Timeline |
It is important to understand the events that have shaped the lives of Millennials, defined a generation, and what's next. |
1946-1964
The Baby Boomer Generation (the parents of the Millennial Generation) is born
1980-2000 The Millennial Generation is born
1990s Jessica and Michael become the top baby names of the '90s ("Top...") 1993-2010 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy issued by the US Department of Defense prohibits being openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military (American Experience) 1998 Google founded ("The Events...") 1999 Columbine High School shooting ("The Events...") September 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks carried out by extremist group, al-Qaeda, shock the nation and create international fear as millions of Americans watch the footage of New York's twin towers crumble 2003 Myspace, Last.fm, and LinkedIn are created (Boyd and Ellison) 2004 Mark Zuckerberg creates the first version of Facebook, which can only be accessed by Harvard students (Boyd and Ellison) Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage (American Experience) 2005 YouTube is founded (Boyd and Ellison) Hurricane Katrina devastates Louisiana ("The Events...") 2006 Twitter is created, Facebook is opened up to everyone (Boyd and Ellison) 2007 First generation iPhone is released by Apple (Apple) The "Great Recession" begins ("The Events...")2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President of the United States 2010 Instagram is invented (Lagorio-Chafkin) May 2, 2011 Head of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, is killed by U.S. Navy Seals 2014 Massachusetts (along with many other states) pass anti-bullying laws after highly talked about suicides of Carl Walker (2009) and Phoebe Prince (2010) (Massachusetts Laws) Future Bernie Sanders wins popular vote All states legalize gay marriage and recreational marijuana Apple releases first artificial intelligence robot Millennials parent the highest number of mixed raced children Millennials have the lowest number married couples |