- Five Presidents have lived in the White House, including the first African-American President
- The Dow has gone from closing at 1,546 in 1985 to closing at 11,577 in 2010
- Reality TV
- ESPN is the world leader in sports programming
- The first internet domain name is registered in 1985 (symbolics.com)
- Microsoft has initial public offering in 1986
- The Internet and Googling obsoletes World Book Encyclopedias
- Berlin Wall falls in 1989
- Personal Computers become smaller and portable.
- Cellular phones become huge in the market place while shrinking in actual size
- Formal end to Cold War in 1992
- Y2K scares the world
- More than 3,000 people die in terrorist attacks on Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a 4th hijacked plane crashes in Pennsylvania due to the heroics of the passengers on board on 9/11/2001
- Europeans agree to one currency….the Euro debuts in 2002
- The 2nd Gulf War begins in 2003 with the bombing of Iraq
- In 2006, the one billionth song is downloaded from Apples iTunes
- 1st female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is sworn in
- $700 billion bailout is passed in 2008
