https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr What was happening when you were born? en-us 2023-06-05 17:16:38 UTC 2023-06-13 02:48:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2728.png gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037745 US Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton freed from jail after two trials ended in hung juries and the district attorney decides against a 4th trial. Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude is the story of seven generations of the Buendía Family in the town of Macondo. Movie: The McMasters (about a Black Civil War veteran who owns a southern farm). Music: Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield, Let It Be by the Beatles, Green by the muppet cast of Sesame Street]]> 2023-06-05 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037745 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037746 Major Events: Civil Rights Act of 1997 - prohibits discrimination or preference in Federal Employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Between 1997 and 2014, 1,000 women were forcibly sterilized in California prisons, the majority of them Black women.
Music: Hypnotize by the Notorious B.I.G. and You Make Me Wanna by Usher were top songs in 1997. Movies: Disney's Hercules and Beauty and the Beast both came out in 1997! Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella movie came out!!
Books: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Ella Enchanted, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 2023-06-05 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037746 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037747 The only thing that happened on my birthday was the navy started building the first unmanned attack aircraft that can operate from both water and land. Hurricane Katrina happened two months after my birthday which flooded 80% of New Orleans and killed 1,600 people. Oil prices rose a lot. George W Bush started his second term. In Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected she was the first women president of an African country. YouTube was created. Pope John Paul the second dies. Britain grants the right to same sex marriages. Condoleezza Rice became the Secretary of State becoming the first African American and the second women to hold this position. Rosa Parks dies. ]]> 2023-06-05 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037747 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037748 In the month of august, hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Causing 115 billion dollars in damage, and left thousands upon thousands of people homeless. A popular song in that week of august was "We Belong together" By Mariah Carey. Fun fact about the date august 1st. In 1834 slavery was outlawed in the British Empire by an emancipation bill. Another fun fact, august 1st in Alberta, Canada. is a holiday known as "Heritage Day" Where people celebrate their heritage as the name implies. Barack Obama's birthday is august 4th, which is pretty close to august 1st. ]]> 2023-06-05 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2615037748 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616116806 When I was born there was a giant immigrants rights protest in United States. There were over a million protesters in around 200 city's and towns. They were fighting for all of the immigrants in the United States. The government had passed a bill making it really hard for immigrants to be in the United States and to get into the United States. So they had to fight and protest so that they could stay in the country. The protests were mainly in Los Angeles and Chicago. It was a really cool thing where all of the young immigrants of the country rose up to save themselves.]]> 2023-06-06 17:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616116806 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616125574 In the year 2007 of April a collage student guns down dozens in Virginia. He killed 2 in a Virginia tech dorm, then 2hours later he killed 30 more before committing suicide. 
Harry Potter closed billion-dollar in publishing history.   ]]> 2023-06-06 17:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616125574 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616128613 Events: In 2006 the US energy department discovered a trillion barrels worth of oil in the green river basin. The Sago mine disaster occurred near Buckhannon, West Virginia where multiple miners passed away. Pluto was considered a dwarf planet rather than a full planet due to the size and orbit. 
Other Events: The Nintendo Wii was released in November. Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. Italy wins the 2006 world cup in Germany.]]> 2023-06-06 17:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616128613 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616133510 Around the time that i was born a bridge under construction had collapsed in Fenghuang. At least 34 people were killed, 22 people injusred, and at least 30 people missing. They believed that the reason for the bridges collapsing was because they were poorly designed and poorly built.]]> 2023-06-06 17:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616133510 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616143964 On December 20, 2006 A judge ruled out the death penalty for naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish federation in Seattle. On decmber 14, 2006 former presidant bush attends the white house summit on malaria. the goals for this were to raise awarness about malaria and to mobilize a grassroots effort to save millions of lives in Africa.  in June 2005. A five-year, $1.2 billion program, PMI challenges the private sector to join the U.S. government in combating malaria in 15 of the hardest-hit African countries. In December of 2006, Three people are killed and one injured when a gun man opens fire shooting at a Chicago skyscraper. ]]> 2023-06-06 17:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616143964 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616145058 Major Events: The National Liberation Forces signs a Burundi - Ralph "Bucky" Philips is added to the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives - The U.S military prohibits cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatments for "unlawful combatants" in a sweeping revision of DOD Directive 2310 - Bomb explodes near U.S Embassy in Kabul
Book: The Last Books by Scott Westerfeld
Music: Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake was on the top of the music charts - London Bridge by Fergie was #1 on the Billboards top 100
Movies: "Invincible" from Walt Disney Studios was on the top of the Box Office - "Jackass Number 2" was at the top of the Box Office in September]]> 2023-06-06 17:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616145058 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616186122 Major events: On April first, there is a known holiday, April fools. Where people joke around and play pranks on people. There is also Jackie Robinson Day, on April 15th. Which is significant because it reminds us of the change he made by being the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. 2007 was then George Bush was in presidency, and war in Somalia. The San Antonio Spurs swept the Cavaliers in the finals. A huge event is when the first iPhone was released by Steve Jobs.
Movies: Some of the best movies came out in 2007. One was Transformers, which is a very known and iconic movie. Ratatouille is another very popular movie. Also Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Superbad, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Shrek 3 also all came out during 2007.
Music: One very popular album from 2007 is Graduation by Kanye West. Another one is It Wont Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5. American Gangster by Jayz. Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna. All of these came out during 2007. ]]> 2023-06-06 18:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616186122 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616193896 Events: The Government of Afghanistan tries to investigate claims about the United States and NATO and how they caused casualties in Farah Province with air strikes.
Book: the closest book I could find near my birthday was Harry Potter book 7
Music: Umbrella by Rihanna and Jay Z
Movies: When Nietzsche Wept ]]> 2023-06-06 18:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2616193896 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2617352755 On May 26 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people and leaves 200,000 people homeless, starving and lost of many family members. ]]> 2023-06-07 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2617352755 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2618627213 In November 2006, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims— including children— in retaliation for a perceived assassination attempt while he was visiting their town of Al Dujail. The Super Typhoon Durian killed at least 742 people in what was then the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines. The Prime Minister of Nepal at the time (Girija Prasad Koirala) and the future Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed a peace treaty, which ended 11 years of Nepalese civil war. ]]> 2023-06-08 21:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2618627213 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2620793800 Every year on April 22, Earth Day increases awareness of environmental problems and encourages sustainable behavior. Education, planting trees, clean-up initiatives, supporting renewable energy, and policy lobbying are among the activities. It motivates people to preserve the environment and make responsible decisions for the environment.

This show that Global environmental awareness and sustainable behaviors are promoted on Earth Day. It promotes environmental protection and highlights the significance of sustainability.

]]> 2023-06-12 06:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2620793800 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/apsdqzrw3vhflwrr/wish/2621730183 In March 2006, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams founded Twitter. It started out as a "twttr" platform for internal communication within the Odeo company but eventually broke off into its own company. Twitter became well-known for its 140-character message limit at the time, short-form messaging. Users could publish real-time updates known as "tweets" that their followers could view. A global platform for communication, news, and social interaction, Twitter gained popularity quickly. Since its creation, it has continued to develop and introduced features like hashtags.

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