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 […]
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2012 Best-Selling Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 2. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 3. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James 4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney 8. No Easy Day by Mark Owen
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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
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2011 Books & Bestsellers 2011 Fiction Top Ten Books 1. The Litigators by John Grisham 2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 3. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks 4. Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich 5. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin 6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich 7. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson 8. Micro by Michael Crichton 9. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris 10. Locked On by Tom Clancy and Mark
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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
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2010 Books & Bestsellers 2010 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson 2. The Confession by John Grisham 3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 4. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks 5. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy 6. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 7. Cross Fire by James Patterson 8. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen 9. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell 10. Full Dark,
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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,
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2009 Books & Bestsellers 2009 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 2. The Purpose of Christmas by Rick Warren. 3. You: Being Beautiful by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz 4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 5. A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly 6. Dewey by Vicki Myron with Brett Witter 7. Audition by Barbara Waters 8. Barefoot
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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
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2008 Books & Bestsellers 2008 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 2. The Last Patriot by Brad Thor 3. Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan 4. Tailspin by Catherine Coulter 5. The Host by Stephenie Meyer 6. Rogue by Danielle Steel 7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski 8. Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais 9. Death Angel by Linda Howard 10. Love the One
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