2008 & ndash ; The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual right, and that the District of Columbia handgun ban is unconstitutional.
1997 - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone -LRB- Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone in the U.S. -RRB-, le premier livre de la série Harry Potter de J.K. Rowlings, très populaire, est publié.