The Decade in Review

I was just thinking of everything that happened from 2000 to 2009. It's been a crazy decade! Do you remember any of these events?

1. We elected the first African-American President, Barack Obama.
2. 9/11, which brought about the War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq.
3. Which also brought about the fall and later the execution of Suddam Hussein.
4. Hurricane Katrina
5. The controversy over Elian Gonzalez.
6. Pope John Paul II died and Pope Benedict XVI took over.
7. The Columbine shooting then later Virginia Tech.
8. They declare Pluto a "dwarf planet."
9. The Crackberry and IPhone take over.
10. The SARS scare, then West Nile Virus, then more recently H1N1 (Swine Flu).
11. Beginning to end this is the decade of remakes from "King Kong" to "War of the Worlds."
12. The Wii became an addiction.
13. Skinny jeans and leggings made a come back while Uggs and Crocs were spotted for the first time.
14. The genocide of Darfur.
15. "Survivor", "Lost" and "American Idol" took us by surprise while we all watched the Finales of "Friends" and "Sex and the City."
16. Wenchaun Earthquake.
17. The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
18. Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Charles M. Schulz, Walter Matthau, Perry Como, Aaliyah, George Harrison, Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mum), Richard Harris, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, John Ritter, Johnny Cash and wife June Carter, Donald O'Connor, Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles, Marlon Brando, Julia Child, Christopher Reeve, Arthur Miller, Shelby Foote, Rosa Parks, August Wilson, the cartoonist team Hanna and Barbera, Steve Irwin, Gerald R. Ford,  Roy Scheider, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Michael Crichton, Bea Arthur, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze and many others passed away.
19. Songs like: "Say My Name," "Hot in Herre," "This Love," "Since U Been Gone," and "Sexyback" ruled the charts.
20. We cried and said goodbye to many friends in the Harry Potter series.

I hope it was as memorable for you as it was for me. This decade started with me in high school and ended with me as a College graduate living and working in NYC.

I leave you humming "Memories."