Timeline of Events 2000-2020

2017

Timeline of Events 2000-2020

Devastating earthquake hits Southeast Missouri.

2001

George W. Bush takes office as the 43rd President of the United States on January 20th

September 11th

Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, New York. Both towers fell and about 3,000 people were killed.

March 30th

October 29th, 2007

North Korea declares that it is at a state of war with South Korea

2011

Argentina elected its first female President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

2013

2009

NASA Space Shuttle program ended with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 on July 21st.

April 1st

January 21st

January 20th

April 5th

June 25th

Michael Jackson died

Obama sworn in as the 44th President of the United States

Croatia and Albania join NATO

North Korea launches Kwangmyonsong-2 rocket

July 21st

President Obama was re-sworn into office

Osama bin Laden is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

April 15th

April 17th

Same sex marriage was legalized in New Zealand

2 explosions go off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. 3 people were killed and 183 were left injured.

2015

February 1st

2016

New England Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX

Hillary Clinton wins the election. She becomes the first female president. She is the our 45th President.

2014

April 25th

April 12th

7.8 Earthquake in Nepal. Approximately killing 4,000 people

Hillary Clinton announced she will run for President in the upcoming election

2000

104-story One World Trade Center officially opened on November 3rd; 13 years after the 9/11 attack.

Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria, was discovered north off the coast of Haiti on May 13th.

Psy's "Gangnam Style" is the first video on YouTube to reach 2 billion views

Clinton administration allocated $50 million for Alzheimer's research

2002

November 2nd

2005

George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act on January 8th.

Arrival of astronauts aboard the world's 1st international space station.

United States Supreme Court voted to ban medial marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich

2010

February 17th, 2008

Kosovo declares independence from Serbia

Earthquake in Haiti. Results in around 230,000 fatalities

May 15th

August 18th, 2012

2020- Marijuana is legal in every state within the United States of America

Jessica Watson sails all the way around the world. She is the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted the whole way solo.

NATO launches air strikes. These strikes killed at least 13 militiants in Afghanistan.

February 17th, 2006

2018

Massive mudslide in Southern Leyle, Philipines killed 1,126 people.

2003

2004

Midterm elections are held

Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107; its final mission.

George W. Bush won re-election

January 16th

April 1st

Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry 16 days after it launched for its final mission.

Google introduced Gmail. A lot skepticism floated around the launching due to the date.

Elections leave Democrats in control of the House of Representatives and the Senate

Tsunami hits Florida in 2019