Throughout the Decade
2010
- Ke$ha’s song “Tik Tok” was the number one song of the year.
- Haiti earthquake
- Taylor Swift jousted with Kanye West and was nominated for 4 Grammys.
- Justin Bieber’s “shaggy hair” was in trend.
- Good Luck Charlie aired its first show.
2011
- Beginning of the Syrian civil war.
- Hurricane Irene strikes the East Coast of the United States killing 47 citizens and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
- NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the moon.
2012
- The End of the World rumor came out, putting people in a large amount of panic.
- The Avengers movie first came out, bringing popular comic book characters to life and fans going wild.
- The Endeavour Space Shuttle was brought to Los Angeles after having taken its final flight in the month of September.
- Dumb Ways to Die was introduced as a public service announcement for Metro Railroad Safety and rose itself to the top.
2013
- Miley Cyrus releases her Wrecking Ball, turning her good image into a naughty one.
- Frozen became the most popular movie of the year.
- Playstation 4 is released by Sony while the Xbox One is released by Microsoft.
- Avicii released hit song “Wake Me Up”.
2014
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance.
- Ebola Virus Breakout.
- Sochi Winter Olympics.
- Beloved actor and comedian, Robin Williams passes away.
- Ellen’s Epic Oscar’s Selfie.
2015
- Same sex marriage is legal!
- The death of BB King .
- The blue/black vs gold/white dress debacle .
- The debut of the Hotline Bling music video.
- NASA confirms the presence of water on Mars.
2016
- Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential Election.
- Beyonce releases Lemonade.
- Harambe was killed at the Cincinatti Zoo and his name was entered into the 2016 Presidential Election.
- Lil Uzi Vert becomes popular with his release of Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World.
2017
- Donald Trump officially became the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017.
- Las Vegas had a mass shooting at an outdoor music festival along the Vegas strip.
- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria hit southern United States.
- North Korea launches 23 different missiles in 16 different tests within a couple months.
- For the first time in 99 years on August 21, a solar eclipse crossed the US from coast to coast.
2018
- Winter Olympics in South Korea.
- Stoneman Douglas Shooting.
- Stephen Hawkings died.
- Tide Pod challenge banned on YouTube.
- Beyonce becomes first black female to headline.
2019
- The world-famous Instagram egg beat Kylie Jenner in having the most liked Instagram photo.
- Lori Lauglin was caught in a college admission scandal, where she paid to get her kids into prestigious colleges.
- Greta Thunberg inspired the world with her climate-change activism.
- Pop artists Camilla Cabello and Shawn Mendes get together.
- Rumors about an Area 51 raid took the internet by storm.
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