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George W. Bush is inaugurated as President of the United States. January 26: An earthquake strikes Gujarat, India, on Republic Day, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths. May 27: Dos Palmas kidnappings: Twenty tourists are abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group terrorists from a popular island resort in the Philippines.
Generally, the early years of the 21st century were pronounced as in "two-thousand (and) five," with a change taking place around 2010, when pronunciations often shifted between the early-years form of "two-thousand and ten" and the traditionally more concise form of "twenty-ten."
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Chronology. See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline.
Although the 21 st century officially began in the year 2001, many historians believe that the story of the 21 st century begins with the pulling down of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in the early 1990s. For 40 years, the world had been pulled in opposite directions by the two super-powers, the United States and the Soviet Union.
What you’ll learn to do: describe the major economic, political, and social issues of the early 21st century. Figure 1. President George W. Bush and his national security team gather in the Pentagon’s Executive Support Center for briefings on the latest developments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terror.
Jun 22, 2023 · Updated: 06/22/2023. 21st Century U.S. History: Overview. The beginning of the 3rd millennium CE marked a turning point for the United States. Officially starting on January 1, 2001, the...
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