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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ["the Tens"], "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens"), was a decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019. The decade began with an economic recovery from the Great Recession.
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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens", "two thousand (and) tens", or simply "the Tens" or "Teens"), was the decade that began on January 1, 2010 and ended on December 31, 2019. It is distinct from the decade known as the 202nd decade which began on January 1, 2011 and ended on December 31, 2020.
The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ["the Tens"], "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens"), was a decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019.
2010 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.
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1. Occupy Wall Street Around 1,000 people marched through the streets of New York City’s Financial District in September 2011 under an “Occupy Wall Street” banner. The protesters condemned income inequality and the influence of money in politics and called for an overhaul of what they saw as a failing financial system. Like the Arab Spring, a wave ...
6. Haiti Earthquake The deadliest natural disaster of the decade happened in the first month of 2010, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struckthe West Indian island of Hispaniola on the afternoon of January 12. Followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks, the quake hit hardest in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, killing an estimat...
10. Advances in LGBTQ Rights The decade saw key advancesfor LGBTQ people around the world, with the legalization of same-sex marriagein 18 countries, including Argentina, France, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland, Germany and the United States (via the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges). Meanwhile, anti-gay laws passed in Russia and ...
13. Chicago Cubs Win the World Series In 2016, the Chicago Cubs ended the longest drought in baseball by defeating the Cleveland Guardians(then known as the Cleveland Indians) 8-7 in the 10th inning of Game 7 to win the World Series. Before this historic victory, the last time the Cubs won a World Series was in 1908, 108 years earlier. Cleveland, w...
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Dec 12, 2019 · Whether it was self-driving Google cars, Apple’s biggest iPhone, Tinder swipes, Netflix hits, Facebook scandals, Elon Musk or Edward Snowden, these were the moments that shaped the decade.
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Dec 23, 2019 · From the memes that broke the internet to the politics that broke us, Vox explains the moments that mattered this decade — on our fragile planet and beyond. Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s.
