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TimelineofmyLife

ColeNorman


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3/21

1993

CombatrolesforwomenintheUSmilitary


4/21

1994

.

NAFTAIn1994theNorthAmericanFreeTrade

Agreement(NAFTA)wassignedbyMexico,

America,andCanada.


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1995

TheOklahomaCityBombing

April19,1995:168people,including8Federal

Marshals,werekilledinthebombingofafederal

buildinginOklahomaCity.TimothyMcVeighandTerry

Nicholswerechargedandconvictedinthiscase.For

theirrolesinthebombingTerryNicholsreceivedalife

sentenceandTimothyMcVeywassentencedtodeath.


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1996

1996AtlantaOlympicsbombing

Twopeoplewerekilledandnearly200injuredwhena

bombexplodedinacrowdedpavillion attheAtlanta

2000SummerOlympics.PolicewouldlaterarrestEric

RudolphforthecriminalactinlateMayof2003.


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1998

AmericabombsIraq:AGAIN!

FollowingaweaponsinspectoragreementbytheUN,onDecember17,inthemiddleofClinton's

impeachmenttrial,PresidentClintonordersAmerican

andBritishairstrikesonIraq.


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1999

PresidentClintonisAcquittednotlewinskyInFebruary,theSenateacquitsthepresidentofperjury

andobstructionofjustice,aftertheHouseof

Representativeshadconvictedhim.


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2000

U.S.

presidential

election closest

in

decades;

Bush's

slim

leadinFloridaleadstoautomaticrecountinthatstate

(Nov.78).Republicansfilefederalsuittoblockmanual

recountofFloridapresidentialelectionballotssought

byDemocrats(Nov.11).FloridaSupremeCourtrules

election

hand

count

may

continue

(Nov.

21).

U.S.

SupremeCourtordershalttomanualrecountofFlorida

votes(Dec.9).SupremeCourtsealsBushvictoryby54;

rulestherecanbenofurtherrecounting(Dec.12).See

2000electionchronology


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2001

TerroristsattackUnitedStates.HijackersramjetlinersintotwintowersofNew

YorkCity'sWorldTradeCenterandthePentagon.Afourthhijackedplanecrashes

80mioutsideofPittsburgh(Sept.11).Tollofdeadandinjuredinthousands.Within

days,IslamicmilitantOsamabinLaden andthealQaedaterroristnetwork are

identifiedasthepartiesbehindtheattacks.EarlyinthemorningonSeptember11

2001,2planeswhererunintotheTwinTowersinNewYork. Over3,000people

werekilledmanyofthemwhererescueaid. Thereweretwoadditionalplanesthat

wherehijacked,onecrashedintoapartofthepentagon,andthesecondcrash

landedintoafieldinPennsylvania,probablyheadedtowardthewhitehouse.


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2002

President

Bush's first

State

of

the

Union

address

vows

toexpandthefightonterrorismandlabelsIran,Iraq,

andNorthKorea"anaxisofevil"(Jan.29).


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2003

SpaceshuttleColumbia explodes,killingall7astronauts(Feb.1).

WhenthespaceshuttleColumbiawentintospaceitwashitbya

pieceoffoamattakeoff,NASAdidnotseeaproblemwithitsotheykeptthe

missiongoing. Theydidnotevenaskforatelescopetomonitorthedamage. The

shuttleworkedfineuntilitgotclosertoearth,thatswhenthegagesstartedto

missreadandtheleftwinggageswentoffthechart. ThenHoustonmadecontact

withtheColumbiaandinthemiddleofasentence,theColumbiawaslost


14/21

2004

Congressextendstaxcutsduetoexpireattheendof2005(Sept.23).

wasinadequate


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2005

HurricaneKatrinawreakscatastrophicdamageontheGulfcoast;morethan1,000die

andmillionsarelefthomeless.Americansareshakennotsimplybythemagnitudeofthe

disasterbutbyhowillpreparedalllevelsofgovernmentareinitsaftermath.(Aug.2530).

Seealso HurricaneKatrinaTimelineOn August29,2005,hurricaneKatrinahitthegulfcoastdevastatingmanytowns. HurricaneKatrinaleftthousandshomelessandover1,800dead.

TheleveesinNewOrleansbrokeandso80%ofthecitywasunderwater. 20%ofNew

Orleanspopulationwastrappedtherewithoutfood,orgooddrinkingwater. Hurricane

Katrinawassobadthat15%ofthecitiespoliceforcejustwalkedoffthejob,solooting

becameeversopresentinthecity. NewOrleanswasamassivepoolofsewage,chemicals,

anddeadbodiesfloatingaround. Duringthefirstdaysafterthedisasterallemergencyaid

wasinadequate.


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2006

PresidentBushuseshisvetopowerforthefirsttime,

strikingdownlegislationthatwouldhaveexpandedthe

numberofstemcelllinesavailableforembryonic

researchusingfederalfinancing.(July19).


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2007 Theminimumwageincreasesto$5.85,upfrom$5.15.

It'sthefirstincreasein10years.Thewagewillincrease

70centseachyearthrough2009,whenitwillbe$7.25

anhour(July24).


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2008

TheU.S.SupremeCourtrules,5to4,thatprisonersat

GuantnamoBay,Cuba,havearighttochallengetheir

detentioninfederalcourt.


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2009HundredsofthousandsofpeoplewatchedinfrontoftheCapitolasPresidentBarack

Obama andVicePresidentJoeBiden areswornintooffice.Obamamakeshistoryasthe

firstAfricanAmericanpresident.

WhenBarackObamawasswornintoofficeitwasamajordealtotheAfricanAmerican

racebecausehewasthefirstcoloredpresident. Whenhewasswornintoofficeovera

millionpeoplewenttoseethissignificantevent,peoplecomefromallovertheworld

cametoseethis. WhenPresidentObamamadehisspeechhedidnotfocusonthefact

thathewasthefirstAfricanAmericanpresident.


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2010

PresidentObama presentstoCongresshis2011budgetof$3.8trillion

andhis10yearbudgetplan.Thebudgetincludesa$1.6trilliondeficit

inthenextfiscalyear,whichbeginsinOctober,andthensteadily

declinesoverthefollowing10years.Includedinthebudgetarecutsto

domesticprogramsandspending;someprograms,includingNASA's

returntripstothemoon,willbeeliminatedalltogether


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2011

U.S.RepAnthonyD.Weinerresignsfromofficeduetoascandalover

hisonlinebehavior,whichinvolvedsendingexplicitphotosofhimselfto

severalwomenviaFacebook andTwitter.Weinerisaseventerm

Democratand,priortothescandal,aleadingcandidateforthenext

mayorofNewYork.

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