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`�c1} On April 20,2011,the Sony PlayStation Network
Y goes offline as a result of an "external
intrusion" in which personal details from :/
approximately 77 million accounts were
stolen.The outage lasts for approximately 23
days and costs Sony over$170 million. -
"We Got Him" Welcome Home, Soldiers
On May 1,2011, under the Barack Obama announces the end of mar
cover of night in Abbottabad, _ US military involvement in Iraq,
Pakistan, US Navy Seals and promising to have the troops home by
CIA operatives execute a Christmas 2011.This ends American
meticulously planned attack to - participation in an eight-year war
take out terrorist mastermind in which more than a million US ,.
Osama bin Laden. troops have served.
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Obama Makes Change for Large Bills
President Barack Obama proposes the
:"w American Jobs Act of 2011 to a joint session
of Congress on September 8. In the Senate,
the bill fails to garner the necessary sixty / t_„r ,
votes to proceed,so Obama breaks the
• bill into several smaller derivative bills in
hopes that some aspects of his
ma=r proposal will pass into law.
The 99%vs.the 1% • . '�/"►
The disenfranchised 99 percent of Americans feeling the
crunch of economic distress find their voice.Their
crusade starts on Wall Street and soon goes nationwide.
Over 70 US cities host protests that are identified with the
r = Occupy Wall Street movement.
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7 It Was a Tough Year for the Arizona Congresswoman
'! Surviving an assassination attempt in January 2011,
Gabrielle Giffords struggles for months to reclaim the
pieces of who she was before the shooting. She returns
to Congress in August, and in January 2012 announces
that she intends to resign her seat so that she can
continue to focus on her recovery.
The Trial of Conrad Murray
Dr.Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician,
is convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced
to serve 4 years in prison for the death of the pop star.
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Apple Loses its Core
Less than two months after stepping down as CEO
of Apple, Steve Jobs loses his eight-year battle with
r cancer at the age of 56. Jobs is the cofounder of Apple,
and the visionary behind iTunes,the iPod, iPhone and iPad,
which have all had a huge influence on music, mobile
phones and computers.