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US soldiers in Afghanistan, 2011. Photo: Wikipedia. Tea Party sign, 2012. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski_2 / Wikipedia. Steve Jobs announces the release of the iPhone, 2007. Photo: Blake Patterson / Wikipedia
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 11: 2000-2009

Eleventh of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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August 2, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 10: 1990-1999
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997. George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire series), 1996. EvAngelos Frudakis, Reaching, 1996 (Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante).
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 10: 1990-1999

Tenth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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July 26, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 9: 1980-1989
Jackson, Thriller, 1982. Madonna, Like a Virgin, 1984. Hammer, Feel My Power, 1986. Schönberg & Boublil, Les Miserables, 1987.
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 9: 1980-1989

Ninth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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July 19, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 8: 1970-1979
Newsweek’s cover for 1/26/1970, the issue devoted to “The Ravaged Environment.” Nixon just after resigning as president, 1974. Photo: Wikipedia. Sign at a gas station during the oil crisis, 1974. Photo: Wikipedia. Iranian students climb walls of US Embassy in Tehran at start of hostage crisis, 1979. Photo: TheMemoryHole.org
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 8: 1970-1979

Eighth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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July 12, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 7: 1960-1969
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961. The Graduate, 1967. Nimoy as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, ca. 1966-1969. Beatles, With the Beatles, 1963. Jackson Five, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, 1969.
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 7: 1960-1969

Seventh of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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July 5, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 6: 1950-1959
Nuclear warhead stockpiles of the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia, 1945-2014. Fastfission / Wikipedia. Integration at the Barnard School, 1955. Photo: Wikipedia. CDC's polio vaccine poster. Wikipedia
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 6: 1950-1959

Sixth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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June 28, 2022
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Firestorm after bombing of Hiroshima, 1945. J. Howard Miller, "We Can Do It!", 1943 (created for Westinghouse Electric to boost morale of female workers). TV from ca. 1946-1947. Images: Wikipedia
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 5: 1940-1949

Fifth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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June 21, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 4: 1930-1939
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, completed 1937. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Top Hat, 1935. Judy Garland sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 4: 1930-1939

Third of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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June 14, 2022
Read more about the article Timeline 1900-2021, part 3: 1920-1929
Josef Stalin (Wikipedia). Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis, before his 1927 transatlantic flight. Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, 1925 (Wikipedia).
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Timeline 1900-2021, part 3: 1920-1929

Third of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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June 7, 2022