Politics:

• 6, 2012:President Barack Obama is reelected after defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

• June 26, 2015: Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage in the United States.

• June 23, 2016: United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union (EU).

• 8, 2016: Republican candidate and businessman Donald Trump wins presidential election against former Secretary of State and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

Pop Culture:

• 6, 2015: Lin Manuel Miranda debuts his new Broadway show Hamilton, which drastically grows in popularity and box office profits through the decade.

• 23, 2012: Film adaptation of The Hunger Gamesis released into theaters and goes on to make billions within a four-film franchise.

• 20, 2015:Adele releases 25, which becomes the highest-selling album of the decade.

• Fall 2017:A New York Timesexposé reveals the alleged details behind acclaimed film producer Harvey Weinstein’s predatory behavior and ignites the #metoo movement within Hollywood.

• 26, 2019: Marvel releases Avengers: Endgame; the finale to the series becomes the highest-grossing movie of all time, with $2.79 billion made worldwide.

News and Events:

●      Jan. 12, 2010:Haiti is devastated by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

●      May 2, 2011: Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11, 2001 attacks, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALS in Pakistan.

• 5, 2016: Summer Olympics take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

●      Nov. 2, 2016: Chicago Cubs win their first World Series since 1908.

●      Aug. 25, 2017: Disastrous Hurricane Harvey hits the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic.

Notable Deaths:

• 5, 2011:Steve Jobs, creator of Apple
• 11, 2012:Whitney Houston, singer
• 5, 2013:Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa
• 11, 2014:Robin Williams, actor
• 10, 2016:David Bowie, singer
• 21, 2016:Prince, singer
• June 3, 2016:Muhammad Ali, boxer
• 16, 2018:Aretha Franklin, singer
• 12, 2018:Stan Lee, comic book writer