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The Great Recession Begins (Ends June 2009)

The Great Recession was an economic downturn that globally affected the financial markets and the banking and real estate industries. The Recession led to increases in home mortgage foreclosures worldwide. The Recession started a new period of financial regulation and led to the United States closely watching banks and companies that were about to collapse financially.

My brother was born in 2007.

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Barack Obama elected President of the United States

When Barack Obama was elected he became the first African American president. Obama had many impacts on the nation like the Affordable care act and Deferred action on Childhood arrivals. Obama prevented many crises and many people agreed that he was ranked 12th among all other presidents.

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BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest marine oil spill in history caused by an explosion on the rig. There were many efforts to try to stop the leak, as well as clean up, spilled oil but many efforts failed. The spill affected many industries, fishing had stopped, and tourist-dependent industries were struggling. A $20 billion compensation was created for those affected by the oil spill.

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Instagram launched

At the time Instagram was launched it was the largest growing social media with over a million users a month after it launched. Instagram kept growing and now has 600 million users. Instagram is one of the most popular social media that most people use to stay connected.

My family adopted our first cat.

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NASA retires Space Shuttle Program

The space shuttle program flew 135 missions but after time NASA officials thought they could do better. The average turn around was 54 days and after the Challenger disaster the turn around was 88 days and the program was very expensive. Though the decision left NASA dependent on the Russians for access to space and the proposed successor to the program, the Space Launch System has not successfully flown.

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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Adam Lanza began by killing his mother, Nancy Lanza, and taking multiple guns that she had purchased years prior. Lanza then shot through a window at the school and began shooting teachers and students.After the shooting, Legislators pledged to introduce some form of gun control and many schools across the united states employed some kind of armed personel.

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Founding of the "Black Lives Matter" movement

BLM was formed to fight anti-black violence and racism in the form of police brutality. BLM stands against unjust killings of black people and wants society to value black lives as much as white lives are valued. Many protests have been held to spread the mission of BLM.

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Pulse Nightclub Shooting

The Pulse Nightclub shooting was a mass shooting that took place early morning at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and left 49 people dead and more than 50 wounded. The club was known as a vibrant center for LGBTQ+ social life and on the night of the attack, the club was hosting its Latin Night. The President and Vice President met with survivors and Obama renewed his call for a legislative response to gun violence.

I moved to trumansburg.

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TikTok is launched

TikTok is a social media platform with 15-second to 10-minute short-form videos. TikTok became available worldwide after merging with another Chinese social media service, Musical.ly. TikTok is used by 2 billion people as the third fastest-growing brand of 2020.

I got my first phone.

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WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic

With the increasing number of cases and deaths from COVID, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID was rapidly spreading around the globe which led to it being a pandemic. COVID changed the way everyone around the world lived for a few years.

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Death of George Floyd & Black Lives Matter Protests

A white Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd for 10 minutes until he died. A video of the event was posted online and shortly after protests began to take place. The event brought more attention to police brutality and Chauvin was charged with second and third-degree murder.

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Riot on the Capitol

A mob of Republican President Donald Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol. Congress was meeting to certify the results of the Presidential Election which Joe Biden had won. Trump encouraged his supporters to attend the March to the Capitol and violently resist Congress's certification through tweets and his speech. Trump was later impeached for "incitement of insurrection" and the FBI saw it as an act of domestic terrorism.

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Derek Chauvin found guilty in the murder of George Floyd

Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. After the jurors debated for over 10 hours a decision was made that he was guilty. The trial is one of the most important trials in the Black Lives Matter era and is a step to ending police brutality.

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The US withdraws troops from Afghanistan

The Trump administration and the Taliban without the Afghan government signed the US-Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar. The deal stipulated fighting restrictions and the withdrawal of NATO forces in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments. The withdrawal could increase threats against the US and the Taliban could lose interest in peace negotiations with the US.

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Leak of the Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson

The opinion of the Supreme Courts opinion on abortion rights in the case Dobbs v. Jackson was leaked. The opinion was confirmed to be authentic by the Supreme court and currently, abortion is still legal. The draft contains legal reasoning that could challenge other rights in the future.

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Robb Elementary School Shooting

The 18-year-old suspect was a student at the Uvlade High School and had shown warning signs on social media. A AR - 15 assualt weapon was used, which was the same kind of weapon used in the Sandy Hook Shooting. As more shootings are happening the need for gun control is becoming more aware to the public.

I graduated 11th grade.

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