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Although it's been disputed that Gutenberg was the actual creator, the printing press spurred the mass production of reading material, making literature more accesible to the average person.
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-Also known as the Seven Years War.
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Information on each of the signers organized by state. Image-http://www.google.com/imgres?q=declaration+of+independence&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=mHZ6m0RSJCaDmM:&imgrefurl=http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2011/10/declaration-of-independence-was-illegal.html&docid=KtCD5if22FZXlM&imgurl=http://righttruth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c49a69e20154364f361c970c-800wi&w=8
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The kintetoscope was "peep-show” cabinet (for a single viewer) to show short film loops. This jump-started the film industry and gave viewers a taste for that kind of entertainment.
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Thomas Edison builds the first movie studio in New Jersey.
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The Lumiere brothers (France) enhance Edison’s machine to produce the Cinematopgraphe, which could take and project moving images. They show the first film on a large screen. This spurs film viewing as a social event.
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Selling/buying/transporting alchohol is illegal. Imagae:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Detroit_police_prohibition.jpg/250px-Detroit_police_prohibition.jpg
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After a long struggle, women win the right to vote at the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention in 1920.
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IBM publicly introduced the 701, its first electric computer and first mass produced computer.
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See it now plays a major role in investigative journalism regarding McCarthy and his presidency and background.
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Murrow publicly chastises the TV industry for “decadence, escapism and insulation from the realities of the world” in a speech to the Radio Television news Directors Association (RTNDA).
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100 years of crime is revealed.
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Following a sabbatical, Murrow returns to CBS as a correspondent, produces Harvest of Shame.
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Compact Cassette introduced by Philips image- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cassette&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=ZStMr5KgyKNyhM:&imgrefurl=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2010/08/amoeba-music/the-particular-magic-of-the-cassette.html&docid=Jl7-82IuEs2pTM&imgurl=http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Amoebite/cassette-1&w=400&h=381&ei=LpK8T-nWOuawiQKBsM2BDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=592&vpy=191&dur=341&hovh=
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Gave the "I have a Dream Speech" and lead the Civil Rights Movement. Image:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=martin+luth&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=9EfpVXRBjqjm-M:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.&docid=tSY7kQs7hLIAPM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg/220px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg&w=220
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Neil Armstrong is the first human to step on the moon. image-http://www.google.com/imgres?q=neil+armstrong&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=axI_Nrdr-hMYXM:&imgrefurl=http://www.touring-ohio.com/northwest/wapakoneta/neil-armstrong.html&docid=4fDlJxMqvZeraM&imgurl=http://www.touring-ohio.com/profiles/art/neil-armstrong-moon.jpg&w=300&h=378&ei=RZC8T7mGCK7biALh8-2CBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=830&v
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A video on how vinyl records aremade. They were important during the rock era of the '60s and '70s, even though they were used plenty before then.
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A song about the Bill of Rights.
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Video: reflection on The Washington Post reporting that uncovered the Watergate scandal .
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The IBM 5100, the first commercially available portable computer, appeared in September 1975.
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Compact discs are introduced first by Sony. image: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cd&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsr&tbnid=M36ml8R-A05T2M:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CD-ROM.png&docid=-T_6iWumJ9JOwM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/CD-ROM.png&w=730&h=730&ei=R5G8T5LvNoGciAL-p73yDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=440&sig=107051858995486163718&page=1&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&start=0&ndsp
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OpenDiary was the first blog</a> community where readers could add comments to other writers' blog entries.
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Saehan's MPMan, sold in Asia starting in the late spring of 1998 is the first edition to be introduced. image- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mp3+player&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsrl&tbnid=L__KWlA6RVfxyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp%3FEdpNo%3D1951860%26CatId%3D2761&docid=zK7c-8FKVIuElM&imgurl=http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/sku
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The 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers sparked the beginning steps to a "War on Terror."
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Skype was created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis in 2003. image-http://media.photobucket.com/image/skype%20launched/suroboy/main_mid-1281.jpg
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Myspace is owned by pop star Justin Timberlake. myspace- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=myspace+launched&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=TVBZf310d2sfMM:&imgrefurl=http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/MySpace-Launches-Real-Time-Stream-API-2.jpg/&docid=6SFNQlYm2pYp0M&itg=1&imgurl=http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/MySpace-Launches-Real-Time-Stream-API-2.jpg&w=400&h=400&ei=15i8T9WUEYjZiQLbwZjEDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=507&vpy=121&dur=293&hovh=225
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Mark Zuckerber launches Facebook, a social networking website he originally created in 2003 at Harvard University (where he was a sophomore at the time). The site has grown to 845 million active users.
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Youtube, a website desgined to share videos, is launched in 2005.
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Twitter, a social networking and news site, is launched in 2006.
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Barak Obama, the 44th president is elected, becoming America's first African American president.
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Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad from U.S. customers on March 12, 2010 image- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ipad&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1365&bih=566&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnszar&tbnid=yC3wiFw4KflMZM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad&docid=tPORdc-LgRlqFM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/1stGen-iPad-HomeScreen.jpg/220px-1stGen-iPad-HomeScreen.jpg&w=220&h=281&ei=V5a8T4jgBqqWiALt9LCjDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=115&vpy=184&dur=194&hovh=224&hovw=176&tx
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Joanna Louise Peterson recieves a Bachelor's of Art degree in mass communication and creative writing. Whoohoo!
