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October 7 – December 17: The United States invades Afghanistan and topples the Taliban regime, resulting in a long-term war. October 23: Steve Jobs introduces the first iPod. November 12: Crash of American Airlines Flight 587. December 3: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a series of scandals.
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- Smartphones Are Everywhere. What did we ever do before the invention of the smartphone? KARRASTOCK/Getty Images. Apple rolled out its first smartphone — a hand-held computer and mobile phone mashed into one — in 2007.
- Social Media Sites Take Off. With the handiness of a computer in our pockets, social media became the method of communication for billions around the world.
- We Now Connect Via WiFi. "We stand," declared Wired magazine in 2003, "at the brink of a transformation." The article was titled "The Wi-Fi Revolution," and the technology, indeed, was ground-shaking.
- Memes and Emojis Spread Like Wildfire. Memes, like "the distracted boyfriend," are now part of our everyday lexicon. Wikimedia. That smiley face, that shrugging guy, the finger gun, the tears of joy.
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As the year began, the nation was still firmly in the grip of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that first emerged in late December 2019 and spread around the world in 2020, prompting lockdowns, a global recession and upheaval on an unprecedented scale. In what became a record for the fastest vaccine development in history, vaccines by Pfizer and Mod...
January 6 Insurrection On January 6, a mob of pro-Trump demonstrators stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop lawmakers from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. Five people died in the chaos either shortly before, during or following the event, including a Capitol police officer. Lawmakers from both political parties, in...
U.S. Rejoins Paris Climate Accord and WHO In his first hours as president, Biden signed a letter signaling the return of the United States to the global agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, adopted by nearly 200 nations in Paris in 2015. The nation had officially withdrawn from the Paris accord in late 2020...
Juneteenth Becomes a Federal Holiday In June, President Biden signed legislation officially establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The new holiday marks the anniversary of the date in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in...
Mass Shootings in Atlanta and Boulder Two mass shootings within a week of each other in March—at three spas in the Atlanta area on March 16 and a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado on March 22—proved a devastating reminder of the ongoing scourge of gun violence in the United States. Of the eight people killed in Atlanta, six were Asian women, fueli...
Verdicts in Three Prominent Murder Trials In April, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which sparked protests against systemic racism and police violence in more than 2,000 U.S. cities and 60 countrie...
NASA Rover Lands on Mars Launched in late July 2020, the NASA rover Perseverance spent months traveling through space, covering some 292.5 million miles before touching down on Mars on February 18. As the space agency’s most sophisticated rover yet, Perseverance spent the rest of the year exploring Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake, collec...
Among the notable people we lost in 2021 was Colin Powell, the celebrated military leader who became the nation’s first Black secretary of state, who died in October of complications from COVID-19 while suffering from multiple myeloma, a blood cell cancer that suppresses the immune system, as well as Parkinson’s disease. Baseball Hall of Famer Hank...
Amy McKeever, “U.S. surpasses 800,000 COVID-19 deaths as Omicron looms.” National Geographic, December 15, 2021. CNN Editorial Staff, “Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts.” CNN, November 23, 2021. Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch, “FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated.” Reuters, August 20, 2021. Devan Cole and Paul LeBlan...
Words: Gentleman's Journal. We may only be 19 years into this 100-strong century, but the world has already changed immeasurably. With much to celebrate and much to mourn, these are the 25 most iconic moments so far — notable for their immense influence and impact upon the world.
