The United States and the World in the New Millennium
1. 1998
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
2. 2000
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
3. 2001
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
4. 2003
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
5. 2005
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
6. 2008
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed
7. 2011
-------- Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf coast al-Qaeda bombs USS Cole in Yemen; Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election President Clinton impeached War in Iraq begins September 11 al-Qaeda attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed War in Iraq ends; Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces Great Recession begins; Barack Obama elected president; Tea Party movement formed