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George Walker Bush inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States.
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Terrorists hijack four planes and crash them into the WTC, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This event impacted my life because I'm reminded every time I get on a plane of what can go wrong like how it did on 9/11. Obviously security is a lot better now, but I still have the thought every time I step on board. Even when I go and visit the John Hancock Building and see the planes flying at the same level as me, I get freaked out. I'm used to high security in the US now.
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No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed (Repealed on December 10th, 2015).
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The Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The U.S. wins 10 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals.
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The Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
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The United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invades Iraq marking the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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The US-led Iraq War begins.
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This decision was the first by a U.S. state's highest court to find that same-sex couples had the right to marry. Despite numerous attempts to delay the ruling, and to reverse it, the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples
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The social networking website Facebook is launched.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King receive the Congressional Gold Medal
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George W. Bush is inaugurated to his second-term
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North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
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Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas
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Nintendo's Wii released in America. My family loved the Wii so much we had Wii Bowling tournaments during the Holidays.
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Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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At South Lake Tahoe there is a wildfire that eventually destroys 254 homes in the area. I put this because my family has gone on numerous Spring Break ski vacations there (almost all of my Spring Breaks have been at South Lake Tahoe).
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Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. He is also the first African-American to hold the office. I was in 3rd grade.
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich becomes the first state governor to be impeached and removed from office in a quarter century
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Pop icon Michael Jackson dies.
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Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by soldiers from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group.
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U.S. and NATO forces invade Afghanistan and overthrow the Taliban
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The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and win 46 gold, 29 silver, and 29 bronze medals. In swimming, Michael Phelps of the United States wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children aged between 6 and 7 years old, as well as six adult staff members. He also killed himself and his mother. School's security means are forever changed.
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Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators.
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Saw Miley Cyrus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with my friends(:
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Graduated all three years of middle school and couldn't have been happier!
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Moved away from Gurnee, Illinois (an hour north of Chicago). Left all my friends and went to stay with my Grandma for a few weeks before moving into my family's apartment.
This event changed my life because it was the first time that I actually had to start completey over and make new friends. I was introduced to change, which wasn't something I liked from the start. However, I gradually learned to love my new situation and I wouldn't change a thing. It's made me a better person overall. -
Shooting of Michael Brown: The governor of Missouri issues a state of emergency for Ferguson and a curfew lasting from Midnight to 5:00AM (CDT). A second curfew is approved the following night
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An online video surfaces showing James Foley, an American photojournalist held hostage in Syria, being beheaded by ISIS militants in response to the US airstrike campaign in Iraq
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Started what will become 4 years of hard work and education towards my education.
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The United States and several Arab partners begin their airstrike campaign in Syria.
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The CDC reports the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States in Dallas, Texas.
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The new One World Trade Center building in New York City opens
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My Family moved from its temporary apartment to our new house that was being built for 9 months.
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With Emma Beck up at her cottage(:
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YAY for Summer!! Thanks for everything Mr. Labenz and see you in September!
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Up at my Cottage
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Same-sex marriage is legalized in all 50 US states
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My Mom, Grandma and I drove to the D.C. area for my summer lacrosse tournament. We went sight-seeing.
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Mitten Select won second in our division in the tournament out in Maryland.
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The United States and Cuba reopen embassies in each other’s capitals. Both had been closed since 1961. The U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, which cannot be lifted without congressional approval, remains in place. Neither country appoints an ambassador upon the embassies’ reopening.
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Ran/walked the Color Run with my Friends(:
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Round 2!!
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Go FH2!!!
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Of A Revolution at Meijer Gardens
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My family traveled to Hawaii for my mom's 50th birthday celebration. It was the first time for my brother's and I, but my parents had gone years earlier for their honeymoon and anniversaries.
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I crushed that thing like a bo$$
