In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives; Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone; Nicholas Sarkozy was elected President of France and Gordon Brown became Prime Minister of the UK; Wikileaks published documents exposing the nature of US interrogations in Guantanamo Bay; Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize;… Continue reading The birth of Hulu: A Look back at 2007
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The thirteenth year of the reign of the second Queen Elizabeth: A look back at 1965
In 1965: Lyndon Johnson unveiled the Great Society; The United States passed the Voting Rights Act; Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first person to walk in space; The Astrodome opened; Bob Dylan went electric; The Watts riots take place in Los Angeles; The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium; After fifty five years, Casey Stengel retired as… Continue reading The thirteenth year of the reign of the second Queen Elizabeth: A look back at 1965