As we near the end of the year, as well as the 1st decade of the 2000’s, I thought it would be a good time to look back on the highlights of events and trends that shaped this time period - “for posterity sake” - as my dad would often say.
2009 will be the year most remembered for: The election of the 1st US African American president, the year Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, comedian Al Franken joined the Senate, Alaska’s Palin resigned, the stock market crashed, TARP bailout bill saved our banks , “Cash for Clunkers,” plane crash on the Hudson, Swine Flu, Octomom, Jon & Kate + 8 - Jon, the balloon boy hoax, and the sudden death of the King of Pop - Michael Jackson. We also said goodbye to Walter Cronkite, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Patrick Swayze, Jet Travolta, Bea Arthur, and Ted Kennedy. In sports, the Steelers won the Super Bowl, the Yankees won the World Series, Penguins won the Stanley Cup, Lakers won NBA, Jimmy Johnson took NASCAR, University of Alabama’s Mark Ingram beat Gator Tim Tebow for the Heisman trophy, swimmer Michael Phelps was busted for pot, and who could forget golfer Tiger Woods’ sex scandal. In entertainment, the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” won the Oscar, “Twilight Saga: New Moon” made vampires romantic, Chris Allen beat Adam Lambirt in 2009‘s American Idol competition, Russell Ferguson was America’s favorite dancer, British singer Susan Boyle became a household name, Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift, Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna, Letterman was blackmailed, and Miss California was dethroned.
Looking back on the first decade of 2000, we also remember events like: The Y2K bug failed to materialize, terrorism hit home with 911, tsunami killed 230,000 in South Asia, the Concorde crashed, financial crisis collapse of the dot coms, ballots were recounted and hanging chads became a political nightmare, Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming, a bodybuilder and actor became governor of California, a female became Speaker of the House, the Catholics welcomed Pope Benedict, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf coast, Facebook & Twitter changed the face of social networking, YouTube was created, Wii became popular, Janet Jackson introduced the phrase “wardrobe malfunction,” and Apple introduced the ipod and the iphone.
Here’s a link to a couple year in videos that capture these events pretty well. Enjoy!
Yahoo’s 2009 Year in Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMKcSJ87jCM
Decade in Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24kzS-UX3k
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