By Kendall Job
There have been countless historic events that have occurred throughout the 2010s. Here are just a few events from each year during the 2010s that you may have forgotten about, but had a great historical impact on the state of both the United States as well as many other parts of the world.
2010
- Earthquake in Haiti
- BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- U.S. wins most medals overall at Vancouver Winter Olympics
2011
- Japan earthquakes
- Killing of Osama Bin Laden
- Royal Wedding in the UK
2012
- Major typhoon in the Philippines
- Mars rover lands successfully on Mars
- Marvel’s “The Avengers” release
2013
- Boston Marathon bombing
- Edward Snowden releases National Security Agency files
- Death of Cory Monteith
2014
- Disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370
- Ebola epidemic in West Africa becomes global crisis
- Obama restores relations with Cuba
2015
- Middle East refugee crisis in Syria
- Same-sex marriage is legalized
- Pope Francis visits the U.S.
2016
- Donald Trump wins the presidential election
- Brexit occurs as Britain leaves the European Union
- Number of women of color in Congress increases
2017
- Earth has its second warmest year on record
- #MeToo movement arises
- First total solar eclipse since 1918
2018
- Climate change activism rises
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Royal Wedding
- California wildfires erupt with billions in damage
- Death of Mac Miller
2019
- Donald Trump impeachment trials
- End of another government shutdown
- First all-female spacewalk
- Death of Juice Wrld
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