1. By: Suzie Ferguson

2. The Hubble Telescope is located 353 miles above the Earth’s surface It has sent hundreds of thousands of images back to Earth The images are available to all astronomers around the world

3. The telescope orbits the Earth in 97 minutes going 5 miles per second It has determined the age of the universe, the identity of quasars, the existence of dark energy, and has shown us all ages of galaxies and how they were formed The Hubble is made of mirrors It is NASA’s longest lasting and most successful science mission

4. Happened June 15 th, 1991, at 1:42pm Erupted for 9 hours Happened in Luzon in the Philippines

5. A total of 58,000 people were evacuated 800 people died and 100,000 people became homeless The eruption increased the size of the ozone hole over Antarctica and decreased the Earth’s temperature for the next few years Was the largest disturbance in the atmosphere since Krakotau in 1883

6. Before Bill Clinton became president he was governor of Arkansas He was against the advantages given to the rich He ran strongly in all regions of the U.S.

7. The big states he won were Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Illinois He stuck to traditional Democratic strongholds Clinton beat Bush 43% to 38% He became the 42 nd president

8. The bombing happened in a parking garage beneath the WTC The bombing happened in a parking garage beneath the WTC On Feb 20 th, 1993 at 12:18pm On Feb 20 th, 1993 at 12:18pm It was intended to topple the towers It was intended to topple the towers

9. The bomb was made in an apartment The bomb was made in an apartment 6 people were killed 6 people were killed The explosion made a 100 foot wide crater several stories deep and high The explosion made a 100 foot wide crater several stories deep and high Ramzi Yousef was the leader of the Islamic terrorists Ramzi Yousef was the leader of the Islamic terrorists

10. The strike started due to players wanting more money The World Series was cancelled because of this strike The players walked out on August 12 th

11. The series was called off on September 4 th It was the 8 th baseball stoppage in history Was the first time in all of sport history to be called off due to money The strike went on for 234 days

12. O.J. killed his wife Nicole in the bathroom at his daughter’s dance recital He killed her with scissors Nicole had always known he was going to kill her

13. Nicole had called 911 on New Years 1989 and 1993 for O.J. trying to kill her The police found cuts on his hands In the trial he said he was playing golf while it happened and said he would find the “real” killer When the police caught him he had a passport, a gun, a fake mustache, and a fake beard in his bag

14. The sheep’s name was Dolly She was cloned by scientists in Scotland Was cloned from a 6-year old ewe (female sheep)

15. Out of 277 tries 29 became developing embryos, and only 1 (Dolly) survived birth She was cloned by fusing together cells with an electric current so the unfertilized sheep egg had the same chromosomes This shows that our cells are not fixed to be a certain cell type, they all contain every gene needed to create an organism Scientists can now clone quicker and could use it to help endangered animals

16. In 1997 The Simpsons became the longest running TV cartoon having 167 episodes beating The Flintstones with 166 episodes Matt Groening created The Simpsons in 1987 in 15 minutes while waiting on his friend The first episode aired in December 1989

17. The characters names were based on Matt’s family, except for Bart whose name came from brat The cast is small but does multiple voices The show has had the most guest stars

18. John Glenn became the oldest man to go into space at age 77 He did it to test effects space travel had on the elderly He was also the first man to orbit Earth in 1959

19. Before this he was in the Ohio senate for 24 years Dr. Story Musgrove was the oldest man in space at age 61 before John John Glenn is now 90 years old and still living life to the fullest

20. A category F5 tornado touched down just outside Oklahoma City on May 3 rd, 1999 The winds reached a new record of over 300mph It measured 1 mile long at it’s strongest

21. 74 tornadoes touched down on May 3 rd in Oklahoma and Kansas 60 more tornadoes came to Tennessee and South Carolina on May 4 th -6 th It killed 46 people, injured 800 people, damaged or destroyed 8,000 homes, and caused $1.5 billion in damage

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