2000's By johnathan44 Apr 3, 2000 Microsoft violates company anti trust law Period: Apr 3, 2000 to Dec 1, 2009 History timeline Nov 7, 2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first " former first lady" to win public office Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Sep 18, 2001 Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Feb 8, 2002 Because of tight security president bush had to give is speech in salt lake city utah for the winter olympics Apr 9, 2003 The U.S. coalition siezes control of Baghdad in the Iraq conflict. Dec 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker in Tikrit Feb 3, 2004 The Central Intelligence Agency admits that the imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction was not present before the 2003 Iraq war began. Feb 4, 2004 Facebook was published Jul 4, 2004 The groundbreaking ceremony for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero Jul 24, 2004 Lance Armstrong wins his record 7th straight Tour de France. Nov 2, 2004 President George W. Bush wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts. Feb 14, 2005 Youtube Was Activated Jul 26, 2005 the first Space Shuttle flight since the tragedy of 2003, Discovery goes into orbit on a mission that returns to earth safely on August 9. Mar 21, 2006 Twitter published Sep 14, 2007 First Generation Ipod sold Sep 14, 2008 The Hunger Games was published Nov 4, 2008 Barack Obama wins presidency Jun 1, 2009 he H1N1 virus, named the Swine Flu, is deemed a global pandemic Dec 25, 2009 Umar Farouk tries to detonate a bomb but fails