Shocking Moments in the 2010s

The Top Ten
1 Russia invades Crimea

On February 2014 Russian soldiers crossed the borders into Ukraine controlled Crimea the conflict continues to this day

2 Donald Trump wins the 2016 election Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th President of the United States. Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Donald J. Trump received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, Donald Trump took charge of his family's real estate and construction firm, Elizabeth Trump... read more

Donald Trump won the electoral college against Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton

3 NASA landed the Curiosity rover in Gale crater on Mars. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
4 Syrian civil war Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Albanians and Greeks. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, ...read more.

The bloodiest conflict so far in this century

5 North Korea and United States Singapore summit Singapore, officially known as the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It is situated approximately one degree of latitude (137 kilometers or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It borders the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of... read more

USA president Donald Trump meet with North Korean leader Kim Jon Un this was the first time a US leader has meet the North Korean leader

6 Notre Dame cathedral fire

2019 one of the most iconic buildings set on fire due to a accident with the renovations

7 Brexit
8 Hurricane Maria

The worst Hurricane of the decade

9 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears

One of the biggest mystery of the century

10 The Chicago Cubs ended their 108 year World Series drought
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11 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

Probably the dirtiest World Cup final ever involving a boot to the chest ref Howard Webb didn't even see.

12 Brock Lesnar Breaks The Undertakers Streak 21-1 at WRESTLEMANIA 30
13 Stan Lee passes away on November 12th, 2018
14 Caleb Logan LeBlanc dies on October 2, 2015
15 Pua Magasiva passes away on May 11th, 2019
16 Goldberg defeats Brock Lesnar in 1 Minute & 26 Seconds at Survivor Series 2016
17 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
18 April 2018 Inter-Korean Summit
19 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak
20 My Chemical Romance breaks up
21 North Korea and United States Hanoi summit
22 Death of Cameron Boyce
23 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
24 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
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