Historical Context

Number of States in the US - 50

President - Joseph R. Biden

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2011 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the

30-year shuttle program

2012 - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are elected for a second term

2015 - Same sex marriage is legalized nationwide 

2016 - Donald Trump is elected president with Mike Pence as Vice President

2017 - UNC wins NCAA men's basketball national championship

2018 - The University of North Carolina celebrate 225 years

The confederate monument at UNC known as Silent Sam is torn down by protestors 

2020 - COVID 19 is declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization

Joe Biden is elected president with Kamala Harris as Vice President, the first woman to hold the position

2021 - Trump-supporting rioters storm the United States Capitol, forcing Congress to evacuate and interrupting the

Electoral College vote count that certified Joe Biden's victory

Juneteenth made federal holiday

2022 - Russia launches military invasion of Ukraine

Roe v. Wade is overturned

2023 -  Israel formally declares war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented

attack by air, sea and land on October 7

2024 - Donald Trump becomes first former president convicted of a felony