Friday, January 14, 2011
More 2010 Highlites
Historical happenings in 2010 included the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed 230,000 people; the BP oil spill caused the largest environmental disaster in history; Wikileaks dumped thousands of pages of classified material on the internet; 33 miners are saved in Chile after being stuck a record 69 days below the earth; a Pablo Picasso painting was sold for $106 mm, setting a new world record; the Tea Party movement hosted their first convention; the Boy Scouts of America celebrated 100Ys; Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed and signed into law.