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What year was it? By: Irida Ahmeti

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What year was it?. By: Irida Ahmeti. Feb 23 rd , the first “ naked-eye ” supernova is observed. This year is shortened by ONE second, in order to adjust the Gregorian calendar. This is the predominant international standard used today. (5,000,000,000). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What year was it?

By: Irida Ahmeti

Feb 23rd, the first “naked-eye” supernova is observed.

This year is shortened by ONE second, in order to adjust the Gregorian calendar

This is the predominant international standard used

today.

The World's Population reaches approximately five

billion

(5,000,000,000)

On November 17th of this year, a tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska

Caused by a size 7.2 Earthquake, around

8:46AM, going inward up to 1 mile

Disposable Contact Lenses become available for commercial

distribution during this year.

Vistakon launches the first disposable

contact lens

Prozac makes its debut in the United

States

(Prozac) is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder

(bothersome thoughts that won't go away and the need to perform

certain actions over and over), some eating disorders, and panic attacks

The Simpsons Cartoon first appears as a

series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Three Men and a Baby

Fatal Attraction

Beverly Hills Cop II

Dirty Dancing

RoboCop

Popular Films

During this year, the US Postage Stamp was

24 cents

Cost of a gallon of regular

gas: $0.95…WHERE HAVE THE

TIMES GONE?!?

The First Criminal convicted using DNA Evidence: Robert Melias, in England

And…on August 31 – Michael Jackson releases his hit

album Bad.

On January 3rd, Aretha Franklin becomes the first

woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

SO can you all guess what year this all was???

1987

p.s. I was born on this year. =D