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Y2K
"End" of an Era. People waited for computers around the world to stop as the date became 1/1/00. Sigimet, Raymond. "Are we in for a repeat of the Y2K bug hysteria?" Type Pad, https://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2019/01/remembering-the-y2k-bug-hysteria-in-png-the-world.html, Accessed 26 May 2022. -
9/11
On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked 4 planes across the US and crashed them into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the 4th plane was crashed by the passengers to protect national security.
Gold, Matea and Maggie Farley. "World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001." LA Times, World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, Accessed 26 May 2022. -
War on Terror
America launches the War on Terror in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks. "Global War on Terrorism." George Bush Presidential Library, https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/research/topic-guides/global-war-terror, Accessed 26 May 2022. -
Sandy Hook
20-year-old gunman assaults Sandy Hook elementary school and kills 20 kids and six adults. The gunman later kills himself after the massacre. Kranz, Michael and Rebecca Harrington. "It's been almost a decade since the Sandy Hook shooting. Here are the names and pictures of the 27 victims, including 20 children, who were murdered that day." Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.com/who-were-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-shooting-2017-12, Accessed 26 May 2022. -
Kabul Airlift
The US begins a short, sloppy withdrawal from Afghanistan in the wake of 11 dead Marines, 1 dead Navy corpsman, and 1 dead airman. There are current estimates of hundreds of Americans still stranded in Afghanistan. Myersm Meghann. "Pentagon: Kabul evacuations will continue until last troops are out." Military Times, https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/afghanistan/2021/08/25/pentagon-kabul-evacuations-will-continue-until-last-troops-are-out/, Accessed 26 May 2022.