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Tiffi finds some really good information
‘Oct. 24-29, 1929: Wall Street Crashes (New York City) - The "Roaring Twenties" come to a halt on Black Tuesday in October 1929, when stocks take a nosedive, contributing to the Great Depression. Reasons for the worst economic downturn in American history include over-lending by weakly regulated banks, excessive stock…
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Elsa can’t believe that there is so much history
‘Feb. 11, 1937: UAW Changes Car Industry (Flint, Michigan) - Nearly two years after the establishment of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the union scores a major victory in Flint, Michigan. Workers at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One lay down their tools and occupy the factory, demanding union…
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Back at Tiffi’s house
‘Dec. 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii) - Knowing the U.S. is gearing up to engage them in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Japan deploys a massive air attack on U.S. Navy ships parked at Pearl Harbor. The surprise assault by 353 Japanese aircraft leads to the deaths of 2,403 people, including 1,177 sailors…
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Wow there is some information on Baby Boomers!
‘Jan. 1, 1946: Baby Boom Starts (U.S.) - More American babies are born – 3.4 million – in 1946 than in any year in U.S. history up to then. The number of births grows to 4 million per year from 1954 to 1964, the last year of the baby boomer generation, the biggest generation at that point in history. Aug. 15, 1947: India…
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That’s enough history for now
Tiffi is amazed at all the history posted online. She can’t wait to share it with Elsa and Rip. ‘Nov. 1, 1952: First Hydrogen Bomb Test (Marshall Islands) - The United States successfully detonates its first hydrogen bomb, a second generation thermonuclear device, in the Marshall Islands as part of Operation Ivy, one of a…
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Tiffi meets up with Rip
Bright and early the next morning her phone starts dinging with text messages for her. Well guess she knows what she’ll be doing today. Perhaps she will walk through Bamboo Forest during the day to see if Rip is there. She heads out the door to go help the players. She arrives at the first player’s game and It doesn’t look…
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The tour ends
A little while later the rest of them meet up with Yeti. He is so engrossed with his game that he doesn’t even notice them. “Yeti, where did you go?” asks Tiffi. “I had such a great time creating a new candy crush level.” “And I loved to create sound with the different characters,” Chewy says. “But I’m tired now and it’s…
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Tiffi and friends take a trip to the King studio in Stockholm
Winter is upon us in the Candy Kingdom. Tiffi is getting a little bored and she doesn’t know what to do with her free time. Even the players needing her help has slowed down during the holidays. She hopes that they haven’t come down with the virus. Hopefully they are just relaxing and chilling out. Guess it’s time to do…
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Who wants to go?
Tiffi decides to Facetime her friends so that she can turn the phone around to show them what it’s all about. “Hi guys, I’m Facetiming all of you at one time to save some phone calls,” says Tiffi. “I found out that King is having a King for a day event. I think it’s in Stockholm but I’ll check with the CMs to find out…
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Tiffi needs to get all the details
“Hi Elsa, how are you today?” asks Tiffi. “I’m chilling out after writing those 2 new stories,” says Elsa. “It takes forever to upload them into the community but I was wide awake at 1:00 AM so I uploaded both of them and it took less time than it would during the day when lots of players are in the community. What’s up?”…
