What has happened in your
lifetime?
What happened in the year:
2000
• Y2K computer bug concern
comes and goes without doing
anything
• George Bush wins election to be
the next US president against Al
Gore
• Tiger Woods becomes youngest
golfer to win a Grand Slam in
golf.
• "Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire“ is published
What happened in the year:
2001
• 9/11
• US begins “war on terrorism”
• Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy
begins
• First iPod is released
• Wikipedia goes online
What happened in the year:
2002
• Department of Homeland
Security created
• Winter Olympics held in Salt
Lake City, Utah
• The Mars Odyssey finds signs of
huge water ice deposits on the
planet Mars
• Kelly Clarkson wins the first
season of American Idol
• Anaheim Angels won the World
Series
What happened in the year:
2003
• Lance Armstrong wins 5th Tour
de France
• French fries temporarily
become “freedom fries”
• Arnold Schwarzenegger elected
governor of California
• Space Shuttle Columbia
disintegrates over on reentry
over Texas killing all 7
astronauts aboard
• Apple launches iTunes
What happened in the year:
2004
• George Bush wins second term as
President
• Facebook is launched
• Martha Stewart convicted of insider
trading and sent to jail
• Summer Olympics held in Athens,
Greece
What happened in the year:
2005
• Hurricane Katrina strikes southeast United
States
• Disneyland celebrates 50th anniversary
• Lance Armstrong wins 7th Tour de France
• H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak worldwide
• XBox 360 is released
What happened in the year:
2006
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Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy
Wii released in North America
iTunes sells its 1 billionth song
Pluto is downgraded to a dwarf planet
Italy wins world cup
What happened in the year:
2007
• Nancy Pelosi elected first
female speaker of Congress
• Apple introduces iPhone and
iTouch
• The Final Harry Potter book is
published “Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows”
• Barry Bonds breaks all time
home run record
What happened in the year:
2008
• Subprime mortgage scandal is
uncovered and housing market
crashes
• Fidel Castro steps down as
Cuba’s president after almost
50 years in office
• Barak Obama elected next US
president
• Summer Olympics in Beijing,
China
What happened in the year:
2009
• H1N1 (swine flu) a global epidemic
• Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett die
• The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st
century, lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.8
seconds, occurs over parts of Asia and the
Pacific Ocean
What happened in the year:
2010
• Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada
• Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) passed
and signed into law
• BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster
destroys the Gulf Coast
• Spain wins World Cup
What happened in the year:
2011
• 9.0 earthquake hits off the coast of
Japan triggering a tsunami,
damaging the Fukushima power
plant. 16,000 died, 6,000 injuries,
3,000 missing
• Osama bin Laden killed by Navy Seals
• Arab Spring – middle east countries
rise up against their governments
• Occupy Wall Street movement
begins
• Prince William and Kate Middleton
marry
What happened in the year:
2012
• Gunman opens fire at midnight screening of
“The Dark Knight Rises”
• Summer Olympics held in London, England
• “Curiosity Rover” successfully lands on Mars
• Hurricane Sandy hits east coast
• Obama is reelected president
• Space Shuttle Endeavor arrives at LA Science
Museum
• Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride, both
pioneering astronauts, die
• Whitney Houston dies
What happened in the year:
2013
• Lance Armstrong admits to taking steroids
during his Tour de France wins
• Boston Marathon bombings occur
• Edward Snowden leaks NSA documents
• Playstation4 and Xbox One released
• Google Glass is released to a few select people
to test
What happened in the year:
2014
• Let it Go becomes a sensation
• Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia
• Tens of millions of people became
obsessed with the game 2048
• Germany won the world cup
• Ice Bucket Challenge swept the globe
• Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace
Prize becoming the youngest winner
ever at 17 years old
What happened in the year:
2015
• 8th grade DANCE!!!
#flashbackfriday
• Friday, June 12, 2015, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
• There will be food, drinks, activities, and raffle prizes
Photo Booth
Karaoke
Games
Candy Station
Personalize Your Summer 2015
• Lathrop Intermediate School proudly
presents different Summer Programs here
on the Spartans campus this summer.
• There are two programs for students from
6th – 8th grades
Summer School
2015
– Summer Bridge
– Engage 360
Bridge
7th Grade
8th Grade
AVID Science
AVID Math
Bridge Program:
See Mr. Raya for more details
Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Engage 360
6th Grade
Transition
Program
6th – 8th Grades
See Mr. Chris for
more info
Be Safe