Beyond 9

The Human Genome Project was an international scientific research project with a primary goal to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA ,and to identify and map the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional standpoint. In simple terms, it was to find out more about DNA. The person who was responsible for this project was James D. Watson.

Jack Kevorkian, more commonly known as "Doctor Death" assisted 130 patients die. Between 1999 and 2007, Kevorkian served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. He was released on parole on June 1, 2006, due to good behavior. He said that "dying is not a crime". I personally believe that he was an agent of mercy. I tend to look at things more positively.

Nancy Kerrigan was a 2 time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. Kerrigan gained considerable fame beyond the skating world when, on January 6, 1994, she was hit in the knee with a collapsible baton by Shane Stant at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, part of a planned assault on her, masterminded by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and friend Shawn Eckardt.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were in a home run chase in 1998 to beat Roger Marris's record in 1961. McGwire ended up breaking the record first, however Sosa came back and hit 68 homeruns to take the record. In my opinion, it is still Marris's because both McGwire and Sosa were convicted of using performance enhancing drugs. McGwire was my childhood hero, and when he was convicted of using steroids, my dream of becoming a baseball player ended. Way to go McGwire.

The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a terrorist bombing on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States during the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first of four committed by Eric Robert Rudolph, former explosives expert for the United States Army. Two people died, and 111 were injured.