The 00's Thread

[goddess_nemesis]

2003 - (March 19) The first American bombs drop on Baghdad after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons do not comply with U.S. President George W. Bush's 48-hour mandate demanding their exit from Iraq.

 

[paracarl44]

2004.

April 22nd: Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States, dies in
New York City.🙁

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2005: (March 21) Ten are killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.

 

[paracarl44]

2006.

October 2nd: A man entered an Amish Schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He killed 5 girls and injured 5 more and then committed suicide.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2007: (April 12) Don Imus is fired by CBS for making controversial comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

 

[ticklishscribe]

July 17, 2008. I am posting in this thread. ​

 

[..Glamorous..]

2000 was a leap year starting on Saturday.

 

[paracarl44]

2001.

February 11th: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh was imploded.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2002: (January 8) The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by U.S. president George W. Bush.

 

[paracarl44]

2003.

February 20th: A fire started by pyrotechnics, killed 100 patrons of a nightclub in West Warwich, Rhode Island.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2004: (January 4) NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

 

[paracarl44]

2005.

February 15th: You Tube debuts online.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2006: (January 1) Sydney, Australia, has its hottest day on record, when the city reaches 45°C (113°F).

 

[paracarl44]

2007.

May 14th: Singer Bobby Darin receives a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

 

[Ray<3tiklishft]

2008

My favorite sports team of all, The Detroit Red Wings win The Stanley Cup.

 

[paracarl44]

2000.

August 8th: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley was recovered in Charleston harbor in South Carolina. This was the first submarine to sink a warship, with the loss of life to the submarine crew.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2001: (February 18) NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the Daytona 500.

 

[tickmankyle1]

feb 2001 we lost dale earnhardt

 

[paracarl44]

2002.

January 8th: Bush signs into law: The No Child Left Behind Act.🙁

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2003: (April 29) The last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line.

 

[milagros317]

2004: The Dodgers win the NL West title but don't get into the World Series. 🙁

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2005: (April 2) Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.

 

[paracarl44]

2006.

January 3rd: At the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, twelve miners were found dead, but there was one survivor.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2007: (January 4) Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

 

[milagros317]

2008: Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who has never held elected office, wins the presidential election in a landslide in Russia.