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2000's
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Gulf War II
America invaded Afghanistan to capture the terrorists and oust the Taliban. After which the U.S. carried out a preemptive strike against Iraq, to find Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMDs, and in particular to stop Saddam Hussein from making nuclear weapons. No weapons were found. Afghanistan was the longest war in American history. It lasted from 2001 to 2004, and the war in Iraq lasted from 2003 to 2011. -
9-11
On Sept 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four aircraft. Two were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City and one into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Passengers overpowered the hijackers in the fourth plane and crashed it into rural Pennsylvania. -
Hurricane Katrina
This was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, it cost 125 billion dollars in damage. When the levees broke, large parts of New Orleans were submerged, and 1,245 people died. -
Social Media
The creation of the virtual community, found in internet companies such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. -
The Great Recession
This was the most significant downturn since WWII. This recession lasted from Dec 2007 until Jun 2009. -
Osama bin Laden is killed
After more than a decade, Osama bin Laden is killed during a raid in Pakistan. After years of looking, the CIA track him down, and in May Navy Seals storm his compound and kill the originator of the 9-11 attacks. -
Covid-19
The Coronavirus started in Wuhan, China. March 11, declared a worldwide Pandemic. A new Upper respiratory disease that is highly contagious. Total cases in the US as of 2022-80,648,481. Total deaths in the US as of April 2022-987,901. -
2022
The latest year as of when this timeline was created