The launch of the first iPhone led to a mobile revolution, and social media became the premier platform for communication. Michael Jackson's death shakes a whole world.
One experienced a tragic tsunami in 2004 and eventually captured Saddam Hussein. The revelations at the Abu Ghraib prison led to strong reactions.
With the 00s now firmly in our rear view mirror, the decade is ripe for re-evaluation. From 9/11 to the financial crisis, the decade shows not only a period of turmoil in the United States but its also a golden age when the Internet hadnt been colonized by corporations, when social media was still young and fresh and when it was easy to make money.