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Quaoar was discovered on June 4, 2002 by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the California Institute of Technology from images acquired at the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory, i chose this event because I am interested in astronomy and i like the subject alot.
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Owned by Specific Media LLC and pop music singer and actor Justin Timberlake. Myspace was launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. I chose this event because it was one of the first really popular social networks
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The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, was a international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed. I chose this event because the Athens is the founder of the olympic games and it revisited athenns again
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YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 and owned by Google since late 2006, on which users can upload, view and share videos. I chose this event because I watch youtube everyday and it is one of the most visited websites in the world
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Discovered in 1930, Pluto was originally classified as the ninth planet from the Sun. However, its status as a major planet fell into question following further study of it and the outer Solar System over the ensuing 75 years. I chose this event because I like astronomy and people were arguing about whether or not pluto should be a dwarf planet and they finally decided.
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The iPhone (retroactively labeled the original iPhone, iPhone 2G) is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the first generation of iPhone and was announced on January 9, 2007[9] after months of rumors and speculation. I chose this event because the iphone was the start to all the smart phones today.
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The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008.[a] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events. I chose this event because i watched the opening ceromony with my family together in a party.
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Scientists with NASA's LCROSS mission, which sent an impactor hurtling into Cabeus Crater on Oct. 9, say their results turned up a significant amount of water in the plume of material the crash kicked up. I chose this event because this was a big step for mankind as we finally found water on a planet near us.
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.I chose this event because i watched it live on TV with my mom and it was very scary experience.
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Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (/ˈdʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. I chose this event because Steve Jobs was my hero.
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London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympics made London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted Summer Olympics on more occasions than the UK. I chose this event because i watch my favourite badminton player Lin Dan win the championship for badminton live.
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It is the first day of secondary school for me.