1. On October 5th Gilmore Girls celebrated it’s sweet 16. Which was then followed by Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life in November.
2. “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls turned 20
3. President-elect Trump
4. Harambe
Harambe was a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, who was shot and killed by a zookeeper after a child climbed into his enclosure. Many people were outraged by the incident and it has led to many memes and jokes.
5. We lost so many beloved celebrities
Alan Rickman, Carrie Fischer and her mother Debbie Reynolds, David Bowie, Harper Lee, Nancy Reagan, Doris Roberts, Prince, George Michael, Muhammad Ali, Christina Grimme and many more.
6. Brexit
This was the pun that came from Britain leaving the EU.
7. Fuller House
The spinoff of the 90's sitcom had it's first two season in 2016.
8. Space Jam and Matilda both turned 20
9. Project Runway had its 15th season
10. Vine was shut down
11. More women in law schools than men
According to the New York Times, "55,766 women nationwide are studying for a juris doctor degree, compared with 55,059 men, according to the bar association. First-year students are more than 51 percent women, or 19,032, and 48.6 percent men, or 18,058."
12. Prince George started school
13. The Voice had two female coaches for the first time
14. Jessie Graff was the first female to complete stage one of the Las Vegas finals of 'American Ninja Warrior'
15. New Kermit the Frog meme
16. Summer Olympics in Rio
Simone Biles won gold medals for floor and vault, in addition to several bronze medals, Michael Phelps became the most decorated olympian, and Katie Ledecky set a new world record.
17. Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar for best actor in The Revenant
18. Pokémon Go
How could we forget the app that shortly took over the majority of people's lives? For most of Summer 2016 people were outside trying to collect Pokémons. But the popular game probably lost its' appeal for teenager, Shayla Wiggins, who discovered a dead body while playing Pokémon Go.
19. Hit movies
Many successful movies came out this year such as; Finding Dory, Suicide Squad, Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Passengers, and many more.
20. Hamilton
According to Vox, "Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Founding Father musical debuted on Broadway in late 2015, it wasn’t until 2016 that it fully permeated the national consciousness." Even people that have yet to see this smash hit live, still recognize the distinct soundtrack.
