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9/11
The September 11th (9/22) attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas. -
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
The U.S. organized the operation in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the objective of the invasion was to dismantle the Al Qaeda organization and end its use of Afghanistan as a base. -
Mars exploration rover
NASA's twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. -
Youtube launched
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years. -
Twitter was created
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity. -
Barack Obama's election
He declared his candidacy for U.S. presidential election, 2008. -
Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. It is estimated that 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 are homeless. -
Death of Osama bin Laden
Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin had, until bin Laden’s death, been without parallel in the world’s opinion of villainy. -
Steve Jobs death
Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
