2007 Snapshot
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The Vibe
Pop Culture
iPhone Release
Slang
"Fail"
Price Check
Gas: $2.80
Notable Deaths
Boris Yeltsin, Ingmar Bergman, Luciano Pavarotti
Music & Style
Electropop
World Affairs
Surge in Iraq
War in Waziristan
Yearly Summary
- Global Events: Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone, changing human communication forever. The global 'Great Recession' begins to brew with the subprime mortgage crisis.
- Culture & Mood: Peak 'Indie Sleaze' and Electro-pop. Netflix begins its transition from DVD-by-mail to online streaming.
- Fashion & Slang: Ray-Ban Wayfarers return; American Apparel hoodies. 'Stay thirsty, my friends.'
- Fun Fact: 2007 was the year the final Harry Potter book was released, and Mad Men brought 1960s style back into the mainstream.