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Definitely 9/11. The Internet. Fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of apartheid in South Africa. The election of Barrack Obama.

5. Creation of the WWW. I'm not sure you can track this down to a single moment, but the creation of the internet impacted the world in an immeasurable way.

4. Oklahoma City Bombing. It's one of those "I remember where I was" moments (alone, separated from a school group in DC - not the best moment to get lost...)

3. Watergate - it changed politics forever creating a generation of cynicism.

2. The Challenger explosion. Because Christy McAuliffe was aboard, they showed the launch at school. I was very young, but remember everyone being quiet and sad.

1. 9/11 - That day changed all of us.

1. internet - global mass communication / connection
2. global warming - actually witnessing the consequences of our actions.
3. antidepressant meds - an actual happy pill.
4. European Union! - and the euro!
5. Burning Man - desert community built for a week of pure self expression (ART and what is possible with a community of support behind you)

1. The resignation of Nixon
2. Iran Contra scandal
3. Collapse of Soviet Union/Wall
4. Abuse at Abu Gharib prison
5. Obama's election

9/11 terrorist attacks;
emergence of global warming data and ensuing debate(!);
continuing attack on the global environment (waste, pollution, etc.);
election of Barack Obama;
continuing longevity/survival of the cockroach

1. Rise of the Web / Internet
2. Global Economic Boom for most of 4 decades
3. Global Warming
4. 9/11 and Rise of Islamo-Fascism
5. The vast rise in public debt and failure of public leaders to control public debt

1. The Internet
2. Mars Missions (Spirit & Opportunity)
3. Personal computers
4. Digital Imagery (photography and motion pictures)
5. Microbiology and molecular genetics advances

The personal computer
The cellular phone
The world wide web
Genetics
End of the Cold War

The election of Barack Obama? Seriously? How can you be so short sighted? The only thing so far he should be noted for is the first African American President and a Nobel prize he didn't earn nor deserve. Other than that its all talk. You are a HISTORIAN, please pretend to behave like one.

1).1974 Resignation of President Richard Nixon.
2).1981 Release of American hostages from Iran.
3).1989 The fall of the Berlin Wall.
4).2001 Twin Towers of the World Trade center collapse
5).2008 Election of Barack Obama

1. Watergate and President Nixon's subsequent resignation.
2. HIV/AIDS.
3. 9/11.
4. Computers
5. The election of our first African-American President in 2008.

In no particular order:
End of Apartheid/Election of Nelson Mandella, LA riots, Induction of the Ramones to the rock-n-roll hall of fame, assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Fall of the Berlin Wall

(In no particular order)
-Collapse of the Soviet Union
-Human Genome Project
-September 11
-Development of the World Wide Web
-Roe v. Wade

-the internet: after the ability to communicate and share information so seamlessly was created, how could we ever return to our pre-web lives?

-the Challenger Accident: I was a child in a school that was going to participate in the lessons from orbit and we all watched as those brave astronauts- and each an educator for that mission- lost their lives.

-the Clinton Sex Scandal- really, do we need to dissect what oral sex is...and with the President of the United States?

-Hurricane Katrina: watching one of our greatest historical cities nearly lost, but reborn because of the soul of it's citizens. And, I live in Houston, so the displaced citizens are near and dear to us in this area.

-9/11: the end of a way of life we had all become accustomed to and taken for granted and the event that exposed to us how much of the world really felt about America.

1. Election of Obama
2. End of the Cold War
3. 9/11
4. AIDS
5. Watergate

In chronological order:
1.Nixon's removal of the gold standard
2.Fall of the Berlin Wall
3.Internet
4.Creation of the euro
5.9/11

C-14 and other dating methods, 1968(does a whole year count?, RFK, MLK, Tet offensive, etc.), Man walking on the moon, sequencing of the human genome, and the election of Barak Obama.

Besides the World-Wide-Web, the election of Barrack Obama and 9/11 I believe the creation of the European Union and the massive immigration of illegals to the U.S. and other parts of the world will have a major impact in the world as we know it.

My top 5:

The spread of the personal computer.

The emergence of the internet and the World Wide Web.

The growth in awareness of global warming.

Advances in DNA sequencing technology and all that comes with that, including the human genome project.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of new democracies in Eastern Europe.

End of Cold War, Election of Barrack Obama,Developoment of Internet,AIDS,Space Flight

1. 911 - The single biggest attack on America's peaceful existence. The difference between New York that day and Pearl Harbour was the death of innocent people from all over the world.

2. Oklahoma City Bombing - this one came from within - people bent on causing chaos by killing their own people.

3. 1976 Gas Shortage - the first indication that we as a country, rely far too much on black gold.

4. Public access to Non-Wireline Phones - Late 1983 is when cell phones became a possibility for the public - even though cell phones were invented in 1960 - they didn't boom until then - and now people can't think of a world without them.

5.Late 1971 - Ray Tomlinson sends the first email.

Sorry, I can't agree with all of your top five events as they do focus on the US. My picks are ...

1. The Internet changing freedom of speech worldwide
2. The invention of the mobile phone leapfrogging communication technology in non-industrialized and industrialized nations worldwide
3. The invention of the PC redefining how we work worldwide
4. Hybrid seeds - exponentially improving crop yields and saving 100's of millions of lives from starvation.
5. The rise of terrorism worldwide almost exclusively from muslim extremists hijacking a peaceful religion.

The genome is at it's infancy. What comes of the initial efforts will not be seen in earnest for 15-20 years. Clean air and water act is good for the US but has not been followed worldwide. President Obama is in the process of bankrupting the country. His actions as President will make him a one-term President ... and we still have a long way to go with bigotry in this country and worldwide.

1. America attacked on 9/ll
2. Barak Obama elected president
3. Development of the internet
4. Cell phones
5. Digital camera technology

l. HOME COMPUTERS AND INTERNET
2. DEREGULATION FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO BANKS
3. INFLATION UNDER REAGAN WITH HIGH RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS AND BANK ACCOUNTS.
4. ROE VS. WADE
5. A SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTEER MILITARY

Computers have to be #1. Even though they have been around more than 40 years but the accessibility and the shear magnitude of them. I worked in the 60's without them, saw the evolution and now you can't do hardly anything without them.
#2 DNA (human genome) not only in helping human kind, but also in solving crimes and tracing our history
#3 you might not think of it as much but sunscreen. Even though it was invented in 1938, its popularity has only been in the past 30 years.
#4 The terrorist attacks, 9-11. I grew up with worry of someone hitting the ‘red’ button and starting a nuclear attack. Terrorist are more frightening.
#5 Digital Cameras-

The personnal computer and the internet
The collapse of communism and capitalism
Development of practical contraception-womens liberation
Political failure to control public debt--a new depression
The Muslim war on the free world

1.) 9/11
2.) Fall of the Berlin Wall
3.) Nixon Resigns
4.) Internet
5.) Human Genome

In order of significance:
1. Election of Barack Obama
2. 9/11/2001
3. Development of digital technology and the Internet
4. Rapid development of Space flight and technology
5. Watergate

Top 5:
1) Obama's election
2) The fall of the World Trade Towers on Sept. 11, 2001
3) The availability of the World Wide Web to everyone
4) Absolute evidence that climate change is real and manmade
5) The completion of the Human Genome sequence

My list of the top-five U.S. events/developments since 1970:
(in no particular order)
Nixon Resignation/Watergate
Obama election
9/11
End of Cold War/Nuclear Treaties
Email/WWW

5. Miracle on Ice, US beating USSR in hockey, 1980 olymipics

4. Internet progress

3. Process in meds, and medical studies

2. Election of Obama

1. 9/11

1970: Passage of the Clean Air Act
1970: Kent State Shootings
1977-1983: Star Wars Trilogy
2001: September 11th
2003: Human Genome

I don't know the years but here is my list of top 5 most important events in the last 40 years.

1. The Civil Right Act. Not quite sure this makes the 40 year cut, but making all American's equal under law was by far the best thing for America. While the Declaration of Independence stated “all men are created equal,” they really were not until the Civil Rights Act. The color of your skin determined what rights you had.

2. The personal computer. While the computer has been around for a long time it was never imagined that every person in the world would be able to afford their own, let alone take it with them where ever they go.

3. 24 hour news. Can't say if this is a good or bad thing but 24 hour news has changed the world. We now know more about anything and everything than we ever needed or wanted to know before.

4. The war in Iraq. For the first time in American history the U.S. population does not support our troops nor to they show the same level of patriotism and love of country that had been seen in every other war fought by U.S. Troops.

5. The Green Movement. Looking to the future and knowing what we do now will impact future generations is a good thing. Looking for more sustainable energy, reducing the amount of waste and recycling everyday items into alternative items is a good thing. Wish we had thought of this 40 year ago : )

1) Hubble Telescope.
2) Vaccinations.
3) The Internet.
4) Terrorism.
5) Multiple, seemingly endless, wars which suffer more non-military than military personnel.

computer at every desk; space shuttles; HIV; Soviet Union's collapse; international terrorism

1 - Global warming.
2 - The internet
3- The events of 9/11 and the subsequent actions taken by USA.
4- The election of Barack Obama.
5 -Cell phones

1. World Wide Web
2. Daily use of computers
3. DNA
4. Cell Phones
5. Fall of Soviet Union/ Rise of Terrorism

Top five:

1. Collapse of communism
2. Personal computers
3. The world-wide web
4. Global warming
5. Election of an African-American President

1. September 11, 1991
2. Fall of Berlin Wall
3. First Space Shuttle Explosion
4. Oklahoma City, bombing
5. Internet

My top 5:
1. The personal computer
2. Break-up of the Soviet Union
3. 9/11/2001
4. End of the Viet Nam war
5. The emergence of China as a world power

internet, dna discovery, NASA ISS, personal computer/Apple computer, and Aids spread.

1. 9/11, with all its resulting security implications.
2. Worldwide web. It has completely changed the way that we access information.
3. The demise of network television. Between cable TV, satellite TV, and "reality" ridiculousness, television networks are no longer relevant.
4. Where did the music go? There are no pop hits or shareable songs anymore. Rap and yelling make up the majority of air-play and attention for a wide age-spectrum. Who parents in the 1970s have believed that things would so deteriorate from those offerings!?
5. Cell phones. Because this list didn't stipulate that the developments had to be positive. Yuk!

1. desktop computers and the communications revolution
2. 9/11/01 and the growth and spread of interntional terrorism
3. the election of Obama, culminating the extension of civil rights to minorities
4. jet airplane travel and the creation of a world community
5. women in every kind of workplace ar every level

The Pill in 1960

Defeat of Storm King power plant and beginning of citizen environmental movement 1963-1981

Prozac and beginning of mental health epidemic

Martin Luther King Jr assassination

In no particular order

1. Viet Nam War
2. Collapse of Soviet Union
3. 9/11/2001
4. The P.C.
5. The economic crash of 2008

1. 9/11 changed our lives forever.
2. Invading Iraq.
3. Polical polarization in Congress.
4. The internet.
5. European Common Market/the euro.

Expanded opportunities and freedoms for women in this country.
Looming global climate change
Expanded computer use and Internet
Middle East terrorism
Collapse of Soviet Union

1)Space Shuttle
2)Hubble Space Telescope
3)Nuclear fuel
4)Voyager 1 & 2
5)Computers & Cell Phones

(1) 09-11-2001
(2) Collapse of Soviet Union/Berlin Wall
(3) Communications development - the Internet and cell phones changed the way we live.
(4) Oklahoma City Bombing
(5) Current financial system failure

1. The Internet
2. The cell phone
3. September 11 attack on World Trade Center
4. International terrorism
5. Development of DNA studies

discovery of Polymerase Chain Reaction
collapse of Soviet Union
9/11 attack on USA
continued Sudanese genocide
development of PC & use of WWW

HIV/AIDS
Personal computers with world-side access
Two major oil spills
The Euro
International terrorism

The trouble is that most of the world most critical events of the last 40 years have taken place in the last 10-15 years.

1. The Hubble telescope and the discovery of billions and billions of galaxies and the structure of the universe, 2. The discovery of dark matter and energy, 3. The internet and pervasive access to it through personal computers, 4. Advances in psychological therapies, including medications; 5. the fall of Communism. Not really single events, but in the span of time in the last 5000 years, nearly so.

The world wide web and creation of the internet, 9-11 and terrorism, the rise of Islam as a world power, hip-hop and rap music,portable phone and computer devices

1) Emergence of WWW
2) 9/11
3) Collapse of Communism
4) Human Genome
5) Roe v. Wade

The election of Obama, 9-11, Bush vs.Gore, the election of Reagan, Watergate.

Election of Obama - another nail in the coffin of narrow mindedness and a breath of fresh air. He really does tell the truth - not a common trait in a politician.
9/11 - a tragedy
Gore vs Bush - another tragedy. Bush and Cheney severely damaged our country and its values. Lied to us, abused our privacy, squandered our money, insulted the rest of the world, created an enemy of all muslims, and made sure that the income gap in our country widened. Perhaps this was the greater tragedy than 9/11. Oh, and did I say, made a mockery of science.
Human Genome Project - starting a wondrous exploration into the nature of life on this planet
Hubble Space Telescope and the other scopes that have changed our view of the universe I will add one more: the promise of the Large Hadron Collider. What a gal!

JFK assination and the world mourned
cell technology with the internet available
Obama being elected president
Computers at home and work
Humans getting fatter

* Attack on America on September 11 2001
* Illegal Invasion of Iraq
* "Swine" Flu mania of 2009-2010
* the republican U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Florida state presidential election that gave the 2001 presidency to George Bush and,
* the collapse of the financial markets in 2008 - present

Going to WAR in the middle East
Greed of Wall street
New York Twin Towers explosions
Kartrina hurricane
Election of Obama

1. JFK Assassination
2. MLK Assassination
3. Personal Computers
4. The Pill
5. PResident Obama election

1. Personal Computers and the internet - the world is now smaller. I believe this one thing led to #2-5.

2. Mobile Telephones

3. 9/11/01 and the advent of Homeland Security

4. Fall of the Soviet Union and advent of the European Union

5. Continued opening up of Communist China

9/11, Katrina, the election of an Aftrican-American president, all of the oil spills, the growing globalization of the world, and the increasing technology.

Not necessarily in this order, but...

- 9/11 attacks
- Internet and digital technology/communications
- Fall of Berlin Wall
- Global warming awareness
- Election of Barack Obama

1. President Obama elected President of the United States

2. The internet

3. The September 11 attacks

4. Fall of communist Europe

5. personal computers/cell phones

Human Genome Project
Forming the European Union
Election of Obama
AIDS/HIV
9/11

Top 5 events, ideas, developments - computers, internet, dissolution of USSR, rise of Islam, election of Pres. Obama.

Here are my 5:

1.Development of the Web
2. space shuttle voyages
3. Rising influence of minority groups and acceptance of them.
4. Terrorist attacks and our response to them.
5. Opening up of China and its rise to power.

1) Antiwar movement in the 1960s-1970s
2) Personal computers
3) Global communication/internet
4) Space program--moon landing phase
5) US outsourcing of manufacturing

1. The Genome Project
2. 9/11
3. Election of President Obama
4. Computer/laptops
5. European Union and the Euro

Nixon Resignation
Personal Computer/Internet became ubiquitous
9/11
Hurricane Katrina
Barack Obama elected

Internet
ATMs
NASA
computers
birth control

No particular order:
9/11, computers, obama, lance armstrong winning 7 tour de france in a row!, space exploration and am still awaiting the NUMBER ONE on anyones list - The cure for cancer!

Collapse of the Soviet Union; 9/11 terrorist attacks;election of Barack Obama; Hubble Telescope fix;internet

1. 9/11
2. Berlin Wall and Communism collapse
3. Chernobyl
4. Internet
5. Cell phones

Internet
Collapse of the Soviet Union
911
The Great Recession
AIDS

9/11 Not only was this destruction but it changed the way society operates and thinks

ipods and ipads These little phone devices are everywhere in the media and have set the standard for communication convenience in life

Laptops This mini computer carry-all has become a must for the executive on the go and takes up less space at home

Movie 3D The resurrection of this entertaining format gives viewers a surreal experience that is a real value at the theatres and soon coming to living rooms and dens everywhere

Presidential Error The fall of ex-president Bill Clinton while getting involved with an enthusiastic intern He was a worthy leader and we miss his contribution

I'm sure there are more important events but the most current are what sticks at the moment There has been so much evolution in the world it really is hard to pick just 5

The Internet
Personal Computers
Wireless Phones
Decline of Communism
Terrorism

1. 9/11 changed our airline travel, our views about the muslim religion and really challenged our opinion that we in the United States are immune from terror and fear in our own country.
2. The Challenger accident is like JFK's assasination: we remember where we were and the disbelief that such a horrific accident could happen and we could watch it over & over again.
3. Fall of Berlin Wall & 4. Apartheid in S. Africa . both indicated the world can change and that is hopeful in our current times.
5. price of gasoline rising from $0.29 to $4.00/gallon changed our car buying trends, our attitude toward "green" living

1)9/11 for the emphasis it put upon the eastern dislike (hatred) of the U.S
2)The election of an unknown to the highest post in this country(based on the media dislike of the Clinton family)
3)Fall of the Berlin Wall,showing that USSR was not as powerful as it once was.
4)Cell phones---the single most disruptive force in the world,it has changed the pace of life.
5)The worldwide recession caused by the GREED of a few vs. the ineptitude of world Governments to regulate.

in no particular order:
personal computers and the world wide web
cell phones
9/11/2001
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Global Warming myth

1. Elections of President Ronald Reagan;
2. Pres. Reagan & PM Thatcher's policy of "peace through strength", which brought the Cold War to an end;
3. Fall of the USSR and communist/Soviet rule of E. Europe;
4. Growth & success of conservative movement & principles in US, including free enterprise, traditional family values, etc.;
5. Defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment to US Constitution.

The Creation of NASA, The Consciousness of the Baby Boomers during and after Viet Nam, The End of Communism, The Re-Birth of the Holy Wars (Terrorists,9/11,The New Crusades,etc.) and the Energy and Financial Crisis at the start of a new century.

1994, the start of the International Space Station: the first truly international, continuously collaborative science/ exploration mission known to humankind.
In 1972 the Equal Pay Act was ammended to include professional jobs, and for the first time in american history the white-collar, executive working women and mothers were legally supposed to earn as much money as their male counterparts, even as CEOs--the management workforce in 1970 was 10% women (and mostly in fields related to women)...today the management workforce is pretty evenly split along gender lines.
In 1973 the creation of the GPS system, changed navigation for everyone from everyday people in cars to boats of all kinds,trains, planes, and rockets. Now in cellular phone have GPS capability that puts city and even Mt. Everest maps in users' hands.

1. Internet. It has blown out my mind
2. Google. For the same reason.
3. 9/11. For so many reasons I cannot even start.
4. The rise of China together with the model of authoritarian capitalism it proposes.
5. The election of Barack Obama as the embodiment of the American experience.

personal computers
fall of European communism
Internet/WWW
cell phones
terrorism-9/11

1) Computers
2) AIDS
3) Collapse of Communism
4) 9/11
5) Election of Barack Obama

1. IT/digital comms
2. Fall of communism
3. September 11, 2001
4. Obama Election
5. World Wide Web

In no particular order: The impeachment trial of President Clinton was a lesson in politics and history. The resignation of President Nixon demonstrated the need for and the power of a free press. The internet has influenced all of our lives in too many ways to numerate here. September 11 is forever ingrained in our national and global psyche, and the events of that day continue to impact our daily lives. I watched Elison Onizuka's funeral on TV. He and his explorers aboard the Challenger took a little bit of all of us that day. The Mars Explorer Program, the Hubble, the Cassini, and the International Space Station all illustrate on of mankinds best qualities; the search for knowledge.

World Wide Web, 9/11, Outsourcing, Human Genome Decoding, Wall St. failures

1) Sercretariat's Track record times in all 3 Triple Crown Wins
2)9/11/2001
3) Collapse of ther Berlin Wall and Communism
4)Roe v. Wade
5) Internet

1.) Election of President Barack Obama
2.) Inaugaration of President Barack Obama
3.) 9/11
4.) The 2 greatest movies of all time being directed by James Cameron. (Avatar and Titanic)
5.) Hubble's History including finding the age of the Universe, images of the solar system, imaging the farthest galaxies that can be seen, discovering Dark Matter and many other great achievements from this space telescope that has astonished and amazed the world for 20 years now.

1. African Americans and others of 'color' or ethnicity gaining more and better access to parts and participation in the media (news programs, stage, screen and television, etc.); 2. Innovations in computer and information technology and access to the internet for all; 3. Discoveries and innovations in medicine and all fields of science which allow people to live longer, have better access to food, etc.; 4. Globalization, and the melding and sharing of ideas and education throughout the globe for the improvement of lifestyles of those in third-world countries. 5. What's not necessarily so good for the world has been the acceleration of the split between the rich and the poor and the takeover of governments, including this one, by corporations and special interest groups and the seeping corruption this has caused.

9/11 for a moment the whole earth held its breath.

The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Wall. Its the birth of a new Europe and no clear enemy

Creation of the semi conductior

The Space programs from Apollo to Hubble

EURO

1) Founding of the EPA 2) Buildup of the US military and the end of the Cold War 3) Personal computing 4) The US sponsored coalition invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, in that order, starting the week of the 9/11/01 attack and anthrax panic, stated aim: "clean up airports" (Japan press) 5) World Wide Web.

well, i'm just 15 and i don't know so much about USA because i'm from Peru but i think that the most important events are the terrorist attack to the twin towers, the 1st black president, Michael Jackson's dead, internet development and Human Genome Project.
:D thanks!

1) Global warming, it's effects and the imminent danger
2) Computers (world wide web)
3) 911
4) Rise of religious (and political) fanaticism
5) Scientific: Astronomical discoveries, string theory, et.al.

Development of the World Wide Web -- the internet has not only changed the way we research things, but for better or for worse has created a society of low attention span humans. We need immediate gratification and can get it. We can find answers to what ails us, but we can also watch whatever movie we want if we can wait for the stolen download. I am not sure the generation we are raising us will survive a power outage. Hopefully they will be intelligent enough to fix the issue. On a positive note, I know that I can send anyone anything from anywhere, literally.

deciphering the human genome -- This has changed the way we police ourselves. Also how we track our geneology. I love the shows on NBS and PBS about geneology.

Rolling Stones? I am guessing? What band actuated the trend of selling concert tickets from one hub like Ticketmaster? This doesn't make the top 5 but in honor of the arts...I need to research and get back to you...

That same vein, Anerican Idol -- has changed the blueprint of starting a band, playing locally and forming a fan base, then touring locally out of a car (like I did), only to have some random record executive like what you are doing, and give you a record deal. Then you still need to pound the pavement with promotion, this still doesn't give you the exposure that American Idol does. (Thank you, AI, for Carrie Underwood!)

I know I am repeating what you have already exampled, but these are my votes.

Still Thinking,
Laura Shadle

1. 9/11 WTT NYC
2. Invention of computers
3. Invention of internet
4. Probable life on Mars
5. DNA - genetics

*1969 Moon Landing

1. Berlin Wall falls.
2. Internet
3. 9/11.
4. China opens trade.
5. HIV

Fall of the Soviet Union, Capitalism in China, Islamic terrorism, WWW, advancements in Medicine (in no particular order)

1) 9/11; 2)Columbine; 3)cellphone; 4)genetics; 5)election of Barak OBama

First Black President
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
BP Oil Spill
Holographic technology
Louisiana Hurricane Katrina

1. Roe v Wade
2. Moonwalk
3. End of Vietnam War
4. 2001 Bombings
5. Bigger recession than in the 1980's

In no particular order, here are five for consideration:
Desktop computer
Cell phone
Expansion of the internet for everyday uses
9/11 attack on the World Trade Center
Satellite technology

The collapse of the Soviet Union largely due to the combined cooperation and efforts of President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, & Pope John Paul II.

1. Obama was elected first black president of the United States

2. The Death of Michael Jackson

3. The assasination of John F. Kennedy

4. 9/11 Attack

5. The Internet

inventions: atm machines, debit cards, internet, google

political: berlin wall down, tiananmen square

disasters: arctic ice melt, gulf oil spill

computers/internet
stem cell research
terrorist attacks on american soil
election of barack obama
cell phones

1. Roe against Wade
2. Improved status of women and children - human and legal rights to prevent and prosecute abuse and exploitation and the corruption of access to opportunity
3. Personal computers
4. The internet
5. Cell phones

1. Digital/cellphone cameras and videorecorders--anyone might become a news reporter/witness, anywhere, anytime

2. Internet/personal computers--more people connected to more institutions/organizations more easily than ever before

3.Ease of electronic surveillance, including by amateurs and criminals

4. Drug culture becomes hip/stylish to much of mainstream America

5. Rise of social media/non-stop networking

top 5 historic events since 1970.
1) fall of Berlin Wall
2) Sep. 11
3) I would combine the internet and personal computers. Without one, you would not have the other.
4) end of the Vietnam War.
5) Iraq invasion of Kuwait.

1. "Going Green" - People are finally beginning to realize the impact they have on their environment - everything from air emissions to trash,telecommuting, carpooling, reusable bags, refillable water bottles instead of disposable, awareness of the destructive power of an oil spill

2. Human Genome project

3. Fall of Saigon/end of the Vietnam war - How many Vietnam Veterans still suffer from the physical and psychological effects of that war? How many veterans and their children suffer the health effects of Agent Orange? (not to mention the Vietnamese people)

4. Personal Comupter/Internet technology - One day a computer takes up and entire room and the next we have access to any information we want on a cordless telephone that can go anywhere with us. There's an Ap for that.

5. It's a toss between NAFTA and the opening of Trade between China and the U.S.

1. The breakup of The Beatles in 1970;
2. The introduction of the PC (and susequently the internet) in 1982;
3. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1989;
4. 09-11-2001;
5. The revolution in medicine that spans those forty years in nearly exponential ways, and continues going forward.

1. The personal computer: changing lives all over the world
2. The internet: world networking becomes possible
3. The fall of the Berlin wall: fall of the Soviet Union
4. The peace accord between Egypt and Israel: peace became possible
5. Watergate: changed the way America perceived its president.

5) Internet; the creation of this marvel has not only allowed us easier access to information, but it continues to give us answers when we can find them ourselves by asking questions.

4) Formation of the United Nations; represents one more step towards the prevention of future world wars and securing world peace.

3) March on Washington, 1963; a key event a part of the Civil Rights Movement and establishing the continuance of human rights and equal liberties.

2) End of colonialism; after World War II many nations in Africa made great strides towards independence from the European nations that deprived them of their resources and rights as African people.

1) Election of Barack Obama; this election had revealed that this nation still had prejudical scars that still needed healing. Obama, being the son of a black father and a white mother allows him to have a unique perspective of the world.

Obama being elected President
9/11
cell phones
Fall of the Soviet Union
Rise of the Internet

5.Miracle on ice (US-Russia hockey game)
4.Nixon resignation
3.Recession
2.Internet
1.9/11

Roe vs. Wade
Women's rights movement
Hospice and other compassionate medical advances like home care
Accessible air travel
Personal computer use in the home

This article was designed as a platform to list the election of Barack Obama as a major historical event. The election is five months away. Get used to these public information tactics. 1) Uncontrolled public debt as a state policy 2) Climate change policy as a reflection of political power 3) Rise of Islamic-Fascists 4) Globalization and Asian rim development by the USA 5) Advances in Life Sciences 5)

Top 5. Election of Barack Obama 4.The fall of apartheid in South Africa 3.Fall of the Berlin Wall 2. The internet/. 1. September 11 attacks

Ironically my daughter has to pick a topic for her jr paper for a US history 20+ yrs ago. My fave for your purposes are: 1. "Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall" 2. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" 3. Invention of internet 4. Invention of cell phone 5. 9/11 honoroable mentions: okc bombing (i was there), color/cable tv, Roe v. Wade, ALL civil/women's 4o+ yrs: clara barton/red cross, pearl harbor *I would say HIV/AIDS, but it originated in AFRICA not US!!! Also, JONAS SAULK/PENNICILLIN, but he was FRENCH!!!

1.black president 2.smart phones 3.internet 4.shooting in movie theater 5.hurricane katrina

1.Global Climate Change 2.WWW and general technology explosion and medical research 3.Human Genome 4.Space Shuttle 5.9/11 and global politcal change and shifting economic power

1.) The internet becoming a global communication device. 2.) Hybrid seeds has given us the ability to feed millions all across the world. 3.) Vaccines and medical improvements that have enabled us to do difficult but achievable procedures. 4.) 9/11 and other terrorist acts; disturbing America's peace and leaving the remembrance that causes us to keep our security high. 5.) Further progress in science that proves it is endless and filled with numerous planets, solar systems, etc.

1. Abortion Technology 2. HIV/AIDS 3. Nickname giving abilities 4. Cyber Bullying 5. Lakers vs. Celtics finals (2010)