By the Decade

Meanwhile... Many important historical moments happened across the country & the rest of the world during this period.

9/11 and the War on Terror – On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists attack the United States using four hijacked passenger aircraft: two that crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; a third aircraft into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia; while the fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania following a passenger revolt. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the multi-decade global war on terror. President George H.W. Bush declares war on terrorism and invades Afghanistan where the leader of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden was believed to be hiding. Security increases for all aspects of American life. After a 10-year manhunt, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden was killed by American special forces in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011.

1998 Microsoft becomes the largest company in the world valued at $261 billion on the New York Stock Exchange

2008-2009 The Great Recession – major Wall Street firms fail and interest rates are cut to historic lows 2009 Barack Obama is elected as the 44th President and is elected for a second term in 2012. He is the first African American President. 2015 American Pharoah becomes the first Triple Crown winner since 1978 2016 Donald Trump is elected 45th President Britain votes to leave the EU 2021 The Atlanta Braves win the World Series

2000 The dot-com bubble bursts and thousands of dot-coms go bust

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win a career Grand Slam 2003 The space shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts onboard 2004 Facebook is launched as a social networking site open only to students at Harvard

2005 Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana; the surge and levee breaks cause New Orleans to flood and 1600 perish 2007 Apple introduces the iPhone on June 29th The US Housing bubble bursts causing increasing numbers of foreclosures

2022-2023 UGA wins back-to-back national Championships

The 2020 COVID 19 pandemic caused severe social and economic disruption around the world, including the largest global recession since the Great Depression. Widespread supply shortages, including food shortages, were caused by supply chain disruptions and panic buying. Reduced human activity led to an unprecedented decrease in pollution. Educational institutions and public areas were partially or fully closed in many jurisdictions, and events were cancelled or postponed during 2020 and 2021. Many white-collar workers began working from home. Misinformation circulated through social media and mass media, and political tensions intensified. The pandemic raised issues of the balance between public health imperatives and individual rights. Pandemic Panic