president bush timeline

bush gets inaugurated

Jan 20, 2001

9/11 terrorist attack

Sep 11, 2001

al-Qaeda hijacked 3 planes 2 planes hit the twin towers in new york city,while another plane it the pentagon. One plane was hijacked but the passengers realized what was wrong so they try force a crash landing.

bush bullhorn speech at ground zero

Sep 14, 2001

President bush delivered a speech at ground zero.He used a bullhorn to communicate to the audience and it help rally the civilians.

Invasion of afghanistan begins

Oct 7, 2001

the invasion of afghan begins.They defeated the Taliban and started searching the country for osama bin laden

patriot act is signed

Oct 26, 2001

the patriot act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.The act allow homeland and the cia to keyword potential terrorist in america.

no child left behind

Jan 8, 2002

the act give students of all race and iq equal chances of being as successful in school like there classmate.the law serves as authorization of elementary and secondary act

columbia explodes!!!

Feb 1, 2003

The space shuttle Columbia explodes from wing damage from debris.causing it to be on fire and it disintegrated midway reentering the earth atmosphere

invasion of iraq

Mar 20, 2003

we invaded iraq and captured Saddam Hussein.Bush declared that war with iraq was necessary so they wont use wmd.

operation red dawn

Dec 13, 2003

this was the exact operation we caught saddam hussein. he was captured in a town called ad-dar,iraq. The operation was named after a movie

9/11 commission report

Jul 22, 2004

is the final report of the 9/11 attack.Explains the event that unfolded that lead to 9/11.

election of 2004

Nov 2, 2004

the incumbent bush defeated the democratic challenger john kerry. Bush had 286 electoral votes,while john kerry had 251 votes

hurricane katrina

Aug 23, 2005

hurricane katrina cost america 108 billion dollars.the death toll was 1,836.

chief judge appointed

Sep 29, 2005

Roberts is the 17th judge to be appointed . came in after the death of the previous chief judge William Rehnquist

saddam hussein trial

Nov 5, 2006

saddam was on trial because of his war crimes.he was found guity and sentenced to death

former president ford dies

Dec 26, 2006

ford died because of a cardiovascular disease. Died ranco mirage in california

obama get elected

Nov 4, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama from Illinois is elected the 44th president. First Black president to be elected. He beats senator john cain

new troops in iraq

Apr 17, 2017

they left under "the way forward".