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100 Years Of Horrible Things Via YouTube 100 Years Of Horrible Things Via YouTube

A lot can happen in one hundred years. Lots of bad, lots of good, but lots of change nevertheless. A couple of days ago a YouTube user, derDon1234, uploaded a video compiled of some of the most notable moments in …

Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary Commemorated In Online Videos Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary Commemorated In Online Videos

Just as with the daily infograhpic round-up, we’re going to dedicate today’s edition of the video round-up to Pearl Harbor Day. View more daily video round-ups here.

Pearl Harbor Day: Infographics Pearl Harbor Day: Infographics

Today is the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, so today’s infographic round-up is dedicated to that historic day. View more daily infographic round-ups here. Infographic: Pearl Harbor

Dead Sea Scrolls Now Online Thanks to Google Dead Sea Scrolls Now Online Thanks to Google
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With the help of The Israel Museum and Google, the Dead Sea Scrolls are now accessible to everyone via the internet. The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls site has just launched, and it gives you an interactive experience with the oldest …

Computers: From Filling a Room to Filling Your Bloodstream Computers: From Filling a Room to Filling Your Bloodstream

Okay, I’ll be honest.  The concept of a room-sized computer is so foreign to me that I can’t even describe it to you.  As a mid-80′s baby, the biggest hunk of computer machinery I ever used was the old family …

Osama bin Laden Death Consumes Entire Google Trends Hot Searches List Osama bin Laden Death Consumes Entire Google Trends Hot Searches List

This is the first time I’ve ever seen this happen. Every key phrase on Google’s Hot Trends list is related to the same piece of news. Obviously – the death of Osama bin Laden. Each phrase is either about bin …

John F. Kennedy Archive Moves Online
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The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation has introduced the nation’s largest online digitized presidential archive, offering access to papers, records, photographs and recordings of President Kennedy’s thousand days in office.

Only Video Footage of Anne Frank Appears on YouTube
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The only known video footage of Anne Frank has been posted on YouTube by The Anne Frank House museum of Amsterdam. This is a fascinating look at how new media can preserve history.

The footage shows the wedding of Anne Frank’s neighbor on July 22, 1941. Take a look:

Michael Jackson’s Death Hits Twitterers Pretty Hard
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Michael Jackson, one of the biggest music icons of all time, has passed away .

The death of the Michael Jackson is hitting Twitterers especially hard. Take a look at the screen shot below, 9 out of the 10 trending topics deal with some aspect his death.

Michael Jackson trending topics

The Convoluted Nature of Social Media and History

 There is a cliche that many people often share about history, and how it is written by the victors. The conquerors across the world, for the most part, are the ones who transcribed the history for others to read. We have terms like "revisionist history" to account for the fact that we realize the truth may be quite a bit grayer than those historical accounts we read lead us to believe.

Recording the Web’s History
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Have you ever messed around the Wayback Machine? This tool provided at archive.org or Internet Archive, lets you enter any URL and see what it has looked like over time. At least that’s what it is supposed to do.
The earliest incarnation of the Internet Archive, as displayed by the Internet Archive says: