Researching Me

By justinmcneill

  • Justin was born :)

  • Period: to

    1996-Present

  • Columbine Shooting

    Two teenage students murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School. The deadliest mass murder at a high school in U.S. history.

  • Y2K Bug

    U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to not work anymore causing things to go awry.

  • President Bush Elected into Office

    G.W.B. inagurated as 43rd President of the United States

  • 9/11

    19 terrorists hijack four planes and crash them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring over 6,000. All civilian air traffic is suspended for 3 days, the first time an unplanned suspension had occurred in U.S. history.

  • Antrax attacks

    Anthrax attacks kill 5 and infect a further 17 through the U.S. Mail system.

  • Homeland Security Department Created

    The Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

  • Operation Red Dawn

    Former President Saddam Huseein in captured.

  • Facebook is founded

    Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook.

  • Barack Obama is Inagurated

    Barack Hussein Obama II is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African-American to hold the office.

  • Michael Jackson Dies

    Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating one of the largest public mournings for an entertainer.

  • Osama bin Laden is killed.

    Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad.

  • Aurora Theater Shooting

    John Holmes kills 12 and injures 58 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

  • Sandy Hook Shooting

    A gunman kills 26, including 20 children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

  • Boston Marathon Bombing

    Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 183 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer MIT. Tamerlan was killed in a shoot-out with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after.