10) first african american president- Obama was elected November 4th 2009, he is our first African American president.9) balloon boy- The 6 year old boy was found in the attic, after he was thought to be in a mylar balloon. 8) Rising gas prices-7) Hurricane Katrina-6) Indian Ocean earthquake: tsunami kills 300,000- this was the worst tsunami in history, the earthquake was a 9.3 manitude, it created an 80-foot wave. this happened in 2004. 5)Micheal Jackson died- i'm not really a MJ fan, but its still sad. He was the king of pop, people say he changed music forever.4)Pluto: no longer a planet- Pluto is no longer a planet accroding to the new definition of "planet". The definitionis a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity, a planet has to dominate neighborhood around it orbit.3)2008 floods in the midwest-2)9/11- the day that all of america will remember. The twin towers were blowen up by two high-jacked planes. 1)Christmas plane bombing-
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