Period 5- Social Justice Movements & Events by Gentle Tassione McGaughey https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179 What was happening when you were born? en-us 2023-06-05 17:25:18 UTC 2023-06-13 21:37:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2728.png August 5, 1970 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045585 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 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045585 Ms. Grace October 7, 1997 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045586 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 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045586 Ella June 2nd 2005 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045589 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 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045589 Daniel Marx, August 1st, 2005. gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045591 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 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2615045591 Ayana may 5th 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616296250 Major events: On may 5th 2007 a flight left from Cameroon (Kenya Airways Flight 507) but it crashed and 114 people died. There were no survivors and it was the biggest crash to take place in Cameroon. Other than this, a former Russian president Boris Yeltsin died of heart failure, Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail because of a parole violation.
Music: The most popular songs at that time were Girlfriend by Avril Lavingne and Beautiful Liar- Beyonce and Shakira 
Movies: Spiderman 3 was released on May 4th 2007 and was one of the most popular movies of the year.
Books: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the most popular book published in 2007]]> 2023-06-06 21:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616296250 tracy October 25, 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616296536 Major events that happened on birthday is that North Korea warns that any participation by South Korea would be seen as a provocation and would lead to a "crisis of war" on the Korean peninsula. Another event that happened around that time (Oct. 26, 2006) George W. Bush had just signed a law that allowed the US to build a 700 mile fence along the Mexican border. He justifies this by saying it's to "make our borders more secure" and "help keep Americans safe."
Music that were released in Oct. of 2006 consist of My Love by Justin Timberlake and Irreplaceable by Beyonce
Movies that came out were The Departed distributed by Warner Bros. making $291.5M worldwide.]]> 2023-06-06 21:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616296536 Jennifer Nguyen June 20, 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616297004 Major Events: In Iraq, more than 80 people were killed and over 85 people were wounded in a suicide truck bombing. This attack occurred after the U.S military launched a large operation of the Iraq War. 
Music: Umbrella by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z was the #1 song on music charts. 
Movie: Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer was the top movie during this time. Ratatouille was also released during the month.
Books: Global Outlaws by Carolyn Nordstrom, Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer, and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.]]> 2023-06-06 21:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616297004 Xavier Nguyen - June 28th 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616300629 I found a lot of things that happened on Thursday June 28th 2007, an MLB baseball player named Craig Biggio who played for the Houston Astros was the 27th member of the 3000 hit club. In the NBA Greg Oden is the number one draft pick taken by the Portland Trail Blazers. A person named Eugene B. Fluckey who was an American Navy Submariner died at 93, the 78th Prime Minister of Japan named Kiichi Miyazawa, also dies at 87 today. The top three songs at the time was Umbrella by: Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, at number one, number two was Party like a Rockstar by: Shop Boyz, and Buy U a Drank by: T-Pain featuring Yung Joc. The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened species. On June 28th 1997 the boxer Mike Tyson bit the ear off of his opponent. In 1965 U.S. forces launch their first attack during the Vietnam War. In 1952 in South Africa June 28th was the day Nelson Mandela was arrested.]]> 2023-06-06 21:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616300629 Jess Rugland February 21 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616301337 Songs: Most popular singles from 2007 were “Crank that (soulja boy)” by Soulja Boy, “Stronger” by Kanye West and “Fergalicious” by Fergie. 
Movies: Superbad, Ratatouille, Juno, and Transformers. 
Major events: Adam Air flight 547 between Indonesian cities of Surabaya and Sulawesi crashed into the Makassar straight on January 1, 2007. All 102 people onboard died. It was the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737. 
Book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer, the third novel in the Twilight saga was published in 2007.

]]> 2023-06-06 21:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616301337 Emma Haynes; September 24th, 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302232 Not much happened in September of 2006. Steve Irwin, was a famous Australian Zookeeper called the "Crocodile Hunter," died on September 4th, 2006. He was stung by a deadly Stingray. Two months prior, July 9th, Italy won the World Cup 5-3 against France. 
Music: SexyBack by Justin Timberlake was number 1 on Billboard's Top 100 list.
Movies: Jackass Number Two, released on September 22nd, was top of the charts.]]> 2023-06-06 21:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302232 Michael Navarrete Baez January 13 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302265  When i was born at January 13 2007 Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the first generation iPhone At Macworld Expo But it was on released for sale until June 29 2007.
Second thing that happen was the Iraq Former President Saddam Hussein was executed Not In 2007 January But in 2006 December 30 the reason why I'm telling you this is because The Video of His execution was LEAKED on January 13 2007 on my birth day, it did started a fuzz because the video generated a bit of controversy and started a debate regarding the ethics of snaring such footage. And the last thing i saw was that a Jazz Musician Michael Becker ( he got the same name as me weirdly ) but as i was saying Michael Becker Death was on My birthday he was known as the best Jazz Musician of his generation since he had a huge impact on the genre.]]> 2023-06-06 21:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302265 Jesus September 4th, 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302840 The first thing that happened on my birthday was the popular tv personality Steve Irwin died from being impaled in the chest by a stingray barb. His most infamous series was "Crocodile Hunter." Another event that happened on my birthday was the airing of Curious George on PBS. This show was a massive staple for those who didn't have or couldn't afford cable and had to watch channels such as PBS. There are some things however that did happen on my birthday, but they weren't on the same year. One of these examples is that Google was founded on September 4th, 1998.]]> 2023-06-06 21:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302840 Luqman Duale https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302942 Augest 15 2007 

On August 15, 2007, at 6:40 p.m. local time, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of southern Peru, about 145 km from Lima. More than 4,500 aftershocks had been registered as of August 30, 2007, 30 of them had Modified Mercalli Intensity between 3 and 5.]]> 2023-06-06 21:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302942 Max August 16, 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302965 Events: On August 16, 1987 Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport killing 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
Music: The top song on my birthday was London Bridge by Fergie.
Movie: The  #1 movie was Talladega Knights
Book: The #1 book released this month was THE MESSENGER, by Daniel Silva]]> 2023-06-06 21:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616302965 Aymen Ahmed July 29,2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616304770 a big even that happened on July 29, 2007 is that U.S president George W. Bush talks with  the president of Russia Vladimir Putin In  Kennebunkport, Maine discussing missile defense and Iran. and a famous football player Jim David, American NFL defensive back passed away at the age of 79 he was a Pro Bowl 1954-59 NFL Champion 1952-53, ]]> 2023-06-06 21:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616304770 isac https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616305644
Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident, Nineteen Palestinian civilians are killed in the Gaza Strip from Israeli tank fire according to medical officers. (Reuters), (BBC News) Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh states that talks between Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas have been suspended.
]]> 2023-06-06 21:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616305644 Daniel Martinez October 3rd 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616309124 Major events: 3 people died there names are Alberto Ramento a Filipina bishop, John Crank a British mathematician, and Peter Norman a Australian track star also Wildlife Warrior Steve Irwin died as well in 2006. Music: SexyBack by Justin Timberlake and
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters where the #1 songs of 2006. movies: The movies monster house, click, 300, and super man returns were made in 2006.
]]> 2023-06-06 21:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2616309124 Adey , September 7th 2006 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617480646 On September 7th 2006 a major event such as the “Indian terrorist attack” happened . During the Shab-e-Barat, the day Muslims pray for their dead, terrorists targeted a Muslim cemetery in Malegaon, western India, with numerous bombs. According to reports, a total of 37 people were killed and more than 125 others were injured in the attacks.
Music: My love by Justin Timberlake and Me And You by Cassie were the top hits in 2006.
Movies:Superman returns and X Men The Last Strand was the top movies in 2006.
Books: Liseys Story by Stephen King and World War Z by Max Brooks we’re the top books in 2006.]]> 2023-06-07 20:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617480646 Zak, April 10th 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617488235 On April 10th 2007 The US authorizes $59 million worth of aid for the Palestinian, another big event that happened in April 2007 is the US military begins to build a wall around the Sunni district, one more important event the popular shows and tv movies for children and all ages for instants ben 10 was really popular as a show]]> 2023-06-07 20:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617488235 Brandon Washington October 11th, 2006 gentletmcg https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617489305 So on October 11th 2006 the Iraq War happened An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died since 2003 who might still be alive but for the US-led invasion. The Iraqi civil war was a civil war fought mainly between the Iraqi government along with American-led coalition forces and various sectarian armed groups, from 2006 to 2008.


]]> 2023-06-07 20:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617489305 Wala Abdin August 22, 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617794218 Major events: 14 U.S soldiers died in Iraq after being crashed by an Army Black Hawk helicopter in north Baghdad. This was the deadliest helicopter crash that has happened in Iraq since 2 and a half years.
Music:
"Stronger" Kanye West.
#1 R&B Song "When I See U" Fantasia.
#1 Country Song "Never Wanted Nothing More" Kenny Chesney.
#1 Alternative Hit "Paralyzer" Finger Eleven.
#1 Dance Track "Sound of Freedom" Bob Sinclar.
Books: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis, Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer, and In the Name of God by Paula Jolin.
Movies: Top 5 best movies on this day according to the box office was Superbad, Rush Hour 3, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, and Hairspray.


]]> 2023-06-08 03:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2617794218 Ava May 28th 2007 https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2622650151 In the year 2007 the first US social forum (USSF) was held in Atlanta Georgia. They launched a grassroots-led Social Forum process  that gathered a multitude of forces and advanced the strategic thinking and practice of movement building within our communities in the context of global struggle. This moment demands that we build a powerful movement that disrupts and transforms this country. We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. The USSF will provide spaces to build relationships, learn from each other’s experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and begin to vision and strategize how to reclaim our world. ]]> 2023-06-13 21:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gentletmcg/qhdx4s62t33ge179/wish/2622650151