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| 1946 | Birth |  |
| Birth of George Walker Bush |
| 1990 | Election | |
| 25th Feb The USAbacked coalition defeats Ortega's Sandanista government |
| 1992 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 29th Jan President Bush and President Yeltsin cap the first day of their Washington summit by announcing their countries had agreed to slash their long-range nuclear arsenals by two-thirds |
| 17th June President Bush and President Yeltsin sign a breakthrough arms-reduction agreement, addressing Congress , Yeltsin pledges to find any American prisoners of war still being held in Russia |
| 1995 | Election | |
| Texas Elected Governor of Texas , narrowly defeats Al Gore |
| 1995 | Governor | |
| Texas Appointed Governor of Texas |
| 2000 | Election | |
| 13th Dec Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush |
| 2001 | Anthrax Letters | |
| Letters containing anthrax are sent to the USASenate |
| 2001 | Bombing of al Qaeda | |
| 7th Oct Kabul American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul |
| 2001 | Bombing of Kabul | |
| 7th Oct Kabul American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul |
| 2001 | Bombing of Twin Towers | |
| 11th Sep New York Al Qaeda hijack aeroplanes & destroy the Twin Towers, nearly 3,000 are killed |
| 13th Sep New York Bush vows to "lead the world to victory" over terrorism |
| 14th Sep New York Bush leads 4 former presidents for national prayer at the National Cathedral |
| 2001 | Capture of Herat | |
| 12th Nov Herat Taliban forces leave Kabul |
| 2001 | Capture of Kabul | |
| 12th Nov Kabul Taliban forces leave Kabul |
| 2001 | Diplomacy | |
| April President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion |
| Sep A report by Central Intelligence Agency accuses Iran of having one of the world's most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons |
| 15th Sep Pakistan agrees to support the USAin any invasion of Afghanistan |
| 6th Nov Warsaw Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons |
| 2001 | Economy | |
| 17th Sep New York The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to help prevent a recession |
| 2001 | Enduring Freedom | |
| Oct The USAmilitary name of the conflict is Operation Enduring Freedom |
| 2001 | Federal Reserve | |
| 17th Sep New York The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to help prevent a recession |
| 2001 | Independence | |
| April President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion |
| 2001 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| 15th Sep Pakistan agrees to support the USAin any invasion of Afghanistan |
| Oct Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden |
| Oct The officially-stated purpose of the invasion is to target al-Qaeda members, and to punish the Taliban government in Afghanistan which had provided support and haven to al-Qaeda |
| Oct The USAmilitary name of the conflict is Operation Enduring Freedom |
| 2001 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Sep A report by Central Intelligence Agency accuses Iran of having one of the world's most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons |
| 2001 | President | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 43rd President |
| 2001 | Siege of Herat | |
| 12th Nov Herat Taliban forces leave Kabul |
| 2001 | Siege of Kabul | |
| 12th Nov Kabul Taliban forces leave Kabul |
| 2001 | Siege of Konduz | |
| 16th Nov Konduz The Taliban are forced back to their heartland in southeastern Afghanistan around Kandahar |
| 25th Nov Konduz Taliban fighters holding out in Konduz finally surrender and are herded into the Qala-e-Jangi prison complex near Mazar-I-Sharif |
| 2001 | Speech | |
| 6th Nov Warsaw Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons |
| 2001 | State of Emergency | |
| 14th Sep New York Bush declares a national emergency |
| 2001 | Terrorism | |
| 6th Nov Warsaw Says Osama bin Laden is trying to get chemical, biological and nuclear weapons |
| 2001 | United Nations | |
| 11th Nov Tells the UN General Assembly the time has come to act against global terrorism |
| 19th Dec The UN Security Council had issued Resolution 1333 directed towards the Taliban demanding that the Taliban turn over bin Laden to the United States or a third country |
| 2001 | War on Terrorism | |
| Oct Begins in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden |
| 2002 | Arrest | |
| 11th Jan Guantanamo Bay The 1st al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay |
| 2002 | Authorization for Use of Military Force | |
| 11th Oct The United States Congress passed the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" |
| 2002 | Axis of Evil | |
| 29th Jan President George Bush, in his State of the Union address, describes Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil" |
| 2002 | Commission Sept 11th | |
| 21st Nov Bush creates a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Sept 11, 2001 |
| 2002 | Diplomacy | |
| 29th Jan President George Bush, in his State of the Union address, describes Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil" |
| Sep Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from USA |
| Dec The USAaccuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak |
| 2002 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 11th Oct Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous UN resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism |
| 11th Oct The United States Congress passed the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002" |
| 2002 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Sep Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from USA |
| Dec The USAaccuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak |
| 17th Dec Orders the construction by 2004 of a limited missile defense shield |
| 2002 | United Nations | |
| 9th Nov The resolution threatens "serious consequences" |
| 9th Nov The UN Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, offering Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" |
| 2002 | Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| 11th Oct Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous UN resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism |
| 2003 | Arrest | |
| 13th Dec Tikrit Saddam Hussein is captured by USAsoldiers in a 6ft by 8ft hole |
| 2003 | Bombing of Baghdad | |
| 20th Mar Baghdad America begins the war with air strikes on Baghdad |
| 2003 | Broadcast | |
| 17th Mar Bush addresses the nation, he demands that Hussein and his two sons Uday and Qusay leave Iraq, giving them a 48-hour deadline |
| 2003 | Capture of Baghdad | |
| 9th April Baghdad Bush declares the end of major combat operations, terminating the Baath Party's rule and removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office |
| 9th April Baghdad The Iraqi military is defeated & Baghdad falls |
| 2003 | Capture of Iraq | |
| 9th April Bush declares the end of major combat operations, terminating the Baath Party's rule and removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office |
| 2003 | Demonstrations | |
| 15th Feb Anti-war protests are held, the largest of their kind since the Vietnam War took place with 6-10 million people in over 60 countries around the world |
| 2003 | Diplomacy | |
| April Belfast Attends the Peace Summit in Northern Ireland, fails to secure a breakthrough |
| June White House refuses to rule out the "military option" in dealing with Iran after IAEA says Iran "failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities" |
| 18th Nov London Arrives in Britain for a state visit |
| 2003 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 20th Mar Prior to the invasion, the United States ' official position was that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 regarding weapons of mass destruction and had to be disarmed by force |
| 20th Mar The United States , the United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, Italy and Poland supply the vast majority of the invading forces, in co-operation with Kurdish forces |
| 20th Mar The USAlaunches the invasion of Iraq, termed "Operation Iraqi Freedom" |
| 9th April Bush declares the end of major combat operations, terminating the Baath Party's rule and removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office |
| 2003 | Iraqi Freedom | |
| 20th Mar The USAlaunches the invasion of Iraq, termed "Operation Iraqi Freedom" |
| 2003 | Neutrality Turkey | |
| 1st Mar Turkey rejects America's plan to base 62,000 troops in it's country |
| 2003 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| June White House refuses to rule out the "military option" in dealing with Iran after IAEA says Iran "failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities" |
| 2003 | Summit | |
| April Belfast Attends the Peace Summit in Northern Ireland, fails to secure a breakthrough |
| 2003 | United Nation Resolution 1483 Iraq | |
| 22nd May Resolution 1483 recognizes the authority, responsibilities, and obligations of the United States and the United Kingdom as occupying powers of Iraq under a unified command |
| 2003 | United Nations | |
| The UK & USA attempt to get a UN Security Council resolution authorising military force, but withdraw because of a possible veto by France, Russia & China |
| 20th Mar Prior to the invasion, the United States ' official position was that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 regarding weapons of mass destruction and had to be disarmed by force |
| 2003 | Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| Despite the discovery of chemicals that are part of legitimate industrial use & could be possibly used as potential components of WMD, no actual weapons of mass destruction are found |
| 20th Mar Prior to the invasion, the United States ' official position was that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 regarding weapons of mass destruction and had to be disarmed by force |
| 2004 | Bombing of New York Saudi Arabia | |
| 22nd July New York The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the USAis formed by the USAgovernment, called the 9/11 Commission, concludes the attacks were planned & carried out by al-Qaeda |
| 2004 | Constitution | |
| 28th June An interim government officially takes over from the USAoccupation authority |
| 2004 | Criminal Investigations Division | |
| 13th Jan Abu Ghraib Darby, a soldier, reports USAabuses to the Army's Criminal Investigations Division |
| 2004 | Diplomacy | |
| 13th Jan Bush allows Canada to bid on Iraq contracts |
| 2004 | Election | |
| 2nd Nov Bush wins 50.9% of the vote, 31 states & 286 electoral votes |
| 2004 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 5th Jan Officials declare Pakistani scientists gave Libya technology to build nuclear weapons |
| 2004 | Rule of Iraq | |
| 28th June An interim government officially takes over from the USAoccupation authority |
| 2005 | Declaration of War | |
| 15th Dec Admits responsibility for going to war in Iraq on the basis of faulty intelligence |
| 2005 | Federal Reserve Board | |
| 24th Oct President Bush nominates economist Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when his term expires on January 31, 2006. The legendary Greenspan had served as the Fed's chairman for 18 years |
| 2005 | Hurricane Katrina | |
| 29th Aug New Orleans Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast, causing massive damage to New Orleans and along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, as well as other parts of Louis iana |
| 29th Aug New Orleans The federal government and President Bush are roundly criticized for what was perceived as their slow response to the disaster |
| 2006 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Mar USANational Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes |
| 2007 | Battle of Najaf | |
| 28th Jan Najaf 250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle |
| 2007 | Blackwater USA | |
| 13th Sep 17 Iraqi civilians, including a couple and their infant, are killed when employees of private security company Blackwater USA reportedly fire on a car that fails to stop, Nuri al-Maliki threatens to evict Blackwater employees from Iraq |
| 2007 | Bombing of Sudan | |
| 8th Jan Mogadishu The USAlaunches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias |
| 2007 | Diplomacy | |
| 11th Feb Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons |
| 27th Feb In a policy shift USAofficials say they will participate in high-level talks with Iran and Syria at a meeting about Iraq |
| 2007 | Economy | |
| 5th Feb President Bush says the $2.9 trillion budget will eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 without increasing taxes |
| 2007 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| 17th Jan Reversing its policy, the Justice Department announces the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will oversee the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. |
| 2007 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 11th Jan Erbil Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five people, urdish officials are outraged at the move, and about 100 Kurdish troops stop USAtroops from crossing a checkpoint. |
| 16th Jan The tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006 |
| 24th Jan Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bush's plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq |
| 2nd Feb National Intelligence Estimate finds the Iraqi leadership is likely too weak to hold the country together, the military is ill-equipped to rein in militias, and USAtroops are necessary to stabilize Iraq |
| 16th Feb The House of Representatives votes, 246-182, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that expresses support for USAtroops but criticizes President Bush's "surge" that calls for some 20,000 additional troops to be sent to Iraq. |
| 15th May President Bush selects Lt Gen Douglas Lute to oversee war policy in Iraq and Afghanistan |
| 25th May Moktada al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army militia and an opponent of the US-led war in Iraq, reemerges from hiding for the first time since January. In a speech, he calls for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq |
| 31st May With 127 deaths, May is the deadliest month for U.S. troops since November 2004 |
| 24th Aug A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops |
| 13th Sep n a nationally televised address, President Bush outlines a plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq, he says by July 2008 troop levels would drop from the current high of 169,000 to 130,000 |
| 12th Oct Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former Commander of USAforces in Iraq, criticizes the Bush administration for its "catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan" |
| 17th Oct Turkey's Parliament votes, 507 to 19, to allow the deployment of troops into northern Iraq to deal with attacks on Turkey by Kurdish rebels in Iraq |
| 6th Nov Six American soldiers are killed in Iraq, bringing the total deaths in 2007 to 852, the highest annual total since the war began in 2003 |
| 2007 | National Intelligence Estimate | |
| 24th Aug A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops |
| 2007 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 13th Feb Beijing At a meeting with diplomats from the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, North Korea agrees to dismantle its nuclear facilities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for about $400 million in oil and aid |
| 2007 | Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
| 24th Jan Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bush's plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq |
| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad | |
| 10th Jan Baghdad In a nationally televised address, President Bush announces an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting |
| 16th Feb Baghdad Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
| 12th April Baghdad Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdad's fortified International Zone |
| 3rd May Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll |
| 7th May Baghdad The USAand Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias |
| 16th June Baghdad USAforces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified |
| 2007 | Siege of Erbil | |
| 11th Jan Erbil Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five people, urdish officials are outraged at the move, and about 100 Kurdish troops stop USAtroops from crossing a checkpoint. |
| 2007 | State of the Union Address | |
| 23rd Jan Admits that the war in Iraq is not going as planned, "This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we are in," he says, "Every one of us wishes that this war were over and won" |
| 2007 | Trial | |
| 16th June Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign |
