

Eric Beach Eric Beach (born 1947), is a New Zealand and Australian poet, playwright, and short story writer. Born in New Zealand, Beach has lived in Tasmania and in Victoria since 1972. He is active in the Australian Performance Poetry scene, performing ...

– ''Weeping for Lost Babylon,'' HarperCollins and

– ''Selected Poems,'' Penguin Books Australia * 1995:

– ''Coming Home From the World,'' Five Islands Press *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

: Barry Hill – ''Ghosting William Buckley,'' William Heinemann Australia * 1993: Les Murray – ''Translations from the Natural World,'' Isabella Press *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

Elizabeth Riddell Elizabeth Riddell (21 March 1910 – 3 July 1998) was an Australian poet and journalist. Life Born in Napier, New Zealand, Elizabeth Richmond Riddell came to Australia in 1928 where she worked at ''Smith's Weekly'' and won a Walkley Award. She ...

– ''Selected Poems,'' Collins Angus & Robertson * 1991:

– ''The Winter Baby,'' Collins Angus & Robertson *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

: Robert Adamson – ''The Clean Dark,'' Paper Bark Press *

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

– ''Under Berlin,'' University of Queensland Press * 1988: Judith Beveridge – ''The Domesticity of Giraffes,'' Black Lightning Press * 1987: Philip Hodgins – ''Blood and Bone,'' Angus & Robertson *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

: Robert Gray – ''Selected Poems 1963–83,'' Angus & Robertson * 1985: Kevin Hart – ''Your Shadow,'' Angus & Robertson * 1984: Les Murray – ''The People's Other World,'' Angus & Robertson * 1983: Vivian Smith – ''Tide Country,'' Angus & Robertson *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

: Fay Zwicky – ''Kaddish and Other Poems,'' University of Queensland Press * 1981:

Alan Gould Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet. Life and career Gould was born in London to an English father and an Icelandic mother. His family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before ...

– ''Astral Sea,'' Angus & Robertson *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

: David Campbell – ''Man in the Honeysuckle,'' Angus & Robertson

Notes

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Winners and shortlists

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

1999 and before

See also

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