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O.J. Simpson murder trial
The jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of killing his wife and Ron Golfman. -
Columbine High School
Two students entered Columbine High School and brutally murdered 13 people and injured 23 others before taking their own lives. -
USS Cole bombing
Al-Qaeda attempted a suicide attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden and it killed 17 sailors and injured 39. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Terrorists from the Middle East attacked the United States by flying planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. -
First Ipod was released
The first generation Ipod was released by Apple Inc. -
D.C. Snipers
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 and injured 3 and terrorized Washington D.C. for three weeks until they were captured. -
United States Department of Homeland Security
The DHS was created in responce to the 9/11 attacks on America. The DHS' main responsibilities are protecting the U.S. and its protectorates from any terrorist attacks or man-made disasters. -
Operation Red Dawn
U.S. Military operation to capture Iraqs President, Saddam Hussein, that was sucessful. He was found in a "spider hole" with a pistol, an AK-47, and $750,000. -
Lance Armstrong Tour de France
Lance won his record breaking 7th straight Tour de France. -
Hurricane Katrina hits Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina cause major levee breaches due to its massive storm surge which flooded New Orleans. The hurricane claimed an approximated 1836 lives. -
Barack Obama Elected
Obama, a democrat, was elected as the first black President of the United States of America. -
Michael Jackson dies
Jackson died in his bed in Los Angeles after his personal physician Conrad Murray attempted CPR -
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The oil rig had an explosion the killed 12 people then caused an oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico for 3 months.It ended up leaking an estimated 4.9 millon barrels of oil. -
Seal Team 6 kills Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden was found in Pakistan and was killed by a Seal Team 6 member in his complex, ending Americas man hunt for their most wanted man. -
NASA program launches last space shuttle into orbit
Atlantis was launched as the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program which ended the 30 years of shuttle launching that began with Columbia in 1981
