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United States

  • 29 Jan 2002

    President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.

  • 11 Jan 2002

    The first prisoners arrive in Guantanamo Bay.

  • 12 Dec 2001

    Winona Ryder was arrested.

  • 12 Nov 2001

    American Airlines Flight 587 from New York City to the Dominican Republic crashed during takeoff.

  • 26 Oct 2001

    Patriot Act comes into effect in the US.

  • 15 Oct 2001

    NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).

  • 7 Oct 2001

    U.S.‑led attack on Afghanistan begins.

  • 20 Sep 2001

    American President, George W. Bush Declares War on Terror.

  • 17 Sep 2001

    The New York Stock Exchange reopened for trading after the September 11 attacks.

  • 11 Sep 2001

    Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.

  • 3 Aug 2001

    George W. Bush renewed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) for an additional five years.

  • 16 Jul 2001

    Jurassic Park III premiered in Los Angeles, California.

  • 12 Jul 2001

    NASA's Atlantis space shuttle took off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-104.

  • 2 Jul 2001

    World's First Self-Contained Artificial Heart Transplant.

  • 25 May 2001

    32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

  • 7 Apr 2001

    NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.

  • 12 Feb 2001

    NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.

  • 9 Feb 2001

    A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.

  • 24 Dec 2000

    The Texas Seven held up a sports store.

  • 30 Nov 2000

    The 101st Space Shuttle mission, STS-97, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

  • 7 Nov 2000

    Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.

  • 11 Oct 2000

    NASA launched STS-92 to the International Space Station, which became the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

  • 25 Feb 2000

    Amazon opened its first Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle, Washington.

  • 31 Jan 2000

    Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea.

  • 17 Jan 2000

    For the first time in history, all 50 states of America celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday.

  • 3 Dec 1999

    NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.

  • 31 Jul 1999

    NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.

  • 23 Jul 1999

    Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.

  • 22 Jul 1999

    Woodstock '99 concert took place in Rome, New York, US.

  • 29 May 1999

    The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.

  • 20 Apr 1999

    15 die in the Columbine High School massacre.

  • 20 Mar 1999

    The first Legoland outside of Europe opened in Carlsbad, California.

  • 3 Jan 1999

    The Mars Polar Lander was launched.

  • 19 Dec 1998

    The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.

  • 11 Dec 1998

    American science fiction movie 'Star Trek: Insurrection' was released in the US.

  • 29 Oct 1998

    The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn, returned to space aboard NASA's STS-95 Voyager.

  • 7 Oct 1998

    A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.

  • 26 Aug 1998

    Shortly after liftoff, the first US Air Force Delta III rocket failed and was blown up mid-air.

  • 17 Aug 1998

    President Clinton admits 'improper relationship' with Monica Lewinsky.

  • 7 Aug 1998

    Coordinated bomb attacks in American embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill over 200 people.

  • 17 Jul 1998

    American swashbuckler film 'The Mask of Zorro' was released in the United States.

  • 26 May 1998

    The United States Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island is primarily located in the state of New Jersey and not New York like many think it does.

  • 3 May 1998

    NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.

  • 27 Mar 1998

    Viagra is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

  • 26 Feb 1998

    Oprah Winfrey was declared not guilty after cattlemen tried to sue her for saying American beef could spread mad cow disease.

  • 20 Feb 1998

    Fifteen-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist.

  • 17 Feb 1998

    Voyager 1 passed Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space.

  • 6 Feb 1998

    The US Congress changed the name of the Washington National Airport to the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • 3 Feb 1998

    20 people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster.

  • 26 Jan 1998

    In a TV statement, Bill Clinton denies having had 'sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky'.

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