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2008
1. Obama becomes America’s
first ever African-American
President.
2. Facebook turns 5 years old.
3. “Twilight” craze begins.
4. Heath Ledger dies in New
York.
5. Eliot Spitzer, Govenor of
New York, resigns after a
scandal involving a high-class
prostitute.
6. World’s first pregnant man
gives birth to a daughter.
7. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average falls 777.68 points,
the largest single-day point
loss in its history.
8. Bernie Madoff arrested
and charged with securities
fraud in $50 billion Ponzi
scheme.
9. The Detroit Lions finish
the season 0-16, the first
time in National Football
League history that a team
went winless in a 16-game
season.
2009
1. U.S. Airways Flight 1549
makes an emergency landing
into the Hudson River;
all passengers and crew
members survive.
2. Chrysler and GM file for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
3. The Statue of Liberty’s
crown reopens to the public
after 8 years.
4. Tiger Woods announces
an indefinite leave from
professional golf to focus on
his marriage.
5. Glee premieres on FOX.
6. Kanye West jacks Taylor
Swift and the MTV VMA’s.
7. Swine flu sweeps the
world.
8. Balloon Boy causes a
sensation, and then his
parents are arrested.
9. Lil Wayne goes to jail.
10. Deaths: Michael Jackson,
Farrah Fawcett, Steve McNair,
Patrick Swayze, and Billy
Mays.
2010
1. BP Oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico releases about
140 million gallons of oil,
killing 11 men and damaging
the ecosystem in the
surrounding area.
2. Earthquake in Haiti leaves
around 316,000 dead and
1.6 million wounded or
homeless.
3. 33 Chilean Miners trapped
for 69 days underground in a
mine; all survive.
4. Apple announces the
release of the iPad.
5. Drew Brees and the New
Orleans Saints win the 44 th
Super Bowl.
6. Julian Assange releases
high security files that
contain secrets about the U.S.
military and government on
his website, Wikileaks.
7. Faisal Shahzad attempts
to set off a bomb in Times
Square and fails.
8. The Winter Olympics take
place in Vancouver.
9. Android powered phones
begin to outsell Apple for
smart phones.
10. Deaths: Gary Coleman,
Elizabeth Edwards, and
George Steinbrenner.
2011
EAGLES’ EYE | SENIOR ISSUE
9
1. Packers defeat Steelers in
the 45 th Superbowl.
2. NFL goes into a lockout.
3. National protests/ revolts
of governments in Egypt,
Tunisia, Syria, and Libya.
4. Japan is devastated by
earthquake and subsequent
tsunami.
5. Royal wedding of Prince
William and Kate Middleton.
6. Bin Laden is killed.