2016 Annual History Facts Daylight Saving Twins: Samuel, was born at 1:39 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, MA. His brother Ronan was born there, 31 minutes later, just as daylight saving time had ended, making Ronan 29 minutes older. The Top Song was Love Yourself by Justin Bieber …
2015 Annual History Facts The Internet: Between 2000-2015, Google had an informal motto of Don’t be Evil. The idea was to have a motto: “once you put it in there, would be hard to take out”. When Google began to track users in 2012, there was a public backlash to the motto. The motto was …
2014 Annual History Facts The Missing Airplane: Malaysian Airliner MH370 vanished without a trace, with 239 people on board. The Top Song was Happy by Pharrell Williams. The Big Movies included American Sniper, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Price of Canon Coolpix Camera in 2014: $199.99 Price of …
2013 Annual History Facts Politics? From 1993 to 2013, about 10% of the total electricity produced in America was generated by uranium that Russia sent America from its old Soviet nuclear weapons. This was nicknamed the “swords to plowshares” program. The Top Song was Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris. The …
2012 Annual History Facts When NBC was broadcasting the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony for the US, they skipped over the 7/7 London terror attack tribute and showed Ryan Seacrest interviewing Michael Phelps instead. Crime: There were no reports of violent crime in all of New York City on November 26, 2012. This is the …
2011 Annual History Facts Natural Disaster: The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami killed over 16,000 people, and meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are still being dealt with today. Language: “OMG” and “LOL” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011 and are now officially words. The Top Song was …
2010 Annual History Facts War Room: In 2010, one of the fastest supercomputers in the US Defense Department was primarily compromised of 1760 PlayStation 3 Consoles. The Top Song was Tik Tok by Ke$ha The Big Movies included Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, and Iron Man 2 Price of Nyquil liquigels in 2010: $5.69/12 …
2009 Annual History Facts The Viral Video: JK Wedding Entrance Dance… The wedding procession for Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz of St. Paul, Minnesota, was choreographed to the song Forever by Chris Brown. The Top Song was I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas The Big Movies included Avatar, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, …
2008 Annual History Facts Politics: During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at then-president George W. Bush. Politics/Sports: For the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government announced that people could apply for permits to protest in designated areas. No permits were granted, and many who used disappeared …
2007 Annual History Facts The Top Song was Crank That (Soulja Boy) by Soulja Boy Tell’em The Big Movies included Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Transformers, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Price of a postage stamp in 2007: 41 cents iPhone was released at $599.00 Pepperidge Farm Nine Grain bread loaf: $3.29 …