Adonai vasu borragus-胡愛晏(WHOIAM)

1948:
The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) becomes a communist country. That's just a rumor, though. Everyone knows the only things that go into North Korea are tourists and the only things that come out are missiles.

2003:
President George W. Bush lands in a jet on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and, with a "Mission Accomplished" banner behind him, declares major combat in Iraq over. And it was...nine years later. [source]