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Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The Act brought the most significant changes to financial regulation in the United States since the regulatory reform that followed the Great Depression. It made changes in the American financial regulatory environment that affect all federal financial regulatory agencies and almost every part of the nation's financial services industry -
Death of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by sailors from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. -
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene strikes the Atlantic coast causing heavy flooding from North Carolina to eastern Canada, killing 49 and causing over $13 billion in damage. -
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy devastates the Northeast Coast, killing over 100 people.. Extreme damage is found on coastal regions of New York and New Jersey. -
President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama is re-elected over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the presidential election. -
Boston Marathon
Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shoot-out with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after. -
2013 Moore Tornado
The 2013 Moore tornado was an EF5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 23 people (plus two indirect deaths) and injuring 377 others.
