A Political/Historical/Economic Events Timeline of My Life

By: Melissa

Hernandez

1995
Scores killed as terrorist's car bomb blows up blocklong Oklahoma City federal building (April 19); Timothy McVeigh, 27, arrested as suspect (April 21); authorities seek second suspect, link right-wing paramilitary groups to bombing (April 22).

1996
Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.

1997
A team led by Drs. Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell (UK) created the first sheep with a human gene in every cell of its body named Dolly. Scientist from Scotland clone animals using skin cells; they produced a cloned sheep named Dolly. Experts say that cloning animals with human genes can lead to cures for human diseases, and can produce organs to transplant into humans with less chance of rejection. Scientist could only add the genes and not remove them, but the new method was designed to solve this problem. This new idea of cloning animals for good purposes has been a big thing; it has showed how technology and scientist have been improving over the years.

DOLLY THE CLONED SHEEP

1998
Matthew Sheppard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested.

1999
Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, storm Columbine High School in Littleton , CO, killing twelve other students and a teacher, then themselves (April 20).

2000
U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state (Nov. 7-8). Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by Democrats (Nov. 11). Florida Supreme Court rules election hand count may continue (Nov. 21). U.S. Supreme Court orders halt to manual recount of Florida votes (Dec. 9). Supreme Court seals Bush victory by 5-4; rules there can be no further recounting (Dec. 12).

2001 Terrorists attack United States. Hijackers ram jetliners into twin towers of New
York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashes 80 mi outside of Pittsburgh (Sept. 11). Toll of dead and injured in thousands. Within days, Islamic militant Osama bin Laden and the alQaeda terrorist network are identified as the parties behind the attacks.

On September 11, 2001, hijackers crashed two airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in New York City. Both towers collapsed into flames and exploded, many people on fire jumped out from windows while others tried to escape thru exists. All airports were shut down and many federal buildings were evacuated immediately. This was believed to be a terrorist attack of Bin Laden. This was a big tragedy that our country has had, thousands of people died including firefighters who entered the buildings to save others lives. President Bush gave orders to hunt down the folks who committed this act, and all borders were being secured. This tragedy is one of the biggest and saddest that this country has gone thru and that no one will forget.

September 11, 2001

2002
President Bush's first State of the Union address vows to expand the fight on terrorism and labels Iran, Iraq, and North Korea "an axis of evil" (Jan. 29).

2003
Bush signs ten-year, $350-billion tax cut package, the third-largest tax cut in U.S. history (May 28).

2004
Gay marriages begin in Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions (May 17).

2005
Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath. (Aug. 25-30)

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest and biggest hurricanes to hit the U.S., leaving thousands of people dead and others without a home. Many had to evacuate to other states, and those who couldnt had no other option than to find a safe shelter. Tragedies like hurricane Katrina makes us stay more alert and be prepared for anything that Mother Nature brings to us. It is impossible to stop natural disasters, but we can always find ways to stay safe and protected.

HURRICANE KATRINA

2006
President Bush signs a law renewing the Patriot Act, including a signing statement stating that he does not consider himself bound by its requirement to tell Congress how the law is being used (Mar. 9).

2007
President Bush announces that a surge of an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting (Jan. 10)

2008
March 11: The government begins to intervene in the U.S. financial system to avoid a crisis. The Federal Reserve outlines a $200 billion loan program that lets the country's biggest banks borrow Treasury securities at discounted rates and post mortgagebacked securities as collateral

2009
Jan. 20: Hundreds of thousands of people watched in front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office. Obama makes history as the first AfricanAmerican president.

2010
Aug. 2: U.S. scientists estimate that the BP oil spill, which occurred after the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, has leaked 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf Coast, making it the world's largest oil spill of its kind.

2011
June 24: New York passes a law to allow same-sex marriage, becoming the largest state that allows gay and lesbian couples to marry. The vote comes on the eve of the city's annual Gay Pride Parade and gives new momentum to the national gay-rights movement. The Governor of New York passed a law allowing gay marriage. New Yorkers go out to the streets of New York waving rainbow flags to celebrate that now the gay community has equal rights. Many of them excited to marry their partner and setting up wedding dates. President Barack Obama supports the gay community and thinks that gays and lesbians should have the same equal rights as straight couples. Now that this new law has passed New York might attract gay couples to come and get married in New Yorks Central park or at the Niagara Falls and the population could increase. I think this has a big impact not only for New York but for the country, I think every state of America should pass a law for same-sex marriage, because everyone no matter their interest should have the same rights as straight couples. No one should be denied the right to marry a person they love and what to be with.

July 20: During a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, a gunman opens fire on the crowded theater in a Denver suburb. Twelve people are killed and 58 others are wounded. Directly after the incident, James Holmes, age 24, is arrested in a parking lot behind the theater.

2012

A gunman in Aurora Colorado opened fire at a movie theater at the opening of the batman movie The Dark Night Rises injuring about 24 people. The audience that were watching the movie thought the gun firing noise was part of the movie, until they saw the 20 year old man shooting everywhere and going up the aisles as he was shooting. At 12:30a.m. the shooter was arrested and the victims were being treated and others sent to the hospital right away. Later on police men evacuated residence from the apartments where the shooter lived because of a thread of him saying there were explosives in his apartment. President Obama said he was committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice. I think this tragedy makes our country want to be more protective by having more security around especially in public places to avoid massacres like this one.

2013
Multiple Bombs Explode during the Boston Marathon (Apr. 15): Multiple bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.