TimelineofmyLife

ColeNorman

1992 Passageofthe27thAmendment SaidthatCongresscouldnotreceiveanapprovedraiseuntilthenextelection,thus givingthepeopletheopportunitytodeterminewhosesalarytheywouldbepaying withtheirtaxdollars.

1993 CombatrolesforwomenintheUSmilitary

1994 .NAFTA In1994theNorthAmericanFreeTrade Agreement(NAFTA)wassignedbyMexico, America,andCanada.

1995 TheOklahomaCityBombing April19,1995:168people,including8Federal Marshals,werekilledinthebombingofafederal buildinginOklahomaCity.TimothyMcVeighandTerry Nicholswerechargedandconvictedinthiscase.For theirrolesinthebombingTerryNicholsreceivedalife sentenceandTimothyMcVeywassentencedtodeath.

1996 1996AtlantaOlympicsbombing Twopeoplewerekilledandnearly200injuredwhena bombexplodedinacrowdedpavillion attheAtlanta 2000SummerOlympics.PolicewouldlaterarrestEric RudolphforthecriminalactinlateMayof2003.

1997 PaducahHighSchoolshootings MentallyillMichaelCarneal,15,waschargedwithkillingthreePaducahhighschoolclassmatesandwoundingfiveotherswhowerein aprayercircle.December1997 OnDecember1st 1997,MichaelCarnealwenttoschoollikearegularMonday.Theonlydifferencewasthathehad3 loadedgunswithhim,ashotgun,rifle,andapistol.Hegotoutofthecarandopenedfireonagroupof14studentsinaprayer group.TheprincipalcameoutandMikesurrenderedtotheprincipal.ThepersonwhowasheadingtheprayergrouprushedMike andthatswhenMikegaveupthegun.Thishashadamajoraffectonschoolsinawaythatyoucantbringanykindofweapon on campus.

1998 AmericabombsIraq:AGAIN! FollowingaweaponsinspectoragreementbytheUN, onDecember17,inthemiddleofClinton's impeachmenttrial,PresidentClintonordersAmerican andBritishairstrikesonIraq.

1999 PresidentClintonisAcquittednotlewinsky InFebruary,theSenateacquitsthepresidentofperjury andobstructionofjustice,aftertheHouseof Representativeshadconvictedhim.

2000 U.S.presidentialelection closestindecades;Bush'sslim leadinFloridaleadstoautomaticrecountinthatstate (Nov.78).Republicansfilefederalsuittoblockmanual recountofFloridapresidentialelectionballotssought byDemocrats(Nov.11).FloridaSupremeCourtrules electionhandcountmaycontinue(Nov.21).U.S. SupremeCourtordershalttomanualrecountofFlorida votes(Dec.9).SupremeCourtsealsBushvictoryby54; rulestherecanbenofurtherrecounting(Dec.12).See 2000electionchronology

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.

2002 PresidentBush's firstStateoftheUnionaddressvows toexpandthefightonterrorismandlabelsIran,Iraq, andNorthKorea"anaxisofevil"(Jan.29).

2003

SpaceshuttleColumbia explodes,killingall7astronauts(Feb.1). WhenthespaceshuttleColumbiawentintospaceitwashitbya pieceoffoamattakeoff,NASAdidnotseeaproblemwithitsotheykeptthe missiongoing.Theydidnotevenaskforatelescopetomonitorthedamage.The shuttleworkedfineuntilitgotclosertoearth,thatswhenthegagesstartedto missreadandtheleftwinggageswentoffthechart.ThenHoustonmadecontact withtheColumbiaandinthemiddleofasentence,theColumbiawaslost

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2004 Congressextendstaxcutsduetoexpireattheendof2005(Sept.23).

2005 HurricaneKatrinawreakscatastrophicdamageontheGulfcoast;morethan1,000die andmillionsarelefthomeless.Americansareshakennotsimplybythemagnitudeofthe disasterbutbyhowillpreparedalllevelsofgovernmentareinitsaftermath.(Aug.2530). Seealso HurricaneKatrinaTimelineOn August29,2005,hurricaneKatrinahitthegulfcoast devastatingmanytowns.HurricaneKatrinaleftthousandshomelessandover1,800dead. TheleveesinNewOrleansbrokeandso80%ofthecitywasunderwater.20%ofNew Orleanspopulationwastrappedtherewithoutfood,orgooddrinkingwater.Hurricane Katrinawassobadthat15%ofthecitiespoliceforcejustwalkedoffthejob,solooting becameeversopresentinthecity.NewOrleanswasamassivepoolofsewage,chemicals, anddeadbodiesfloatingaround.Duringthefirstdaysafterthedisasterallemergencyaid wasinadequate

2006 PresidentBushuseshisvetopowerforthefirsttime, strikingdownlegislationthatwouldhaveexpandedthe numberofstemcelllinesavailableforembryonic researchusingfederalfinancing.(July19).

2007 Theminimumwageincreasesto$5.85,upfrom$5.15. It'sthefirstincreasein10years.Thewagewillincrease 70centseachyearthrough2009,whenitwillbe$7.25 anhour(July24).

2008 TheU.S.SupremeCourtrules,5to4,thatprisonersat GuantnamoBay,Cuba,havearighttochallengetheir detentioninfederalcourt.

2009
HundredsofthousandsofpeoplewatchedinfrontoftheCapitolasPresidentBarack Obama andVicePresidentJoeBiden areswornintooffice.Obamamakeshistoryasthe firstAfricanAmericanpresident. WhenBarackObamawasswornintoofficeitwasamajordealtotheAfricanAmerican racebecausehewasthefirstcoloredpresident.Whenhewasswornintoofficeovera millionpeoplewenttoseethissignificantevent,peoplecomefromallovertheworld cametoseethis.WhenPresidentObamamadehisspeechhedidnotfocusonthefact thathewasthefirstAfricanAmericanpresident.

2010 PresidentObama presentstoCongresshis2011budgetof$3.8trillion andhis10yearbudgetplan.Thebudgetincludesa$1.6trilliondeficit inthenextfiscalyear,whichbeginsinOctober,andthensteadily declinesoverthefollowing10years.Includedinthebudgetarecutsto domesticprogramsandspending;someprograms,includingNASA's returntripstothemoon,willbeeliminatedalltogether

2011 U.S.RepAnthonyD.Weinerresignsfromofficeduetoascandalover hisonlinebehavior,whichinvolvedsendingexplicitphotosofhimselfto severalwomenviaFacebook andTwitter.Weinerisaseventerm Democratand,priortothescandal,aleadingcandidateforthenext mayorofNewYork.