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FDR dies
Served four terms
Longest tenured president
Created new deal
Helped end great depression -
Comedy Central is first aired
Now airs in over 20 countries
Had a breakthrough with its hit show, South Park
South Park still has new episodes today -
Bill Clinton re-elected
Impeached in 1998
Left office with second highest approval rating since world war 2
Presided over longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history -
September 11th
Four planes were hijacked by members of the Al-Queda terrorist organization
Two of these planes struck the Twin Towers, causing them to collapse, and one struck the Pentagon in Washington DC
There were almost 3000 deaths resulting from these attacks
These attacks helped propel the United States war on terror -
Twitter is launched
Twitter is a social networking site used by average people, celebrities, and even successful businessmen and CEO's
Twitter has over 500 million active users
Twitter earned about 100 million dollars in 2011 -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
Osama Bin Laden, leader of terrorist group Al Quada, was shot dead by U.S forces in Pakistan
The operation was carried out by special unit seal team six, and the operation was ordered by commander and chief president Barack Obama
Osama Bin Laden had been in hiding since becoming FBI's #1 most wanted criminal after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
