Since then, the name United States of America has served as a symbol of liberty and independence. In 1754, Benjamin Franklin popularised the idea of a political union in his famous "Join, Or Die" cartoon. The concept of unity became a reality a generation later.

The September 11 attacks, also known as the 9/11 attacks, were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks carried out in 2001 against targets in the United States by 19 militants affiliated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda, and were the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in US history. The attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., caused widespread death and destruction and sparked a massive counter-terrorism effort in the United States. In New York, 2,750 people were killed, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania (where one of the hijacked planes crashed after passengers attempted to retake the plane); all 19 terrorists were killed.

Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), also known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933 and a notable Test cricketer for the English cricket team. He also represented Cambridge University in first-class cricket and Sussex in county cricket.

S. Shankar directed Nayak: The Real Hero, a 2001 Indian Hindi-language political action film produced by A. M. Rathnam under the Sri Surya Movies banner. Anil Kapoor stars in the film, with Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, and Johnny Lever in supporting roles. It is a remake of Shankar's 1999 Tamil-language film Mudhalvan, and it focuses on Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (Kapoor), a television cameraman and, later, television presenter, who accidentally overhears and records a conversation between police and Maharashtra Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan (Puri) to take an indifferent stand during riots sparked by a fight between college students and a bus driver. Shivaji is challenged to take over Chauhan's job for a day while interviewing him about the issues.

Radhika Apte is a Bollywood actress. She primarily works in Hindi films, but she has also appeared in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, and English-language films. She began her career in theatre and made her film debut in the Hindi fantasy Vaah! Toh Aisi Life Ho!

Adam Richard Sandler is a comedian, actor, and filmmaker from the United States. From 1990 to 1995, he was a cast member on Saturday Night Live before going on to star in numerous Hollywood films that have grossed more than $4 billion at the box office.

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe launched in November 1996 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. MGS was a global mapping mission that investigated the entire planet, from the ionosphere to the surface. Mars Global Surveyor, as part of the larger Mars Exploration Program, monitored the atmosphere for sister orbiters during aerobraking and assisted Mars rovers and lander missions by identifying potential landing sites and relaying surface telemetry.

From September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969, NBC aired Star Trek. It debuted on Canada's CTV network on September 6, 1966. Star Trek's Nielsen ratings were low on NBC, and the show was cancelled after three seasons and 79 episodes.

The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the lead single and the opening track from the band's second album, Nevermind (1991), released on DGC Records. The song's unexpected success propelled Nevermind to the top of several album charts at the beginning of 1992, an event widely regarded as the moment when grunge entered the mainstream.