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April – The labor force participation rate hits a historical peak of 67.4%. April – The employment-population ratio reaches an all-time high of 64.8%. April 1 The 2000 United States census determines the resident population of the United States to be 281,421,906. Boomerang, a secondary digital Cartoon Network channel, debuts.
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2007 — The late-2000s recession officially begins in December. 2008 — The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak kills over 60 people and produces $1 billion in damage across Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. 2008 — A student kills five, injures 21, and then kills himself in the Northern Illinois University shooting.
In the early 2000s, there were also multiple moments in US politics that captured the world's attention. George W. Bush was sworn in as president in 2001. George W. Bush is sworn in on January 20 ...
Dot-com collapse on March 10, 2000 – October 10, 2002. United States housing bubble, 2000–2006. Al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole at Aden in Yemen on October 12, 2000. George W. Bush becomes the 43rd president of the United States on January 20, 2001. Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
November 2 – The Godless Americans March on Washington brings together 2,000 atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, and humanists in a mile-long parade down the National Mall. November 3 – The 7.9 M w Denali earthquake shakes the Alaska Interior with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing one injury and $20–56 million in losses.
A spate of school shootings rocked the country in the late 1990s and the 2000s, the most notable being the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, that left 15 people dead, including both perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The actions of Harris and Klebold would go on to influence many future mass killers.