Five Year Timeline By nlrenwic 2007 Completed first 5k through Girls on the Run 2007 Blue Line Light Rail Opens in Charlotte https://www.apta.com/passengertransport/Documents/archive_4628.htm https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article186664158.html 2007 The iPhone was created https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38552241 2008 On Billboard in downtown Charlotte for the YMCA 2008 Wachovia Bank is acquired by Wells Fargo bank https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate/wachovia/ 2008 The United States competes in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing https://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008 http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/swimming/news/story?id=3538984 2009 First Sleep Away Camp- Camp Thunderbird 2009 Statue of Librity crown is re-opened http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/05/08/statue.of.liberty.crown/index.html 2009 Albemarle Potato Festival is designated as the state Irish Potato Festival https://www.ncpedia.org/symbols/irish-potato-festival 2010 Picked up Butterscotch 2010 Nascar Hall of Fame Opens 2010 Prince William and American Kate Middleton got engaged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schQZY3QjCw 2011 Hymes Married into family 2011 Hurricane Irene made landfall https://www.weather.gov/mhx/Aug272011EventReview https://www.wral.com/weather/image_gallery/10057509/ 2011 American company, Wikipedia, turned 10 years old https://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=132810933
