2000
Nov. 2 to Dec. 13
Thanks to a politically divided nation and some Florida ballots hanging chads, the presidential election was not over until a month after the election. With a 5-4 vote from the Supreme Court and five Electoral College votes, George W. Bush became the 43rd president.
Bush: 271, Gore: 266
Source: cnn.com
2001
June 11
Timothy McVeigh, the convicted Oklahoma City Bomber, was executed at 7:14 a.m. in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute. McVeigh was the first federal prisoner to be put to death in 38 years. His last meal was two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Sept. 11
The day will forever be remembered as the day America changed. For the first time since World War II, the United States was attacked. Terrorists hijacked four airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center's north and south towers, the Pentagon and a field in Somerset County, Penn. At 8:30 p.m., President Bush addresses the nation from the White House: "These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." President Bush announces that Operation Enduring Freedom has begun in Afghanistan on October 7. "We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail," Bush said in his address.
2002
Oct. 2 to Oct. 24
In a three-week time span, 10 people are killed and four are wounded by the Washington, D.C.-area snipers. Authorities arrest two men: John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo.
Oct. 31
Enron admits the company is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Nov. 8, SEC subpoenas accounting firm Author Anderson, and Enron admits to inflating its income by about $600 million since 1997. Enron files for bankruptcy on Dec. 2.
2003
Feb. 1
Moments before landing in Florida, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart more than 200,000 feet above Texas. Seven astronauts, including the first Israeli astronaut, were killed. Columbia was returning from a 16-day long mission.
March 19
President Bush announces that Operation Iraqi Freedom has begun with the goal of removing Saddam Hussein and his regime from power. Forty-five days later Bush announces the war has ended.
Sept. 13
Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon dies at 11:33 a.m. in a Chicago hospital five days after suffering from a stroke. O'Bannon was elected governor in 1996 and reelected in 2000. He served as lieutenant governor for Evan Bayh for eight years. He is survived by his wife Judy, their children Polly, Jennifer and Jonathon and five grandchildren.
Dec. 13
U.S. soldiers captured Saddam Hussein in Tikrit, Iraq as he was hiding in a "spider hole" six to eight feet underground.
2004
Feb. 25
Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" opens nationwide on Ash Wednesday stirring conversations and mixed feelings in religious communities.
April 8
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testifies before the nation and the Commission on Terrorist Attacks.
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