USA Timeline By corgisareawesome Aug 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina floods New Orleans Mar 21, 2006 Twitter is launched Jan 9, 2007 Apple debuts the iPhone May 25, 2008 There were three tornadoes in east central Minnesota. The strongest one, an EF3 on the caused the death of a two-year-old boy in Hugo Jan 20, 2009 Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA Jan 27, 2010 Apple debuts the iPad Jun 13, 2011 Minnisota Representative Michele Bachmann announced run for U.S. presidency Aug 1, 2012 Windows 8 is released Aug 1, 2013 Gay marriage becomes legal in MN Nov 3, 2014 The new World Trade Center is opened Jul 29, 2015 Windows 10 is released Sep 14, 2016 Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential election