https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png History period 2 en-us 2016-10-18 20:48:26 UTC 2025-04-18 15:28:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131637214 Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.
This event brings one step closer to equality in the United States.]]> 2016-10-18 20:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131637214 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131637763 Same-Sex marriage is legalized in all 50 states of America. After Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage every other state started to cave in as well and legalize the law. ]]> 2016-10-18 20:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131637763 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131638372 The Supreme Court declines the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned the federal recognition of same-sex marriage and refused to recognize the legal standing of proponents in Proposition 8, which ended up causing the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California.]]> 2016-10-18 20:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131638372 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131638970 Leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the 9/11, Osama bin Laden, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by soldiers from the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group.]]> 2016-10-18 20:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131638970 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131639596  Barack Obama is elected as the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African american to become United States.]]> 2016-10-18 21:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131639596 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131639982  Hurricane Katrina devastates the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastlines killing at least 1,836 people and causing $81 billion in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Weeks later, Hurricane Rita causes $10 billion damage along the Louisiana and Texas coastlines. In October, Hurricane Wilma kills 35 and causes $20 billion in damage in Florida.]]> 2016-10-18 21:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131639982 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640107  STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30 year shuttle program, which began with the launch of shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.]]> 2016-10-18 21:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640107 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640484 Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators.]]> 2016-10-18 21:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640484 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640612 The Deep water Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.]]> 2016-10-18 21:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640612 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640707  The first of a series of Tea Party protests are conducted across the United States, focusing on smaller government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedoms and conservative views of the Constitution.]]> 2016-10-18 21:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640707 1611412 https://padlet.com/1611412/k7tmt3td5png/wish/131640753 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history_(1990%E2%80%93present)#2000s
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