We've witnessed more frequent great earthquakes then all previous generations. All this despite major advancements in medical technology. Today, there is a greater global threat from Russia's deteriorating nuclear defense systems then during the entire Cold War period. And now with Third World countries like India and Pakistan possessing and threatening to use their nuclear arsenals against eachother, there is even a greater, more real risk of a nuclear disaster. The Middle East peace process has deteriorated to the brink of war as countries like Iran and Syria, with the technological assistance of Russia and China, prepare for nuclear and chemical warfare aimed at Israel and its allies.
Mothers now do give birth successfully to extremely premature children.
That is purely a sign of late 20th century medical technology since it was not possible at any other time in world history. And peaking in the year 2000 is Solar Max. But not when the world was so completely dependent on computers and electronics which are so susceptible to Solar Flares. In July 2000, peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down over the issue of Jerusalem. Scientists have photographed them but can't explain why they are here or where they are coming from.