| Year |
International
Relations & Warfare |
Politics |
Science,
Technology & Discovery |
Society &
Culture |
Economics &
Daily Life |
| 2000 |
(1) Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon (2) USS Cole Attacked in Aden |
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| 2001 |
Terrorists destroy World Trade Center in New York City and damage the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. |
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| 2002 |
U.N. Security Council passes resolution demanding that Iraq disarm |
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| 2003 |
United States and allied forces invade Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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(1) Edward Teller, "Father of the H-Bomb," dies. (2) Space shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry over Texas |
(1) U.S. actress Katharine Hepburn dies at age 96. (2) Former U. S. poet laureate Josephine Jacobsen dies. |
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| 2008 |
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama elected to be 44th President of the United States |
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International
Relations & War |
Politics |
Science, Technology & Discovery |
Society &
Culture |
Economics &
Daily Life |