User blog comment:VENEZUELA/No September 11, 2001/@comment-267241-20100820194358

A rough TL:

2000 -Plan to launch a massive terrorist attack on America is cancelled by Al-Qaida.

2001 -September 11, 2001: Nothing of historical significance happens on this day.

2003 -War in Darfur. President Bush, not wanting to appear weak on foreign policy, vows to end the genocide there. United States leads a UN Peacekeeping force in the region. -President Bush orders air-strikes against Iraqi military targets after alleged violations of the no-fly zone.

2004 -George Bush narrowly wins reelection.

2005 -Hurricane Katrina occurs, killing at least 1,836 people and causing $81 billion in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

2006 -Truce signed between Taliban and the Northern Alliance. Afghanistan split between the two factions.

2007 -Global Recession.

2008 -Global financial crisis in September 2008 begins as the stock market crashes.

2008 -Hillary Clinton elected President of the United States of America.

2009 -Barack Obama joins the Supreme Court.