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Hillary Clinton wins seat for the U.S. Senate. She is the first lady to win public office
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George W. Bush becomes president, with Dick Cheney as his vice-president
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American spy plane collides with a fighter plane of China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days
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terrorist hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon & World trade center in New York City, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden
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President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
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George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein
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George W. Bush wins reelection. He wins 50.7% of the popular vote & 286 votes in the electorial college
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Hurricane Katrina strikes. It was one of the worst natural disasters to strike the U.S.
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60 tornadoes hit in Tenn. killing 29 people
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The first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is sworn into office.
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Barack Obama wins election. Making himself the first African American to win president.
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H1N1, swine flu, deemed a global pandemic by the world Health Organ
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Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000
