| George W. Bush Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
 | 2001 | His inauguration as 43rd President of the United States |
| 2001 | The 9/11 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon: On 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks using commercial aircraft kill 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. |
| 2001 | On 12 September 2001 the President declares the terrorist attacks as an act of war against the United States beginning the 'War on Terror'. Osama bin Laden is named as the mastermind of the enemy attacks. |
| 2001 | The Afghanistan War (2001 - present) begins as Al-Qaeda and the Taliban fail to give up Osama bin Laden: US cruise missiles strike targets in Afghanistan on 7 October, 2001 |
| 2001 | The Anthrax scare: Washington DC, the US Capital, shuts down due to an Anthrax scare. Anthrax is a fatal bacteria used in bio-terrorism. On October 17, 2001 the President calls for $1.5 billion to fight chemical attacks. |
| 2001 | Guantanamo Bay detention camp established in January 2002 |
| 2002 | No Child Left Behind Act passed January 8, 2002 requiring standardized math and reading tests. |
| 2002 | The Iraq War (Second Gulf War ) - October: Congress authorizes the President to use force against Iraq on October 10, 2002 believing Saddam Hussein holds weapons of mass destruction |
| 2002 | The Bali terrorist attacks on October 12, 2002 |
| 2001 | The Enron Scandal: The Enron Scandal in October 2001 led to the bankruptcy of Enron, a important energy corporation due to accounting irregularities that claimed inflated profits |
| 2002 | Nuclear arms treaty with Russia: The President travels to the Kremlin to meet the Russian president Vladimir Putin and sign a nuclear arms treaty on May 24, 2002 to reduce their weapons over the next 10 years. |
| 2002 | The Iraq War - November: Iraq fails to give inspectors full cooperation and refuses to acknowledge stockpiles of chemical weapons. |
| 2002 | Department of Homeland Security was formed on November 25, 2002 in response to the September 11 attacks |
| 2003 | The Iraq War - January: The first 25,000 U.S. troops start deploying to the Persian Gulf region on January 1, 2003 |
| 2003 | The Columbia Tragedy: On February 1, 2003 the space shuttle Columbia disintegrates 15 minutes before its scheduled landing, killing the 7 crew members. |
| 2003 | The Iraq War - March: President, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose María Aznar convene for a summit in the Azores on March 16, 2003 |
| 2003 | The Iraq War - March: Cruise missile attack on Baghdad and the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003 to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein |
| 2003 | The Iraq War ends on 1 May 2003 |
| 2003 | The faction that would become known as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria began to emerge in 2003 |
| 2003 | Saddam Hussein was captured on 14 December 2003 |
| 2004 | On January 14, 2004 the President announces a goal to return humans to the moon by 2020, in preparation for the human exploration of Mars. |
| 2005 | The Discovery Program marks NASA's return to human spaceflight on July 26, 2005 after the Columbia tragedy. |
| 2005 | Hurricane Katrina (August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005) with devastating Environmental, Social and Economic effects |
| 2006 | Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging on November 5, 2006 |
| 2006 | Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006. Despite a prolonged search, weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq. |
| 2007 | Virginia Tech Rampage: On April 16, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho kills himself and 32 fellow students at Virginia Tech |
| 2007 | The Credit Crunch: The Credit Crunch begins in July 2007 with the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States |
| 2008 | The Credit Crunch - 2008 Financial Crisis: In February 2008 Leaders from the G7 group project worldwide losses from the US mortgage crisis could reach 400 billion dollars |
| 2008 | The Credit Crunch: Lehman Brothers go bankrupt September 2008. The FBI investigate the possibility of fraud in 26 finance companies including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG |
| 2008 | The President Bush signs a $700 billion bailout plan on October 3, 2008 for failing bank assets. 1 December 2008: The US recession is officially declared by the National Bureau of Economic Research |
| 2009 | His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Barack Obama |
| George W Bush Timeline of important Events |
