2016 was quite an interesting year. A lot of weird things happened: Donald Trump, a business man, was elected as the U.S. president and “Damn Daniel” made it huge. And of course like every year, a lot of bad stuff happened. It seemed like we lost every notable, game changing celebrity from Prince to Carrie Fisher, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti and devastated the country once again, and the LGBTQ community never felt more victimized after the Orlando massacre.
However, in times like these we need to focus on the positive. And believe it or not, quite a few good things happened in 2016.
- First and foremost, Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscar! If that doesn’t make you pee with excitement, then I don’t know what will.
- A woman almost won the presidential election. Like her or not, that is a huge step for womankind.
- Bob Dylan won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. Bet you didn’t know that.
- The Chicago Cubs won the world series after 108 years.
- Liberia was officially cleared of Ebola.
- World hunger was at its lowest.
- Manatees (among many other species) were taken off the endangered list.
- Sea World agreed to stop breeding Killer Whales.
- Harriet Tubman was announced as the new face of the $20 bill.
- Four more states legalized medical marijuana.
- Covergirl introduced their first Coverboy and he is prettier than me.
- Simone Manuel became the first black woman to take gold in an individual swimming event.
- There’s a new Harry Potter book and movie.
- There’s a new Star Wars movie.
- We finally got to see Finding Dory after several years of anticipation.
- Also Zootopia allowed children to see the problems associated with racism in a child friendly way.
- The Joe Biden and Obama memes became a thing and they are hilarious.
- After 5 years, NASA’s spacecraft Juno finally entered Jupiter’s orbit.
- The gene that is linked to ALS was discovered.
- And finally more puppies were born. They’re all adorable.
Of course more than just 20 great things happened, but this article would drag on if I listed them all. So every time we remember 2016, we need to focus on the good.