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Oklahoma city bombing
Oklahoma City bombing. Timothy McVeigh was a veteran of the First Gulf War and committed the bombing on the two-year anniversary of the Waco fire. This was an important part of United States history because it was the largest domestic terrorist attack in American history, and this attack also might have inspired other attacks and bombs in history (Prof. Thomson)(FBI.gov) -
Monica Lewinsky Bill Clinton affair
Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton were having an affair while Clinton was married and president. This was important because it led to a case for impeaching Clinton on 11 grounds, including perjury obstruction of justice witness tampering and abuse of power. This is important in history because a president committed a crime in office, and it is important because only three presidents have ever been impeached and when he was he was only the second so the scandal led to his impeachment(history.com) -
Columbine High School shooting
"Eric Davis Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado." (vault.fbi.gov) This is important because this shooting sparked debate about school safety and gun control laws in America to stop this from going on, and the effects of this are still felt today, with other school shootings being inspired by this. -
Y2K
The Y2k bug was a bug that was in computer systems before 2000. The idea was that the computers were going to update and then stop working, and that the world was gonna end because of the bug, but it never ended up happening. This was important because people thought it was going to be the end of the world and were preparing for it, and there was widespread fear about this. information from(professor Thomson US History) -
2000 election
The election between Al Gore and George W. Bush was a contested election. Neither ended up having the votes. So they started claiming they won and then wanted votes recounted. The Supreme Court decided 5 to 4 to name Bush president, giving him the win. This was important because it was the closest election in history, because it came down to the Supreme Court, and it led to new voting rules. Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 and Prof. Thomson -
9/11
9/11 happened, two planes crashed into the twin towers, one into the Pentagon, and another in a field. This was important because it was a large-scale terrorist attack in America, never before seen or since then. We get the war on terror out of this, and we end up being involved in fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We got stricter airport security and the creation of TSA. (Prof.Thomson)(NPR It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11 David Schaper) -
hurricane katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a landmark event. It was a category four hurricane that hit New Orleans and ended up flooding it like crazy. People were told to evacuate, then were told it was gonna miss, but it didn't, and 2000 people died during this. This hurricane is important because of the effects it had on America, and it is the costliest hurricane in history with "108 billion in damages roughly"(National Weather Service) -
2008 election Obama wins
The 2008 election, where we had Obama and John McCain which Obama beat him in the presidential election with 365 electoral votes, while McCain only had 173. This was important because Obama became the first and, as of now, the only black president, creating an important first in American history(the American Presidency Project) -
Avatar released
The movie Avatar was released in movie theaters, and its important because it was using CGI and 3D technology in ground-breaking ways, which captivated millions and changed the way people thought these technologies could work. This movie is also the highest-grossing movie of all time, with it making $2,923,706,026, and the next closest being $2,717,503,922, which was Avengers end Endgame and then the sequel of this movie. (the-numbers.com.com)(cedars.cedarville.edu) -
sandy hook shooting
This was a school shooting in which "Twenty-first-graders and six educators are killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School by 154 bullets fired in less than five minutes."(Sandy Hook Promise) This was an important part in our history because it brought gun violence and school safety back into the minds of America again, and also brought about the group Sandy Hook Promise, which wants to have stricter gun control, and this group is big and goes to schools around the nation to spread awareness.