Major Events of Presidency:
- $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill signed into law
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed
- BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes
- Republicans take control of the House of Representatives
- Obama signs the Compromise tax plan which extends the George W. Bush's tax cuts
- Osama Bin Laden killed
- Solyndra, a Government backed solar panel company, files for bankruptcy
- Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddaffi is killed
- Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- First successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 was carried out during Boston Marathon
- Obama officially promotes highly controversial United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to the administration cabinet post of National Security Adviser
- Obama announces he will seek Congressional authorization from the U.S. Congress to use military force against Syria for their use of chemical weapons