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The 2000's
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Playstation 2
The PS2 is the best-selling console to date, having reached over 140 million units sold as of September 30, 2009.[1] Several new games are scheduled to be released in 2010, thus continuing the sixth generation.[5] -
Bush re-elected
The election between Al Gore and George W. Bush Jr. that had to go all the way to the Supreme Court for the final verdict. George W. Bush Jr. -
9-11
The destruction of the World Trade Centers -
The Introduction of the iPod
This was the introduction of the iPod. The first generation iPod had 5 or 10 gigs of memory, and it had a manual scroll wheel. -
Harry Potter and Socerer's Stone Movie
This was the first movie installment of hte Harry Potter universe. -
American Idol
The show has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. -
Election of a new Cheif Justice
Elected John G. Roberts in 2005. He is the 17th and current Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court. -
Hurricane Katrina
The hurricane caused devasting destruction to New Orleans when the levees broke. The city is still rebuilding, and Hurricane Katrina is one of the largest to hit the United States. -
Ninetendo Wii
The Ninetindo Wii was introduced. And it was the first console to truly implenment motion control. -
The Virginia Tech Tragedy
Was a tragic shooting that was held on the Virginia Tech Campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This book chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), and leads to the long-awaited final confrontation between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort -
The election of Barack Obama
Obama was elected as the first African American president in the United States.
