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On October 1, 1971 in Orlando, Fl, Walt Disney World Resort officially opened. Magic was in the air as characters paraded through the streets, and smiles lit up try the faces of thousands of children young and old. Disney world has shown people how to become children again. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q7Cd4bZqSAoTVkyhb6_WtITYiM5vqW-420OlUYAT4nY
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On July 18, 1976, Nadia Comaneci received a perfect score on the uneven bars at the Montreal Olympic Games. This made her the first gymnast to ever achieve this score. The fourteen year old girl broke the seemingly impossible boundary giving an absolutely perfect performance, hence the score.
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In 1980, Post-it notes were sold in America, revolutionizing the way the world organizes its information. When scientist Art Fry was experimenting with super glues, he came up with a low tack glue that could be applied to paper to create a quick peel-and-stick note paper. These little notes have changed how we take notes, leave bookmarks, and leave reminders for ourselves. https://docs.google.com/a/bpcschools.org/document/d/1zuU0wv7pFS6qs4qeDyrzPesoDonUZmZXln7z29QSeWI/edit?usp=drivesdk
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On June 1, 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, president Ronald Reagan called on the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev in his famous line, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" The wall that President Reagan was referring to was the infamous 11.8 ft. Berlin wall that divided East and West Berlin for over 25 years. https://docs.google.com/a/bpcschools.org/document/d/1BRFU6mcHKm_TqpnC0A6Qr79xh4PdFxpds55mcNM0MQk/edit?usp=drivesdk
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In 1993, The Giver by Lois Lowry was published. This dystopian novel portrays a society that has removed emotion and memory, and have turned to "sameness." In the book, the protagonists, Jonas must receive the memories of the past, and decide for himself right and wrong. The Giver was a groundbreaking book about a demented "utopia" taken too far. https://docs.google.com/a/bpcschools.org/document/d/1Swsf6BPXUkR72AY9OBSuVPgfLAW4d7fOv1_4a1EBGxM/edit?usp=drivesdk
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In April of 1993, computer scientist Tim Burners-Lee released an early version if the World Wide Web with the CERN Project for public use. Burners-Lee traveled and encouraged enthusiasts to set up their own severs to connect to others. The introduction of the World Wide Web sparked a new informational revolution that shaped the society we have today. https://docs.google.com/a/bpcschools.org/document/d/1UizAQ2SJrMPlznbKdWn18oGjplIbKtUyz9ZzKBouUas/edit?usp=drivesdk
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On January 9, 2007, the first Apple iPhone was introduced. https://drive.google.com/open?id=17Lhbje_t_VjjQO1qHzMw1lfFCanIYWlbHLpnTdrimug
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On December 11, 2016 Feliks Zemdegs set the speedcubing world record on the 3x3 Rubik's cube at 4.73 seconds. He did this at the POPS Open 2016 competition in Melbourne Australia. This is the third sub-5 second record. Feliks Zemdegs uses the CFOP algorithms, which makes permutations more efficient than the beginner's method. That day, Zemdegs made speedcubing history.
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