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Y2K Fiasco
Start- 12/31/1999 End- 1/1/2000
People feared that computers would shut off, electricity, heat, running water, or any power would be destroyed because of going into the year 2000. -
Bush/Gore Race
Start- December 13th, 2000 End- December 10th, 2000 This was the presidential election where Bush and Gore ran against each other. The votes papers did not scan and got messed up so they had to hand recount each presidents votes. Bush ended up being given the presidency by the Supreme Court. -
Hanging ¨Chads¨ in Flordia
During the presidential election in 2000 between Bush and Gore, many of the punch hole ballots in Florida were not correctly punched. This resulted in a partially punched card, sometimes called a ´hanging chad´. -
Timothy McVeigh put to death
On June 11th of 2001, McVeigh was killed my lethal injection in the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Indiana. He was the first federal prisoner to be killed by the United States federal government since 1963. The federal government invited the families and loved ones of the people McVeigh killed, to watch him get executed. -
9-11 Terror Attacks
On September 11th 2001, 19 Islamic militants hijacked 4 airplanes. Two planes flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center of New York city, another plane hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. People say the fourth plane was headed towards the white house, but the people on that plane attempted to take the plane back from the Islams and failed to succeed. -
Patriot Act passed
An act of congress that was signed by President Gorge Bush on October 26th, 2001. ´USA PATRIOT´ means ´Uniting and Strengthening America by Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act´ -
Bush Inaugurated as POTUS
This marked the first day of the first 4 years of Bush´s presidency. George W. Bush was President of the United State, and Dick Cheney was the Vice President of the United States. -
North Korea admits testing nuclear weapons
October of 2002, The Bush Administration reveals that North Korea has admitted to operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1944 agreement that was signed by both North Korea and The United States. -
Enron Scandal (Houston, Texas)
Enron was made in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. Years later he lied to the public and managed to hide billions of dollars in debt from projects and deals that were failed. -
The hunt for Osama in Afganistan
Osama was the one who caused 9/11, U.S. was on a search for him. This started in 2002 at a press conference with president George Bush. -
War in Iraq begins
Started Thursday, March 20th and ended December 18, 2011. It was 21 days of combat. -
Shuttle Columbia Explosion
On Feb 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed when it reentered Earths atmosphere. This killed all 7 of the crew members in the Space Shuttle. -
Capture of Saddam Hussein
Saddam was pulled from his hideaway in December 2003. Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation made to capture the president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. -
Former President Reagan Dies
Ronald Reagan died after suffering from Alzheimers disease. He died on June 5th 2004. He had a 7 day state funeral. -
NATO admits countries from the former USSR
´NATO´ stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is the process of including new states in the US. Countries that want to join, have standards that they have to meet. -
SE Asian Tsunami
On Dec 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by an earthquake. 227,898 people were killed by the tsunami. -
Kerry/Bush Campaign and Election
On Tuesday, Nov 2, the presidential election was held. George W. Bush was a Republican nominee, and Kerry was a Democratic nominee. -
Death of Pope John Paul
Pope John Paul died on Sep 28th, in Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. The cause of his death was a heart attack. -
Election of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict took place of Pope John Paul on April 20th 2005. -
Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina happened on August 29th of 2005. It caused 7 billion dollars of damage. The winds were category 1 range with large gusts and tidal surge. -
Democrats take control of house and senate
President Obama lied and said he had total control of congress. The democrats rook control. This started in January of 2006. -
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi, became the first female speaker of the house from 2007-2011. She assumed office on January 3, 2011. Nancy was born on March 26, 1940. -
Steroids in baseball scandal
Kirk Radomski admitted to selling banned drugs including anabolic steroids, amphetamines and human growth hormone from 1995-2005. -
McCain/Obama campaign and race
During McCains campaign against Obama, he accused Obama of raising the issue on July 31st of 2008. -
Barack Obama elected 1st Af.Am. POTUS
Former President Barack Obama, became the 44th president in 2008. He won with 365 electoral votes and nearly 53 percent of the popular vote. He won against John McCain. -
President Barack Obama Inauguration
This happened Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration was held in Washington D.C. Obama marked the first 4 years of his presidency. -
Affordable Care Act
This is also known as the ´ACA´. This law basically addresses health care. It was assigned into law on March 23, 2010 and was amended on March 30, 2010.
