https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g en-us 2016-10-06 01:15:04 UTC 2017-05-15 16:32:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669836 Hilary Clinton becomes the first women to be a presidential party nominee on July 28, 2016, at the Democratic Convention. This is a really important fact since it got her one step closer too becoming the first woman president, but also it was a very big accomplishment since no other women have achieved this before. ]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669836 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669842 On June 26, 2015, all states in the USA legalized same-sex marriage to all people. This affected our country because now same sex couples to have same benefits like other couples. It even allowed them to be in the military.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669842 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669843 On December 14, 2012, there was a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where a man shot twenty kids, that were 6 to 7 year old kids, and six staff workers. This was the third most deadliest mass shooting by one person in the US and it also, like the Virginia Tech shooting, raised more questioning on gun laws.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669843 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669846 In the 2013 Boston Marathon, there was a bombing on April 15 that killed three people and injured 264 people. It was a huge terrorist attack done in the US, that was done by two people. The Boston marathon also had a lot of international participants and it hurt many of them. It even brought awareness of household weapons because the bombs they made were pressure cookers.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669846 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669852 On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was the elected 44th president of the United States of America. He was the first African American president in US history, which was really important compared to other presidents. He achieved two terms in his presidential career. His action affected us US citizens because he  made Obamacare, which is affordable care act.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669852 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669854 on May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist, was executed after committing terrorist attacks, such as 9/11. This was a big historic achievement for the US in the War on Terror since we had killed the leader of a dangerous terrorist group named Al-Qaeda, who had also payed for the 9/11 attacks. The way this impacted us is because we had caught a major enemy who had plotted attacks on other countries.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669854 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669857 On June 12, 2016, a man named Omar Mateen killed 49 people at a nightclub at Orlando, Florida. It was a huge detriment to our country of our. It was the most deadliest mass shooting and it was a terrorist attack.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669857 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669859 Saddam Hussein, the dictator Iraq, was executed on December 30, 2006. This was a huge historical event since he was an enemy and it as huge achievement for the US and other countries. He was an enemy because he caused many invasions in other countries, like invading Kuwait, and also his actions led to wars, like the Persian Gulf war, which was a result of his action of invading Kuwait. He was also charged for crimes against humanity and killing many people. When we executed, it released people from the dictatorship of this man in Iraq.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669859 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669862 On February 24, 2011, the spaceship Discovery landed at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. This is a historic event since it ended its space program that lasted over 27 years. It has even landed 39 times. In a way this showed the work of our space program.]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669862 1531365 https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669868 On April 16, 2007, in Virginia Tech there was a shooting that killed 32 and hurt 17 people. It was the second most deadliest shooting done by a single person in the US. It also one of the most deadliest in the world and also started to make people to change gun laws. It also raised concerns about how people were treated when they are mentally ill]]> 2016-10-06 01:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1531365/ovabcyqpi11g/wish/128669868