there wuz so many things that come to mind
on a personal level i got married and had 4 kids in that decade 🙂
otherwise,
we’ve seen a whole slew of stuff
– first black US president (oh, bomb, aaaaa!),
– youtube started in, i think, 2005
– enron filed for chapter 11
– london subway train bombing
– micheal jackson died in 2009
– bernie madoff ponzi scheme
– war on iraq
but on a more jewish level
– mesifta gemoras
– oiz v’hadar gemoras
– artscroll completes the schottenstein shas
– 2005, 11th siyum hashas
– and of course the invention of the all-important, world famous Kosherlamp!