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2001 presidential election
On December 13, George W Bush and Richard Cheney are declared winners of the 2001 presidential election. Bush is then inaugurated into office as the 43rd president of the United States of America on January 20, 2001. -
9/11 terroist attacks
On September 11, 2001 two hijacked airplanes crashed into the two twin towers of the World Trade Center. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage and $3 trillion in total costs. -
Ground Zero speech
President George W Bush gives the "Ground Zero" speech three days after the terroist attacks in New York. Bush stood on top of all the rubble from the attacks with a bullhorn in his hand and as first responders and firefighters had troubles hearing him, he responds with, "I can hear you! I can hear you!" -
War!
In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and take down al-Qaeda. The Taliban declined to extradite him unless given evidence of his involvement in the September 11 attacks and also declined demands to extradite others on the same grounds. -
No Child Left Behind Act
On January 5, 2002 George W Bush creates the No Child Left Behind Act that supported standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals could improve individual outcomes in education. To receive federal school funding, states had to give these assessments to all students at select grade levels. -
Declaration of war!
On October 10, 2002 US congress authorizes the declaration of war with Iraq. The war started with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. An estimated 151,000 to 600,000 or more Iraqis were killed in the first 3–4 years of conflict. -
Self-destruction of space shuttle Columbia
On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster. The investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle's external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing. -
National address declare on war on iraq
On March 19, 2003 President George W Bush nationally addresses the public about the war placed on Iraq. he labeled as part of an "axis of evil" allied with terrorists and posing "a grave and growing danger" to U.S. interests through possession of "weapons of mass destruction". -
Operation Red Dawn
Operation Red Dawn was launched after gaining actionable intelligence identifying two likely locations of Saddam's whereabouts. The Forces involved in the operation consisted of approximately 600 soldiers including cavalry, artillery, aviation, engineer and special operations forces. -
9/11 commission report
The 9/11 commission report is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.The commission was established on November 27, 2002 (442 days after the attack) and their final report was issued on July 22, 2004. -
Presidential election of 2004
Previous President George W Bush wins the reelection campaign that takes place on November 2, 2004. -
Hurricane Katrina
On August 29, 2005 disaster strucks New Orleans. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone. Overall, at least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods -
Hurricane Katrina Foundation
On September 1, 2005 former presidents George H.W Bush and Bill Clinton come together to raise funds for hurricane Katrina victims. This charitable fund will collect cash and in-kind donations and work with the governors of the affected states to coordinate both the short and long term relief efforts. -
Chief Justice Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He took his seat on September 29, 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. -
Saddamn Hussein guilty
Saddam Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation, and torture. The United States government funded his trial. -
Democratic Party takes control of both houses
The Democratic Party secured control of the US Congress in the November 7 midterm elections, winning at least 230 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives and holding a 51-49 margin in the Senate. The last two Senate seats fell into place Thursday, when Republicans George Allen of Virginia and Conrad Burns of Montana conceded. -
Former president G. Ford dies
Former president Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, California. He served one year as the president of the United States from 1974-1977. -
New troops in Iraq
President George W. Bush 2007 increases the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province. Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 soldiers into Iraq (five additional brigades), and sent the majority of them into Baghdad. Deadliest year for U.S troops in Iraq. -
Wedding bells
The daughter of President George W. Bush, married Henry Hager, a former intern for Karl Rove, on May 10, 2008, at an outdoor affair, at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas. The president and the bride picked “You Are So Beautiful” for their father-daughter dance. She was the 22nd child of a president to get married while having a father in the Oval Office. -
Barrack Obama now in office
Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, and his running mate Joe Biden defeated Republican Party nominees John McCain, a long-time current U.S. Senator from Arizona, and his running mate Sarah Palin, a Governor of Alaska. Obama became the first African American ever to be elected president of the United States, and Joe Biden became the first Roman Catholic ever elected vice president.
