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The Artist wins Academy Award
more info1. “The Artist,” a love letter to Hollywood, got hugs, kisses and the best-picture Oscar on Sunday at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony here.
2. The film also took the awards for best actor and best director
3. Thomas Langmann, the producer, accepting his award for a mostly silent, black-and-white fable about an actor’s struggle with the end of silent film -
Queen Elizabeth diamond jubilee
more info The people are celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, or 60th year on the throne.
A jubilee is a celebration that marks a special anniversary, such as a 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) or 50th anniversary (golden jubilee).
Her Diamond Jubilee is only the second ever. Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, celebrated the first Diamond Jubilee in 1897. -
London Olympics
more info1. Some of the Olympic sports are volleyball, boxing, gymnastics, and archery.
2. There was a total of 104 metals for the united states.
3. Those high ratings push London 2012 past Beijing 2008, which held the previous record of 215 million viewers -
Neil Armstrong dies
'http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757479 American astronaut Neil Armstrong died at age 82.
He was the first man to set foot on the moon.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” he said as he stepped down from the the lunar landing craft. -
Ambassador Chris Stevens killed in Libya
more infoAmbassador Chris Stevens was killed when a mob attacked a U.S. consulate in the city of Benghazi.
United States ambassadors do not always have a close connection to the countries where they serve.
He was liked and respected there, and he returned in 2012 as the formal ambassador to the new Libyan government. -
Free Falling record Broken
more info1. Baumgartner, whose Sunday freefall was watched around the world, was at one point traveling at 833 mph or Mach 1.24, and he shattered the speed of sound during his 4 minute 20 second fr"Fearless" Felix Baumgartner's supersonic skydive from 24 miles above the New Mexico desert was a rousing success.
2. the Austrian daredevil has described his speed of sound shattering descent as like swimming without touching the water.
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Lance Armstrong loses titles
[ more info](:http://www.cbc.ca/sports/cycling/story/2012/10/22/lance-armstrong-doping-titles-decision.html)He wonseven Tour de France victories.
As far as cycling's governing body is concerned, Lance Armstrong is out of the record books
'Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling,' UCI president says as cyclist's lifetime ban OK'd
Lance Armstrong lost all off his tour de France titles. -
Hurricane Sandy
'http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757638 Sandy produced winds of 90 mph with gusts of up to 115 mph.
The areas expected to feel the full force of the storm — including high winds and record flooding
Lower Manhattan already had flooding on Monday morning hours before Sandy was expected to hit New York City -
Obama wins re-election
more info1. Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds
2. A cheer of jubilation sounded at the Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago when the television networks began projecting him as the winner at 11:20 p.m.
3. Mr. Obama’s re-election extended his place in history, carrying the tenure of the nation’s first black president into a second term. -
Gangnam Style most viewed video on YouTube ever
more info1. The wildly popular "Gangnam Style" music video by Psy has gone where no YouTube video has gone before.
2. Last month, "Gangnam Style" surpassed pop star Justin Bieber's "Baby" video to become the most popular video of all time.
3. "Gangnam Style" has also earned a Guinness World Records title as the most-liked video in YouTube history with over two million digital thumbs up.
