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We continue to update the timeline as events dictate. The major events in American history in the 21st century. Starting from the purchase of Time Warner by AOL and going to the latest events; including COVID-19 and its impact on the US.
- September 11th Attacks *Sept 11th 2001
- Iraq War
- Hurricane Katrina 2005
- Great Recession 2007
- Election of Barack Obama 2008
- Death of Osama Bin Laden 2011
- Rise of Isis 2013
- Election of Donald Trump
On a sunny day in September 11th, 2001 an extraordinary event took place on American soil, 19 Al Qaeda members hijacked four American commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City and one into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania with no casualti...
In 2003, President George W. Bush launched the War on Terror when he ordered an invasion of Iraq, which had been accused of developing weapons of mass destruction and harboring terrorists. The invasion was preceded by a devastating series of terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, which were orchestrated by al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden from base...
2005 saw Hurricane Katrina, the most expensive natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in American history. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast with winds up to 80 mph and a storm surge that caused levees to break which flooded the city of New Orleans. The hurricane left 80% of New Orleans under w...
In 2007, the housing bubble burst and the United States entered a recession. The terrible economic downturn would become known as and remembered as the Great Recession. Banks were failing, people were losing their homes, and unemployment was at its highest rate in decades. The country’s economy was crumbling and many Americans felt a sense of hopel...
In 2008, the charismatic Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African American President of the United States. Obama was elected on November 4th, 2008 and his inaugurated took place on January 20th, 2009. One of his most notable legacies is that he’s the first president to have been born outside of the continental U.S., having been born in Hawaii...
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Navy SEALs during a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. This event marked the first time bin Laden was killed or captured since 2001 and the end of a decade-long worldwide manhunt. The death of bin Laden has been seen as a turning point in the war on terror and American military ...
In 2013, ISIS began to rise. In June of that year, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was made Caliph of the Islamic State. Shortly after, ISIS became a terrorist threat in the Middle East and elsewhere with high-profile attacks such as the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria, the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 130 people at vari...
In 2016, Donald Trump won the presidential election, making him the 45th President of the United States. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2017. His Inaugural Address was his first speech as President of the United States and he spoke about how the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
April 20: The largest oil spill in US history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. May 31: Gaza flotilla raid. July 22 – August 10: 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis. November 23: North Korea shells the island of Yeonpyeong. A military crackdown occurs in Thailand.
8 de mar. de 2020 · World Facts. The Biggest Events In American History In The 21st Century. The 21st century was marked by a large number of changes in a short amount of time and the United States was the setting for a large number of these changes.
13 de feb. de 2015 · This is a timeline of United States history, comprising most legal and territorial changes and political events in the United States and its predecessor states. Do you know your U.S. History chronology? Use these handy timelines to help you memorize important dates in U.S. History. Discovery of the Americas.
22 de jun. de 2023 · Updated: 06/22/2023. 21st Century U.S. History: Overview. The beginning of the 3rd millennium CE marked a turning point for the United States. Officially starting on January 1, 2001, the...
The 21st century The George W. Bush administration. Bush became the first Republican president since the 1950s to enjoy a majority in both houses of Congress. Among the initial domestic challenges that faced the Bush administration were a weakening national economy and an energy crisis in California.
