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Timothy Mcveigh put to Death
Timothy McVeigh was convicted in 1997 for the murder of 168 people in 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.He chose the Alfred P. Murrah federal building with his partner Terry Nichols. -
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Y2K
In 1999, everyone was anticipating the arrival of the new millennium. January 1, 2000 was the year everyone thought their lives would be changed.The main fear was that all computers would malfunction which everyone depended on. -
Bush/Core Race
Bush/Gore presidential race was a close contest in the year 2000. Bush had narrowly won the November 7 election with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. -
Hanging "Chad" In Florida
In the 2000 election many Florida votes used Votomatic style punched card ballots where incompletely punched holes resulted in partially punched "chads" -
Bush V Gore
United States Supreme Court settled the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election. The court had also halted the recount occurring. The outcome was that Bush would win as the winner of Florida with 25 electoral votes. -
Bush Inaugurated as POTUS
The first inauguration of George W. Bush as 43rd President of the United States. -
911 Terrorist Attacks
A series of coordinated terrorist attacks by Islamic terrorists group al-Qaeda on United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11 2001. Attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others and $10 billion dollars in damage. -
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Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
CIA operatives tracked Bin Laden's most trusted courier through central Pakistan. Ultimately, administration officials said he led them to a sprawling compound at the end of a log dirt road and surrounded by tall security fences in wealthy hamlet 35 miles away from Pakistani Capital. -
Patriot Act
An act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush.This was an act to intercept and obstruct terrorism and was also a change to surveillance laws. -
Enron Scandal
The Enron scandal, publicized in October 2001, eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world -
Shuttle Columbia Explosion
On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster. -
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War in Iraq Begins
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government -
Capture of Suddam Hussein
Five months later, on December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. The man once obsessed with hygiene was found to be unkempt, with a bushy beard and matted hair. He did not resist and was uninjured during the arrest. A soldier at the scene described him as “a man resigned to his fate.” -
President Reagan Dies
On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, died after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. His seven-day state funeral followed. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse and displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, then flown to Washington, D.C. on June 9 for a service, public viewing and tributes at the U.S. Capitol. -
SE Asian Tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred with the epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The shock had a moment magnitude of 9.1–9.3 intensity. The undersea mega thrust earthquake was caused when the Indian Plate was subjected by the Burma Plate and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000–280,000 people in 14 countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 100 ft high -
Death of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II didn't just simply slip away as his weakness and illness overtook him in April 2005. Intensive care specialist Dr. Lina Pavanelli has concluded that the ailing Pope's April 2 death was caused by what the Catholic Church itself would consider euthanasia -
Election of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd in St. Peter's Square after being elected by the conclave of cardinals Tuesday. VATICAN CITY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine, was elected the new pope Tuesday evening in the first conclave of the new millennium -
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Hurricane Katrina
The storm caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure. Severe property damage occurred in coastal areas. Water reached 6–12 miles from the beach. The storm was the third most intense United States land falling tropical cyclone. Overall, at least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods. Total property damage was estimated at $125 billion -
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Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. This storm peaked winds of 180 mph achieving a Category 5. Texas reported the most deaths from the hurricane, where 113 deaths were reported, 107 of which were associated with the evacuation of the Houston metropolitan area. -
Saddam Hussein Executed
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged in the predawn hours of Saturday for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of Shiite men and boys in the 1980s, sent to the gallows by a government backed by the United States and led by Shiite Muslims who had been oppressed during his rule -
Steroids in Baseball Scandal
A former Mets clubhouse assistant pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to distributing performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of former and current Major League Baseball players for a 10-year period, the latest blow to a sport that has been battered by the issue of steroid use. -
First "Bailout" Begin
The Senate passed the $700 billion bank bailout bill on October 3, 2008. The guts of the bill were the same as the three-page document submitted on September 21, 2008 by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. -
Barack Obama Inauguration
On a cold day in Washington D.C and estimated 1.8 million people flooded the National Mall to see the incoming president Barack Obama take oath to the office and see the first African American president. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a fiscal stimulus that ended the Great Recession. Congress approved President Obama's plan to put $787 billion into the pockets of American families and small businesses. That would boost demand and instill confidence. It was a necessary follow-up to President Bush's plan, the Troubled Asset Recovery Program. TARP ended the 2008 financial crisis by bailing out large banks. -
Affordable Care Act
The comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 (sometimes known as ACA, or “Obamacare”). This law has 3 main goals which is to make affordable health insurance available to more people, expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the federal poverty level, support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health care generally. -
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is an American politician serving as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives since 2011, representing most of San Francisco, California. She previously served as the 52nd House Speaker from 2007 to 2011, the only woman to do so. As Speaker, she attained the highest congressional rank of any female politician in American history. -
Operation Geronimo
The first indication for President Obama that Osama bin Laden had been killed came when a Navy SEAL sent back the coded message to Washington that said simply, "Geronimo-E KIA." Geronimo was the code name for the operation that sent two teams of 12 SEALS zooming by Blackhawk helicopters to a walled compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, on Sunday to kill or capture the most wanted man in the world.
