ENGL C101 Guide for Debilyn Kinzler: The 2010s

2010

• First iPad is released by Apple
• Instagram was founded
• Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti
• Vancouver hosts the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics

2011

• Prince William and Kate Middleton get married
• Osama Bin Laden is killed
• Steve Jobs passes away
• Launch of Twitch

2012

• Gangnam Style is introduced by South Korean Pop Star Psy
• Whitney Houston passes away

2013

• Nelson Mandela passes away
• Edward Snowden reveals NSAs PRISM Project

2014

• Malaysian Airplane MH370 vanishes
• Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS sweeps social media
• Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai wins Nobel Prize
• Robin Williams Passes Away

2015

• Rise of ISIS
• Diverse emojis are introduced
• Same-Sex marriage is legalized in the United States
• Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning monarch in British History

2016

• Global Climate Change Agreement
• Brexit Referendum
• Donald Trump becomes President of the United States
• David Bowie, Prince, and Carrie Fisher pass away

2017

• Largest Women's March in history takes place in the United States
• #MeToo Epidemic
• Tik Tok Launches
• The Fyre Festival Fraud

2018

• Eating Tide Pods goes viral on social media
• Canada legalizes cannabis in October
• The Camp Fired rages through California in November
• China approves plan to abolish presidential term limits.

2019

• First photo of a Black Hole
• The Epstein Scandal
• The College Admissions Scandal
• Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast ever.