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Jewish World Review Dec. 26, 2008 / 29 Kislev 5769 The Year in Review By Greg Crosby
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Happy New Year! What a year this last one has been. Looking back at all the events that occurred and how things have changed during these past 12 months is awesome. Just consider all the following things that happened in the last year. •
Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% (5.2 million) people unemployed
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Arnold Palmer won his first Masters' tournament
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The average wages per year is $4.600.00
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The average cost of a new home $12,750.00
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A Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents
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Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US
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The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707
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Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
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US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole
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The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop
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Alaska becomes the 49th State
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The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel
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The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died
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The US Nuclear Submarine Nautilus is the first undersea vessel to reach the Geographic North Pole
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Vertigo, Gigi, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Bridge on the River Kwai were among the most popular movies. •
The Philippines opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, is assassinated after returning home from a self-imposed exile in the United States.
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Hurricane Alicia makes landfall near Galveston, Texas with winds in excess of 100 MPH, leaving 22 dead and causing more than two billion dollars in damages.
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After nearly 10 years of legal wrangling in the courts AT&T is broken down into seven regional companies (often called Baby Bells) following the government's anti-trust suit against AT&T in 1974, the Baby Bells provide the local services.
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With the recession continuing to effect manufacturing in the United States. U.S. Steel announces that it would reduce its steel making capacity by roughly 20 percent laying off a further 4,600 bringing the total lay-offs for the year to 15,400.
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A terrorist car bomb planted by the IRA is exploded outside the Harrods Department store in Knightsbridge, central London killing 9 and injuring 75 other Christmas shoppers during the busiest time of the year. After the explosion panic and chaos caused other minor injuries as people panicked scared that more bombs may explode.
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A moderate earthquake 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit Central New York up as far as Canada, Earth Quakes in the region are not common so everybody who was woken by the movement at 6:19 in the morning noticed it, effects ranged from water in a water bed making waves to things falling off shelves, the last earthquake of any size was back in 1944 which measured 5.9 on the Richter Scale.
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A Terrorist attack by a suicide bomber destroys the United States Embassy in Beirut, killing 63
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The first mobile phones were introduced to the public market by the Motorola Company.
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Six gunmen break into the Brinks Mat warehouse at the Heathrow Airport making off with three tons of gold bars valued at $37.5 million.
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Oh, I AM sorry about this! It seems I've made another boo-boo. You see, all the aforementioned things actually took place 25 years ago in 1983. Okay, now. Let me get a hold of myself and try once again to enumerate all the interesting events which actually occurred last year.
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The Summer Olympic Games of the IV Olympiad were held in London, England
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The Messina Earthquake, a category 7.5, strikes the Straits of Messina in southern Italy, destroying the cities of Messina in Sicily and Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. The earthquake and tsunami it caused killed between 50,000 and 150,000.
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The Union of South Africa is established.
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Isadora Duncan becomes popular interpreter of dance.
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The Ford Motor Co. produces the first Model "T" and 15 million cars are sold.
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The General Motors Corporation was formed.
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Chicago beat Detroit in the World Series.
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The film, "The Last Days of Pompeii" was a big hit.
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William Howard Taft is elected U.S. President. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here.
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