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- 1. In August of 2021, the United States left this country.
- 6. In December 2000, he was knighted by the Queen of England. He is also considered responsible for inventing the modern blockbuster.
- 10. This governmental department was created in response to 9/11 in 2002.
- 12. It began on March 20th, 2003.
- 13. A computer "bug" that never really happened. (Abbv.)
- 14. In 2000, he became the youngest person to win all four Grand Slam events in golf.
- 16. The first game of this series launched in 2003, a new game is released every year and just launched one last October.
- 18. Osama Bin Laden was executed on May 2nd, 2011 while taking refuge at his compound in this country.
- 20. His movies have battled numerous debacles of censorship, particularly because of violent content and racially targeted dialogue. One of his "prodigies" is Samuel L. Jackson, who's starred in six of his movies.
- 22. They won the World Series in 2004, the first title they won since 1918.
- 24. Attacked on September 11th, 2001.
- 27. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York in 2001, seven years before passing away from a drug overdose.
- 28. It released in June of 2007, there are currently fourteen of them.
- 31. In 2000, he stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, 25 years after he created the company.
- 32. The U.S. invaded this country in October 2001, and has resulted in the longest war America has ever fought.
- 34. The final book of this series was published in 2007.
- 35. It had its "Roadster" debut in 2006.
- 36. Launched in 2001, most of you found the answers to these crosswords here.
- 38. In 2010, one of the worst oil spills ever recorded, occurred off the Gulf of Mexico, as it spilled over 135 million gallons of oil.
- 40. One of the worst economical declines in history began in December 2007.
- 41. It became the first foreign feature film to win Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2020.
- 42. This social media site launched in 2006 and was recently bought by Elon Musk.
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- 2. It was rebooted for a second time for its "sequel" trilogy in 2015.
- 3. Nintendo launched this in 2006.
- 4. He has the most Super Bowl wins out of any quarterback in the NFL.
- 5. It launched in February of 2004, and it is the third most-visited website in the world.
- 7. This spacecraft launched in 2005, designed to study the climate of Mars. (Abbv.)
- 8. In 2020, this company launched the first "private" spaceflight.
- 9. In 2009, they declared bankruptcy, and quickly became one of the largest industrial bankruptcies ever recorded.
- 11. Pandemic that began in January 2020.
- 12. In 2001, Apple introduced this.
- 15. On March 23rd, 2010, Barack Obama signed this into law.
- 17. It was kicked out of the planetary club in 2006.
- 19. Executed on May 2nd, 2011.
- 21. In 2008, he became the first African-American U.S. President to run for office.
- 23. In 2007, she became the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 25. In 2006, Disney bought this.
- 26. This hurricane devastated the Gulf of Mexico and later forced New Orleans to be placed under martial law.
- 29. Government building attacked on 9/11.
- 30. In 2003, the "Terminator" gets elected as governor of California, and served two terms before stepping down in 2011.
- 33. One American and two Russians become the first residents of this in November of 2000.
- 37. In 2008, he became the first Olympic medalist to win eight gold medals at one Olympic games.
- 39. This comic strip was discontinued after its creator, Charles Schulz died in 2000.