The Last Decade in 7 Merciful Minutes

Some great unpleasantness goes by with pleasant quickness
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 25, 2009 10:41 AM CST

Oh, the aughts had their moments, what with disputed elections, terrorist attacks, invasions, and Rickrolling. If you, like most, can't remember anything else that happened, the Frisky has a treat for you: Newsweek's condensed version of the past decade in 7 short minutes. Spoiler alert: Barack Obama becomes the first black president.
(More aughts stories.)

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