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2013
· Boston Marathon bombing- two homemade bombs ripped through the crowd of fans and runners at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three and wounding nearly 300 others. Two Chechen Islamist brothers explode two bombs at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, killing 3 and injuring 264 others. · In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in the United States describe the first creation of human embryonic stem cells by cloning. · Lance Armstrong made the dishonor roll this year when he admitted to taking banned substances and blood doping. · Harlem Shake and What does the Fox say · New words “twerk” and “selfie” were added to the dictionary this year, People took endless “selfies” for Instagram, and the word “selfie” even became Oxford dictionary’s “Word of the Year.” Also added to dictionaries was the word, “twerk” and “derp.” · One of the year’s biggest addictions was playing the game Candy Crush. Candy Crush became 2013’s most popular game on Facebook, with 46 million average monthly users. People loved it so much that they didn’t mind paying the extra fee to bypass difficult levels: the game nets almost $1,000,000 a day. · Miley Cyrus had her hit “Wrecking Ball” on the top of Billboard music charts, and a Saturday Night Live hosting gig while Grumpy Cat went from being an online sensation to a newspaper and magazine cover cat. · Kid President · Frozen movie · American scientists use a 3D printer to create a living lab-grown ear from collagen and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped, similar ears could be grown to order as transplants for human patients suffering from ear trauma or amputation.
2014
· Ellen DeGeneres took an epic celeb-filled selfie during the Oscars ceremony. The selfie also set the record for most retweeted tweet of all time. · Flappy Bird was removed from the Apple Store. · Apple Watch · Ebola Epidemic Becomes Global Health Crisis · American Eagle stopped Photoshopping images of its lingerie models. · Pharrell’s trademark 10-gallon hat showed up everywhere. EVERYWHERE. · “Frozen” became the highest-grossing animated movie of all time. Nobody could stop singing “Let It Go.” · Dr. Dre sold Beats to Apple for $3 billion and became the richest man in hip-hop. · “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox made history as the first transgender woman nominated for an Emmy. · ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Millions of people dumped ice water over their heads for a good cause. · A 17-year-old girl from Pakistan became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history. · Recreational marijuana use was legalized in four states and Washington, DC. · Kim Kardashian attempted to #breaktheinternet ... and she released an app that brought in $200 million this year. · After 8 years of construction, the Freedom Tower finally opened its doors. · The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae probe successfully lands on Comet 67P, the first time in history that a spacecraft has landed on such an object. · Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
2015
· New leadership took over in Canada. Justin Trudeau, the 44-year-old leader of the liberal party, won the election, ousting the conservative party from power. Trudeau is the second-youngest prime minister Canada has ever had.· Canada’s prime minister appoints a gender-equal cabinet · The United States Supreme Court affirms same-sex marriage · The discoveries made on Pluto-After travelling for nine years, NASA’s Horizons spacecraft finished its first fly-by of Pluto, taking photos of Pluto and its largest moon. The photos revealed the presence of ice-mountains and two new moons, Kerberos and Styx. · NASA confirms the presence of water on Mars · 195 countries sign the world’s first accord on climate change-Six years in the making, the 2015 Climate Change Summit saw 195 countries endorse the Paris agreement to limit climate change, which included new climate commitments. President Barack Obama called the historic global conference “a turning point for the world”. · Facebook set an engagement record. This year, one billion people logged on to Facebook in a single day. As Mark Zuckerberg happily pointed out, this means that one in seven people on Earth were on Facebook in the course of a day. · Star Wars “The Force Awakens” brought in $1 billion in 12 days, which is an industry record. It’s now the highest-grossing Star Wars movie in the franchise. It was also the first Star Wars that was released as a Disney film. · Cuba and the U.S. restored diplomatic relations. After a 54-year cold war between the two countries, they reopened embassies in each other’s countries. The U.S. and Cuba are still divided on many fronts, but their relationship has not been this good in over 50 years.’ · Caitlin Jenner
2016
· Prince, and David Bowie passed away. · Scientists figured out how to link robotic limbs with the part of the brain that deals with intent to move so people don’t have to think about how they will move the limb, it can just happen. · Thanks to the ice bucket challenge the gene responsible for ALS has been found, meaning we are closer to an effective treatment. Let me rephrase that: we are close to getting a treatment for a very bad disease because a lot of people (including really hot celebrities) got wet. · Pokemon Go! · Leonardo Dicaprio won an Oscar · Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election Nov. 8 in a surprise upset against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump had been all but written off by the news media and polling ahead of the election after a rough month in which a video surfaced of him bragging about sexual assault surfaced and questions swirled about his family charity. · Samsung Phone Explodes and not allowed on airplanes · Zika Virus spread across America · The world’s longest rail tunnel in Switzerland was unveiled on June 1. The project took two decades to complete. · The first solar powered plane, the Solar Impulse 2, successfully completed a trip around the world July 26. · Democrat Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated to be president by a major U.S. presidential party July 26. · Reports of creepy clowns trying to lure children into the woods in South Carolina surfaced Aug. 29. The phenomenon would later go national, with hundreds of sightings reported in the United States. · Kim K gets robbed and held at gunpoint. · Shooting at Orlando Gay Night Club · Snapchat filters
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