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Y2K
Many computer systems were set up for abbreviations in the year format, for example, 1998 was displayed as 98. The upcoming of the year 2000 was fueled by fear for some, anticipating that the banking systems, and other software would not carry to year properly. The overall fear was that this would cause outages to world wide infrastructure. -
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21st Century Timeline
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9/11
19 terrorists hijacked a total of 4 planes, 2 crashing into the World Trade Center, 1 crashing at the Pentagon, and 1 in Pennsylvania fields. This event sparked the "War on Terror". -
Bush Doctrine
Bush announces his new foreign policy, and how the United States will no longer sit around and wait for war to be on our doorstep, essentially saying we will defend America preemptively from Global Terrors that could potentially threaten the United States. -
War in Iraq
The United States invaded Iraq, vowing to obtain and destroy their weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to the American public as ensuring world peace; although it proved to be nothing more then dishonesty that WMD were in Iraq, and the public support plummeted. -
Bush Reelected President
President Bush was Re-elected President of the United States. After 9/11, the approval rating for Bush soared, and even after the 2004 election it remained around 50%, which is a respectable figure. Many Americans approved of Bush's foreign policy after 9/11 -
Katrina
Hurricane Katrina required a huge national and international response effort, including federal, local, and private rescue operations. This tragic event was the most expensive natural event in United States history. -
Iphone Announcement
"apple reinvents the phone". The iPhone was first announced, revolutionizing the smartphone industry with never features never thought possible to the American public, the leading phone at the time was the blackberry, which was far behind the standards of the iPhone. -
Obama Elected President
President Obama was elected as the first African American president. Obama won over his republican rival McCain. Obamas campaign focused on increasing taxes for higher American earners, healthcare reform, and decreasing income inequality. -
Back lives matter
Established after Trayvon Martin's murderer was acquitted of all charges, this group aimed to combat police brutality, the over-policing of minority neighborhoods, and the abuses committed by for-profit jails. This group also gained huge traction after the death of George Floyd. -
Same Sex Marriage
all states were required to offer, and acknowledge same sex marriage, which is something that the LGBTQ+ communities have been fighting for years to obtain. -
Graduated Highschool
Graduated from Atlantic Coast Highschool in Jacksonville Florida, -
Cigarette smoking age to 21
In an effort to prevent high schoolers and more of our youth from smoking tobacco and other similar products, president trump signed into law to raise the age to 21 to be able to purchase these products. -
Personal trainer certificate
Issued my certificate to become a personal trainer in the state of Florida. Specializing in corrective exercising helping people with neck and back pain, knee pain, and preventing surgery or rehab after surgery, -
EMT License
obtained my license in the state of Florida to work on an ambulance in Emergency Medicine -
Russia Sanctions
New sanctions placed on Russia to try and exhaust all of their resources for the war with Ukraine, to bring an end to the conflict.