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.