Timeline is a representation of a series of events starting from the earliest event to the event that occurred at the last. Timelines are used to describe many events in the best possible way and are representations which make it easy for one to understand the history of a happening or person/organization etc. Let’s take a look at some of the interesting timelines.
1. The Timeline Of Silicon
The first silicone breast implants were developed in the year 1960 whereas in 1977, the first case of ruptured implants came to being. In the year 1984, first time, the relationship between autoimmune disease and silicone implants was introduced. The same year, Maria Stern was awarded $211000 in compensatory damages and $1.5 Million in punitive damages from Dow Corning by a jury that found her silicone breast implants caused her autoimmune disease. By 1991, there were a total of 137 suits filed against Dow Corning. In 1999, an attorney won $10 million settlement for her claims that implants caused her scleroderma. By the year 2012, Dow Corning continues to pay for implant complications.
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2. Timeline Of Social Commerce
In Feb 2007, virtual gifts were sold on Facebook for the first time whereas in March 2010, Pamper’s Facebook page did 1000 transactions per hour. The same year, in November, the first book on social commerce was written whereas in September 2011, 8th bridge releases a complex social commerce IQ report. Today, more than 800 million people are on Facebook available in over 70 languages and more than 200 million people are on Twitter.
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3. Timeline Of Marijuana
In 1890s, marijuana was sold as an over the counter medicinal plant whereas in 1960, recreational use of marijuana increased. In the year 1996, marijuana was allowed to be used as a painkiller in California whereas in 2012, Washington and Colorado become the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Currently there are 21 states that allow the use of Medicinal marijuana including DC. There was a poll conducted in 2013 and according to it, 1 in 4 people have smoked marijuana in the past year.
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4. Timeline Of Doctor Who
The first season of Doctor Who was telecasted in the year 1963-1964 and Doctor Who’s major foe was Daleks. The second and third seasons came in 1965 and 1966 respectively and its TV movie was released in the year 1996.
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5. Universities Timeline
The first university in the world was University of Salerno and Bologna which were found in 800AD and 1400 AD respectively. In the 13th century, the primary focus areas were rhetoric, Logitech and Latin whereas in the 21st century, there are multiple subjects and selections.
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6. A Timeline Of Facebook Parties Gone Wrong
On January 12, 2008, 500 people stormed a party in Melbourne and the organizer of the party promoted it on MySpace. In 2010, a party in Albany went wrong and $200000 was the cost to repair the house that was devastated in it. In February 20, 2010, a small party went viral on Facebook whereas on September 21, 2012, 30000 people confirmed reservation for a birthday party in Haren, Netherlands and this party went viral when the 16 year old Birthday girl forgot to set the invite.
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7. Egypt Timeline
Egypt has lived through 2.5 years of turmoil and transition. It all started in 2011 with Egyptians demonstrating against Hosni Mubarak. IN 2012, a new parliament was formed after Mubarak’s death and the same year, Morsi takes to office.
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8. Timeline Of Jackpots In Powerball
The first Powerball jackpot was won on 22nd April, 1992 by Bert Morian in Brazil and he won an amount of $5989205. In 1994, Jackpot minimum was increased to $3 Million and in 2005; this was increased to $15 Million.
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9. History Of Small Business Administration (SBA)
For 60 years, SBA has been helping businesses get their start by offering many services. In the year 2009, there were 27.5 M SB in the US whereas SBA’s current business loan portfolio is 45 billion!
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10. Michael Jordan Timeline
Michael Jordan was born in 1963 and in 1979; he was cut from the Varsity basketball team. Later in the year 1981, he got a full scholarship to University of North Carolina and one year later, he made a game-winning jump shot in NCAA Championship. His dream career then began and in 2009, he received the ultimate honor when he was enshrined in the Naismith memorial Hall of Fame.
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11. Facebook Making Timeline Mandatory
It is a fact that Facebook is making the Timeline feature mandatory but 70% people don’t like it and want to lose it. Voters between the ages of 18 to 24 years were more receptive to this change. Timeline irritates both males and females in equal amounts!
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12. History Of Search Engines
Archie was regarded as the first search engine and came into being in 1990. In 1994, Yahoo Directory was launched followed by the launch of Backrub in 1996, which was later named Google. In 2003, Google launched AdWords site while in 2010, Bing is released as the product of Microsoft-Yahoo Partnership.
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13. Timeline Of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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14. EHR Meaningful Use Timeline
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15. History Of Google
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16. Twitter Timeline
In 2001, Jack Dorsey drew the original idea and named it stat.us. In 2006, work on this project got started and in the same year, full version of Twitter got launched as an internal service for Odeo employees. In 2008, Twitter added a search bar and a side bar of trending topics to its web interface and in 2011, Twitter integrated its own photo-sharing service.
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17. Women Pioneers In Diabetes Timeline
In 1922, Charlotte Clark becomes the first women patient to receive insulin for surgery. In 1945, the free dip and read test was developed and in 2000, Missy Foy becomes the first female athlete to qualify for Olympic Marathon trials.
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18. Seaworld’s Timeline Of Death
A lot of Orca whales are dying every year and the first every death was recorded in 1971. Some complications which have resulted in these deaths are twisted intestines, septicemia, stillbirth complications and respiratory diseases etc.
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19. Google Algorithm Change Timeline
Google has time and again changed its algorithm and SEO which has allowed us to better grasp its current state. In December 2000, Google added Google Toolbar whereas in 2010, the update that was made was caffeine which put emphasis on time-dated links.
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20. 40 Years Of Walt Disney World Resort
The plan to build a world resort by Walt Disney was unveiled in the year 1960 following which, Magic Kingdom Park was opened in 1971. Over the years, many attractions were added to this resort and in 1989; Pleasure Island and Disney-MGM studios were opened. In 2011, plans were announced to add a new land based on the film ‘Avatar’ at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.
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