One of the biggest events between 1996 and 2009 was the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers which occured on September 11th, 2001.This awful event occurred when there was a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States On that morning, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.
On October 7, 2001, the War in Afghanistan began when U.S and British forces initiated aerial bombing campaigns in Afghanistan targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda camps, then later invaded Afghanistan with ground troops of the Special Forces. The overthrow of the Taliban rule of Afghanistan by a U.S.-led coalition was the second-biggest operation of the U.S. Global War on Terrorism outside of the United States, and the largest directly connected to terrorism. The Philippines and Indonesia, among other nations with their own internal conflicts with Islamic terrorism, also increased their military readiness.
Barrack Obama became the first African American president in 2008, a momentous occasion in American history as racial barriers were broken down. In 2004 there was a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean which led to a series of lethal tsunamis on December 26th, 2006. Approximately 230,210 people were killed which makes it the deadliest natural disaster on record. On February 7th, 2009 there were over 400 individual bushfires in Victoria, Australia. This is now known as Black Saturday, a terrible day in Australian history as 173 people died and 414 were injured.
On October 7, 2001, the War in Afghanistan began when U.S and British forces initiated aerial bombing campaigns in Afghanistan targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda camps, then later invaded Afghanistan with ground troops of the Special Forces. The overthrow of the Taliban rule of Afghanistan by a U.S.-led coalition was the second-biggest operation of the U.S. Global War on Terrorism outside of the United States, and the largest directly connected to terrorism. The Philippines and Indonesia, among other nations with their own internal conflicts with Islamic terrorism, also increased their military readiness.
Barrack Obama became the first African American president in 2008, a momentous occasion in American history as racial barriers were broken down. In 2004 there was a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean which led to a series of lethal tsunamis on December 26th, 2006. Approximately 230,210 people were killed which makes it the deadliest natural disaster on record. On February 7th, 2009 there were over 400 individual bushfires in Victoria, Australia. This is now known as Black Saturday, a terrible day in Australian history as 173 people died and 414 were injured.
