The Anasazi culture of prehistoric American Indians developed and flourished, ca. 800–1100, in the Southwest near the present-day borders of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Pueblo tribes later developed from the Anasazi.
In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that statements made by suspected criminals were only admissible for prosecution if suspects had been informed of their rights, leading to the establishment of “Miranda rights.”
Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois became the first African American elected to the presidency. He defeated Republican nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona. Obama won 365 electoral votes to McCain’s 173.