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The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush. ... Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266.
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The Patriot Act is legislation passed in 2001 to improve the abilities of U.S. law enforcement to detect and deter terrorism. The act's official title is, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism,” or USA-PATRIOT.
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Barack Obama's victory and the 2008 presidential election in general is one for the history books. ... Barack Obama is the first African-American ever to be elected president of the United States. 2. Joe Biden is the first Roman Catholic ever to serve as vice president.
