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A terroist group called Al Queda hijacked an airplane and took it into the twin towers.
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Bush gives Saddam Hussein forty eight hours to leave Iraq.
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U.S. led invasion begins
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"Shock and Awe" campaign begins
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Pfc. Jessica Lynch is rescued
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Fall of Baghdad as the statue of Saddam fell to the ground this day.
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Bush makes his misson accomplished speech.
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Saddams sons are killed
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In a "spider hole" near Tikrit, Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops. He surrenders without a fight.
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Four American civilian contractors from Blackwater USA are killed by Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah. Their mutilated bodies get dragged through the streets before being hung over a bridge.
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Photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison are released, first seen in a report on "60 Minutes II."
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Videos made of soliders being killed
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The Coalition Provisional Authority, led by L. Paul Bremer, officially transfers "sovereignty" of Iraq to an Iraqi judge. Hours later, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is sworn in.
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Transitional National Assembly elections are held. Proud Iraqis show their purple ink-dipped fingers as a sign they participated in the election.
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Nearly 1,000 people killed in a stampede at a Shiite ceremony in Baghdad .
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Iraqi constitution ratified.
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Saddam Hussein's trial begins. He's accused of war crimes against humanity for the ordered killings of 143 Shiites in Dujail in 1982.
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General elections are held to elect a permanent government and Iraqi National Assembly.
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In Samarra, the Al Aksari Mosque, with its famous golden dome, is blown up by Sunni insurgents. It was one of the holiest sites for Shiite Muslims.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, is killed during a U.S. air strike.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns.
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Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
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President Bush addresses the nation, saying the situation in Iraq is unacceptable, and announces the "troop surge."
