Everything Else Since 1945: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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Everything Else Since 1945 The Good, The Bad,
The Ugly

• World History/Geography
• Mr. H

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John, Paul, George, and Ringo

• In the 1960s, The Beatles exploded onto the Rock
  and Roll scene.
• They recorded dozens of hit songs and have
  influenced countless artists.

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Writers

• Toni Morrison wrote Beloved and Song of Solomon
• Maya Angelou and Laura Esquivel wrote poetry
  about growing up as a minority in America

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Space Race US vs USSR

• Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first person to
  orbit the earth, followed by American Alan
  Shepard
• July 1969- Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil
  Armstrong was the first to walk on the moons
  surface

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Computers

• The Electronic Numerical Integrator and
  Calculator (ENIAC) was the first modern computer
  (1946)
• In the 1990s, the internet was developed.
• Lasers were first invented in the 1960s

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What are you made out of?

• In 1953, scientist discovered the basic structure
  of DNA.
• In 1997, a sheep named Dolly was cloned.
• Within the near future, scientists hope to map
  the ENTIRE DNA STRUCTURE of human life.

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9/11/2001

• At 845am, a passenger plane crashed into the
  north tower of the WTC in NYC
• At 900am, a second plane crashed into the south
  tower.
• At 940am, a third plane crashed into the
  Pentagon
• A fourth plane crashed, probably on its way to
  the White House or Capital

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Death Toll

• 266 passengers were killed.
• 300 police, firefighters, and paramedics were
  killed.
• 2,500 civilians were killed in the attack
• Mayor Rudy Giuliani led the relief effort in NYC

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Aftermath

• Extremist Osama bin Laden took credit for the
  attacks.
• The US quickly sent troops to Afghanistan to find
  bin Laden.
• The US also invaded Iraq since they felt there
  was a connection.
• Hussein was captured, but bin Laden still remains
  at large