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The day I was born
I was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 6th, 1999. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage and $3 trillion in total costs -
Human Genome Project complete
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint.It remains the world's largest collaborative biological project. It was finally declared complete in 2003 -
Programming of stem cells
In 2006, Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka and his colleagues performed the scientific equivalent of turning back the clock. Starting with mature mouse skin cells, the researchers engaged in a little genetic reprogramming and created pluripotent stem cells, or cells that are capable of becoming any sort of cell in the body. -
Pluto not a planet
Capping years of intense debate, astronomers resolved today to demote Pluto in a wholesale redefinition of planethood that is being billed as a victory of scientific reasoning over historic and cultural influences. Officially, Pluto is no longer a planet."Pluto is not a planet," Brown said. "There are finally, officially, eight planets in the solar system." -
iPhone announced
In 2005, Apple CEO Steve Jobs conceived an idea of using a multi-touch touchscreen to interact with a computer in a way in which he could type directly onto the display, essentially removing the physical keyboard and mouse The iPhone is the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple. It is the first generation of iPhone that was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumors and speculation. It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007 -
Halo 3 released
Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in 2004's Halo 2. The game was released on September 25, 2007 in North America. I played this game religiously for 4 years and is my favorite video game. -
Michael Jackson dies
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the "King of Pop", his contributions to music, dance, and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. Michael Jackson is one of my favorite artists. -
Discovery of Ardi
The search for human ancestors rarely reveals more than a few fragments of bone or teeth — tantalizing hints of the hominins that once roamed before the evolution of Homo sapiens.
In 2009, however, researchers announced the remarkable discovery of 4.4-million-year-old skeletal remains, including a skull with teeth, as well as arms, hands, a pelvis, legs and feet. The remains were of a female Ardipithecus ramidus, dubbed "Ardi" for short. -
Created life with synthetic DNA
The first-ever organism with an artificial genome came to life in 2010, after a 15-year, $40 million gestation. In May of that year, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced the creation of a living bacterium with a fully lab-created genome. First, researchers painstakingly stitched together the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides from raw DNA. Next, they plugged this synthetic genome into another bacterial cell, Mycoplasma capricolum. -
Discovery of Richard III
It's strange to lose a king of England. It's even stranger to find him under a parking lot, centuries later.
In 2013, archaeologists revealed that they had uncovered the bones of Richard III beneath a city council parking lot in Leicester, England. The 15th-century king had been missing for hundreds of years. -
Gravitational waves discovered
Scientists reported yet another incredible discovery: the first direct evidence of echoes of the Big Bang. They had discovered gravitational waves, ripples in space-time left over from the first instants of the universe's rapid expansion.That light only allowed a view back to about 380,000 years after the Big Bang, however. Gravitational waves were born one trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the universe came into being. -
Obtained Driver's License
I got my driver's licence on April 29th, 2016. -
Went to California
I went to California with my family for 10 days over the summer. It was very fun and I wish I could go back. I went to Palos Verdes, LA, San Francisco, and Las Vegas in Nevada -
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
http://www.livescience.com/48570-happy-birthday-live-science-10-discoveries.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
