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I spent a few days trying to figure out how I wanted to format this post, as there are so many events that took place this past decade. I decided I’d make a mini timeline of events, selecting 10 from each year which I believe have shaped our world. Please note that I do not mean this to be a comprehensive list of events. These are just some of many historic events that happened between 2010 and 2019.January 12, 2010 - A major earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Haiti. The earthquake affected about 3 million people, killed around 250,000 and injured 300,000 more.On January 20, aftershocks struck the country, causing further destruction to the buildings.The earthquake caused one of the greatest needs for humanitarian relief in history.(image: National Geographic)February 27, 2010 - An earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.8 struck Chile.The earthquake subsequently triggered a tsunami, killing over 500 people.It was one of the largest earthquakes recorded in history.March 26, 2010 - A South Korean naval ship called the ROKS Cheonan sunk off the west coast of the country.Forty-six of the 104 personnel on board died. An investigation blamed North Korea for the attack. North Korea denied all allegations.April 14, 2010 - An Icelandic ice cap called Mount Eyjafjallajökull produced heavy ash after several volcanic eruptions.The ash caused disruptions in air traffic across northern and western Europe.The University of Iceland estimates Mount Eyjafjallajökull erupted over 750 tonnes of magma.(image: Reuters via Telegraph)April 20, 2010 - BP’s oil drilling platform, Deep Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.Eleven workers died and the oil spill is one of the largest in history.Waters and ecosystems on the U.S. coastline were damaged, prompting international debate about offshore drilling.(image: Reuters/Lee Celano via Gist)May 2, 2010 - After dealing with financial strife, the Eurozone and International Monetary Fund agreed to bail out Greece for 110 billion euros.The bailout package included strict measures Greece needed to follow.June 24, 2010 - Julia Gillard, the first female Prime Minister of Australia, is sworn in after an unopposed election.October 6, 2010 - Popular social media site, Instagram opened to the public.Founders posted test photos earlier in the year.October 13, 2010 - After surviving over two months of being trapped underground, crews rescued 33 miners in the San Jose Mines in Chile.The collapse trapped the miners approximately three miles from the entrance of the mine.(image: Wikimedia Commons)December 22, 2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill repealing the controversial “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” bill.This bill disallowed openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military for 17 years.January 25, 2011 - The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began.Protesters against President Hosni Mubarak and increased police brutality started street demonstrations, rallies, civil disobedience, and other violent clashes in Egypt’s major cities.President Mubarak resigned after 18 days of protest.(image: My Student Voices)February 15, 2011 - The First Libyan Civil war began.The war caused uncertainty over Libyan oil output, increasing oil prices by 20% over a two-week period. This led to the 2011 energy crisis.March 11, 2011 - A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan, triggering a tsunami.The natural disaster killed thousands of people and destroyed a nuclear power plant, causing the second worst nuclear accident in Japan’s history.(image: Britannica)April 19, 2011 - After serving 45 years on the Communist Party of Cuba’s central committee, Fidel Castro resigned.Castro resigned from his presidency in 2008.April 29, 2011 - Prince William, Duke of Cambridge married Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey. Approximately two billion people watched the couple wed.(image: Billboard)May 2, 2011 - U.S. Navy SEALs captured and killed Osama Bin Laden.Bin Laden was the suspected person behind the September 11 attacks.Until his death, he was the number one person on the U.S. FBI’s most wanted list.July 22, 2011 - Two terrorist attacks perpetrated by Anders Behring Breivik shook Norway.First, Brevik bombed a government building in Oslo, killing eight people.Second, Brevik opened fire at a Workers’ Youth League in Utøya.Brevik received Norway’s maximum sentence of 21 years in preventative detention.September 17, 2011 - The United States’s Occupy Wall Street movement began.The movement against economic inequality inspired over 70 other Occupy movements in other countries.(image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images via Rolling Stone)October 18, 2011 - Israel began a prisoner exchange with Hamas, a militant Palestinian organization.Hamas captured an Israeli Army solider named Gilad Shalit.In exchange for 1,027 Palestinians and Israeli-Arab prisoners being released, Hamas would release Shalit to Israel officials.December 15, 2011 - The United States ended the first insurgency of the controversial Iraq War. Immediately after, the second insurgency began.January 13, 2012 - The Costa Concordia, a passenger cruise ship capsized off the coast of Italy because of the negligence of captain Francesco Schettino.Thirty-two people died because of the incident, making it the second deadliest cruise ship crash after the Titanic disaster in 1912.Schettino is serving sixteen years in prison for manslaughter.(image: Associated Press via Los Angeles Times)February 21, 2012 - Eurozone bailed out Greece for the second time; this time for 130 billion euros.June 30, 2012 - Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood became president of Egypt.The election sparked controversy and protests across the country.July 18, 2012 - Kim Jong-un was officially appointed as ruler of North Korea. Kim sat as the leader since 2011, after his father Kim Jong-il died.(image: New York Times)July 20, 2012 - James Holmes opened fire in a movie theater during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises.Holmes, who claimed he was The Joker, killed twelve people and injured 58 more.Police arrested Holmes on-scene and later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.July 30–31, 2012 - India experienced the worst power outage in world history. The blackout left about 700 million people without power.September 11–27, 2012 - Terrorists targeted United States diplomatic embassies worldwide, killing U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in Libya.The attacks may have been a reaction to a YouTube trailer for a film called Innocence of Muslims.November 25, 2012 - Typhoon Bopha (AKA Typhoon Pablo) hit the Philippines, killing over 1,000 people. Most of the damage was to the island of Mindanao.Over 800 people are still missing.(image: World Vision / Cryslin Felisilda via World News)December 14, 2012 - Adam Lanza killed his mother in her home then opened fire on Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States.Twenty-eight people, including Lanza, who shot himself, died. Most of the victims were children.(image: Britannica)December 24, 2012 - WikiLeaks released a list of names, credit card numbers, passwords, and home and email addresses of employees for major agencies such as Bank of America, Lockheed Martin, and the United Nations.This was a part of an attack on a geopolitical intelligence group, Stratfor. Earlier in 2011, e-mails revealing surveillance of protest groups were released to WikiLeaks.January 16–20, 2013 - Terrorists held workers hostage at a natural gas facility in Algeria. Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard died.February 15, 2013 - Over 1,000 were injured after a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The meteor was the most powerful meteor to strike Earth in over a century.(image: Alex Alishevskikh via NASA)February 28, 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI resigned as pope.Benedict was the first pope to resign voluntarily since 1294. Benedict cited his health and age as the reasons for his resignation.March 14, 2013 - China named Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China.April 15, 2013 - Two Islamist brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonated two bombs at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Three people died and the blasts injured 264 more.The brothers then attempted to escape by killing an MIT officer, kidnapping a man, and stealing his car. Authorities captured the brothers in a shootout, which two officers were severely injured. Police shot Tamerlan several times. Tamerlan ran over his brother in the stolen car while trying to get away from police. Dzhokhar died from his injuries.Four days later, police apprehended the surviving brother. Tamerlan was eventually sentenced to the death penalty for his crimes.(image: Tom Green / Zuma Press via NBC News)May 16, 2013 - Scientists successfully cloned human stem cells for the first time.June 6, 2013 - Edward Snowden, a former U.S. CIA employee disclosed that the United States has a mass surveillance program.Snowden fled the country and Russia granted him temporary asylum.(image: Biography)August 14, 2013 - Egyptian military raided two-anti coup camps following the overthrowing of Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi.Over 2,000 people died because of the raids. This was one of the largest killings of protesters in recent history.August 21, 2013 - West Syria attacked East Syria using chemical warfare, killing over 1,400 people. In the early hours of morning,West Syria launched two rockets containing Sarin gas on a suburb called Ghouta. The attack was the worst use of chemical warfare since the Iran-Iraq war.September 21, 2013 - Islamic militants from the group Al-Shabab attacked the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The terrorist attacks killed over 70 people, including four attackers and injured at least 200 more.(image: BBC)February 22, 2014 - The Ukranian Parliament voted to replace President Viktor Yanukovych with Oleksandr Turchynov after days of civil unrest. A series of violent events killed almost 100 people in Kiev.March 8, 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared while flying over the Gulf of Thailand. The flight had 239 people on board.The search for Flight 370 became the costliest search for an airplane in history.In 2015 and 2016, debris from the plane washed ashore off the coast of the Indian Ocean.Still the events surrounding the crash are a mystery, making it one of the greatest aviation mysteries of our time.(image: file photo via Avionics International)March 23, 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced an Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Over the two-year period of the epidemic, the virus infected over 25,000 people. Of those people infected, over 11,000 people died.WHO named this the worst Ebola outbreak in history.(image: NBC News)April 14–15, 2014 - Terrorist organization Boko Haram allegedly kidnapped over 200 women and girls from a school in Nigeria and held them hostage.Over the next months, authorities rescued 57 of the schoolgirls, however many remained missing. In May 2016, authorities rescued one of the kidnapped girls, who said six of the girls died. They found another in January 2017.The group released 21 girls in 2016 and another 82 in 2017.April 25, 2014 - Government officials changed the water source in Flint, Michigan, United States, starting the Flint Water Crisis.Residents soon reported changes in the color, smell, and taste of water. The water tested positive for both e.coli and c.diff bacteria.Later investigation found lead in the water supply. Government agencies did too little too late to help the people of Flint, causing mass criticism.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the water tested safe in 2017, but as of 2019, there are doubts that this is true.(image: AP/Ryan Garza via Guardian)June 5, 2014 - Islamic terrorist group, ISIS began their reign of terror in norther Iraq. ISIS aimed to capture Iraq’s capital city, Baghdad and overthrow the government.July 17, 2014 - Pro-Russian rebels allegedly shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine. The crash killed all 298 people aboard. This was the second incident involving a Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014.August 9, 2014 - A police officer shot an unarmed black man named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. The events prompted protests and uprisings in Ferguson.(image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via The Atlantic)November 24, 2014 - A hacker group named “Guardians of Peace” leaked confidential information from Sony Pictures.Data leaked included e-mails between employees, information about employees and their families, unreleased Sony films, plans for future films, scripts, and more. The hackers then erased the Sony Pictures computer infrastructure.The hackers finally demanded for the movie premiere of The Interview to be withdrawn. The film depicted an assassination attempt on North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Sony Pictures agreed and skipped theater showings of the movie. The movie went straight to Netflix.The U.S. blamed North Korea for the hacks.December 17, 2014 - U.S. President Barack Obama announced that relations between the United States and Cuba would resume as normal, ending 50 years of tension between the countries.January 7, 2015 - Terrorists belonging to Yemen’s Al-Qaeda branch ceased fire on the Paris, France headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.The shootings killed 12 people and wounded 11 more.The attack brought together over a million people and 40 world leaders together for an anti-terrorism demonstration.(image: Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press via CBC)April 25, 2015 - A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Nepal and affected India, China, and Bangladesh.The earthquake caused over 9,000 deaths.On May 12, 2015, less than a month after the first earthquake, another major earthquake affected the same four countries, this time with a magnitude of 7.3.The second earthquake killed over 200 people.May 22, 2015 - Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage. The country became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.June 25–26, 2015 - ISIS claimed responsibility for three attacks on Ramadan, a Muslim holiday.The first of the attacks involved three car bombs in Kobani, Syria. The attackers then opened fire at civilians. Over 220 people died.The second attacks involved a 22-year-old opening fire at a tourist resort in Tunisia. Over 30 people died.The final attack targeted a mosque in Kuwait City. A suicide bomb killed 27 people and injured over 227 others.August 12, 2015 - A chemical fire caused an explosion at a port in the Chinese city of Tianjin. The fire killed 17 people and injured hundreds more.On August 31, 2015, another chemical fire caused an explosion in a factory in Dongying, China. This time, 13 people died. The fire lasted over 5 hours.(image: EPA via Independent)September 24, 2015 - During a hajj (pilgrimage) in the holy city of Mecca, a 10-minute stampede killed over 2,000 people. The stampede injured 900 more, with over 650 people missing.October 23, 2015 - Hurricane Patricia struck the Pacific coast of Mexico.Patricia reached winds of 150 mph and had a pressure of 872 mbar, making it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.November 13, 2015 - Nine ISIS terrorists attacked multiple locations in Paris, France.First, three suicide bombers struck outside the Stade De France during a football game.Gunmen then shot outside several cafes and restaurants. A suicide bomber also hit this location.Last, gunmen conducted a mass shooting at the Bataclan theatre where the Eagles of Death Metal were performing.The attacks killed 131 people and seven of the perpetrators. They injured 413 more, with almost 100 of the injuries being critical.(image: Thibault Camus/AP via MSNBC)November 30, 2015 - Global leaders from 147 countries gathered at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris, France.On December 12, they agreed a global pact to combat climate change. This became known as the Paris Agreement.December 2, 2015 - Two ISIS-affiliated shooters opened fire at a San Bernardino, California office building in the United States.Initial reports said the attacks struck a facility for people with developmental disabilities but were inaccurate.Police killed the gunmen in a shootout. Sixteen people, including the gunmen, died because of the shooting.(image: WRGT)January 28, 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced an outbreak of the Zika virus.The virus started in Brazil and spread to other parts of South and North America.The virus transmitted via mosquitoes could affect fetal development in pregnant women, causing microcephaly and other brain anomalies in their unborn child.The WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic in February 2016.March 22, 2016 - Suicide bombers associated with ISIS attacked Brussels, Belgium.The first attack affected Zavatem airport. The second attack affected Maalbeek metro station. The attacks killed 32 people and three of the five perpetrators. The attack also injured over 300 people.(image: Le Libre via EurActiv)April 3, 2016 - Offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca released 11.5 confidential documents called the Panama Papers.The documents exposed illegal activities, including fraud and tax evasion, conducted by the world’s elite. The attacks were named the largest global data leak.May 28, 2016 - Zookeepers shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe after a boy fell in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, United States.The incident caused worldwide controversy and debate, with animal rights activists questioning whether Harambe needed to die.(image: Wikimedia Commons)June 12, 2016 - Omar Mateen, a member of ISIS open fire on Pulse Nightclub, a gay club in Orlando, Florida, United States.Mateen killed 49 people and injured 53 others. Officers shot Mateen after a three-hour standoff, killing the mass shooter.The shooting was the deadliest terrorist attack since the September 11 attacks in 2001.It is the second deadliest shooting in United States history.July 6, 2016 - Developers released Pokemon Go, an augmented reality mobile game. The game broke many records in terms of sales and revenue. It was one of the most popular apps ever.(image: Junkee)August 5–21, 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Rio games were the first Olympic games in a South American country.(image: Wikimedia Commons)September 3, 2016 - Both The United States and China entered the Paris Agreement against global warming.The two countries were responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions.October 7, 2016 - Three major events affecting the U.S. Presidential Election came to light.First, the U.S. intelligence agencies accused Russia for hacking computers to interfere with the U.S. election process.Second, The Washington Post released videos showing Donald Trump bragging about sexual exploits.Third, Wikileaks released thousands of emails exposing the inner workings of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.November 8, 2016 - Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.Clinton won the popular vote, but the controversial electoral college elected Trump as president.Trump is the first president in U.S. history who doesn’t have political or military background.January 21, 2017 - The day after Donald Trump is inaugurated as U.S. President, people in 420 United States cities and in 168 countries protested the presidency in Women’s Marches.The marches became the largest single-day protest in the United States’s history and it was the largest global protest in recent history.(image: Samantha Goresh / Reuters via The Atlantic)February 17, 2017 - Discoverers found a mostly underwater continent called Zealandia. New Zealand makes up part of this country.March 29, 2017 - The United Kingdom started negotiations for Brexit. Brexit would break the United Kingdom away from the European Union (EU).In June 2016, popular vote agreed to break the U.K. away from the EU.May 17, 2017 - After U.S. President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey just a few days prior, Robert Muller is named Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice.Muller became in charge of investigating the alleged Russian interference during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.May 22, 2017 - A suicide bomber affiliated with ISIS attacked Manchester Arena in Manchester, England during an Ariana Grande concert. The bombing killed 22 people and injured over 500 others.August 12, 2017 - Neo-nazis and other alt-right extremist groups gathered in Charlottesville, Virgina, United States to protest the removal of Confederate statues across the country.The violent protests called Unite the Right injured hundreds and a counter-protester was killed after being hit by a car.(image: Wikimedia Commons)August and September 2017 - Three major hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey (August 25–30), Hurricane Irma (September 6–10), and Hurricane Maria (September 19–20) struck land.Harvey, a category 4 hurricane left damage to Houston, Texas in the United States.Irma, a category 5, struck The Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico as the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.Maria hit The Caribbean and Dominica as a category 5 hurricane. It then hit Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, as a category 4 hurricane.All three hurricanes left catastrophic damage to the subsequent areas.(image: AFP/Getty Images via ABC News)October 1, 2017 - A gunman named Stephen Paddock opened fire on people at a music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.The shooting injured 869 people, 413 which were injured by gunshot wounds. The attacks also killed 58 people, making it the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.(image: David Becker / KTNV Las Vegas)November 21, 2017 - After a 37 year rule, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe resigned from his presidency. This happened after military placed Mugabe on house arrest after they took control of Zimbabwe.December 5, 2017 - The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 after allegations of state-sponsored doping at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.February 14, 2018 - Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old man, opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The shooting killed 17 people and injured 17 more.Prosecutors charged Cruz with 17 counts of premeditated (first degree) murder. Cruz pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail until his trial in January 2020.If convicted, Cruz faces either death penalty or life without parole.(image: USA Today)March 4, 2018 - A former Russian double spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury, England with a nerve gas. Russia found Skripal guilty of spying for the British. Counter-terrorism forces are investigating Russian involvement in the crime.March 11, 2018 - China removed term limits for leaders, meaning Chinese President Xi Jinping can serve in his position for life.June 12, 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump met North Korea leader, Kim Jong-un, making history as the first U.S. President to meet with a North Korean ruler.(image: Saul Loeb/AFB - Getty Images via NBC News)June 19, 2018 - Days after the United Nations’s human rights leader, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein criticized the U.S. Trump Administration for separating children from their parents at the Mexican border, the United States withdraws from the U.N. Humans Right council.Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Trump for his actions.July 26, 2018 - Facebook’s share price dropped by almost 20%, devaluing the social media website by over $109 billion. The price drop followed a data leak scandal and was the largest single day loss in corporate history.August 2, 2018 - Apple became the world’s first public company to reach $1 trillion USD in value, beating Amazon in the race to number one.September 23, 2018 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “Modicare,” a free health care program for 500 million Indians. Modicare is the largest government-funded healthcare program.(image: Rakesh Tiwari via YouTube)October 16, 2018 - Canada became the largest industrialized country to legalize recreational marijuana use. It is only the second country in the world to legalize its use.October 27, 2018 - An anti-Semite named Robert Gregory Bowers opened fire on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States during Shabbat morning services. Eleven people died, and seven people, including the gunman, were injured.(image Post-Gazette)January 2019 - Wildfires began to ravage the Amazon Rainforest in South America. A combination of slash-and-burn deforestation techniques and an unusually long dry season caused the Rainforest to have record numbers of wildfires.The wildfires continue to burn to this day.(image: Mario Tama/Getty Images via Common Dreams)March 15, 2019 - Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a far-right extremist from Australia opened fire on two mosques in Christchurch New Zealand, killing 51 people and injuring 49 more.A live stream of the attacks made its way on Facebook and spread across social media. Websites such as Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter removed the videos off their platforms and warned anyone supporting the attacks would be removed.Police arrested Tarrant, who pleaded not guilty to the attacks. A judge set his trial for sometime in 2020.April 15, 2019 - Paris’s famed historical cathedral, Notre Dame caught on fire. The blaze caused the cathedral’s roof to collapse and destroyed its main spire.Historians estimate there is only a 50% chance Notre Dame can be salvaged.(image: USA Today)April 21, 2019 - Sri Lanka faced its first major terrorist attack in a decade after a series of eight bomb attacks ravaged the country on Easter Sunday.The attacks targeted three churches, four hotels, and one housing complex. The blasts left 259 people dead and over 500 people were injured.ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.August 3, 2019 - Patrick Crusius, an alt-right white supremacist opened fire in a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, targeting Hispanics.Crusius posted his manifesto online, which police found shortly after the attacks. Police arrested the gunman a short time later. He plead not guilty and as of October 2019, is awaiting arraignment.The attacks killed 22 people and injured 24 more.(image: Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images via NBC News)August 4, 2019 - Just 13 hours after the El Paso shootings, a man named Connor Stephen Betts opened fire in front of a bar in Dayton, Ohio, United States.In 32 seconds, Betts managed to kill nine people and injure 27 more. Police shot the gunman down and he died from his injuries.September 27, 2019 - Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led 500,000 people in a protest against climate change in Montreal, Canada. Worldwide, 4,000,000 people went on strike for the cause.TIME Magazine named Thunberg their 2019 Person of the Year for being a powerful activist at such a young age.(image: The Canada Press/Ryan Remiorz via Global News Canada)October 27, 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.During a U.S. special operations mission, al-Baghdadi detonated a bomb while U.S. troops chased him through a tunnel.December 16, 2019 - Pope Francis took action on the Catholic Church’s sex abuse issue by abolishing pontifical secrecy. The Pope also raised the age of child pornography from 14 to 18 years old.December 19, 2019 - The United States House of Representatives voted to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump based on two articles of impeachment. The impeachment will move to the U.S. Senate sometime in 2020.Trump is the third U.S. president to be impeached, after President Andrew Johnston and President Bill Clinton.Here’s to a [hopefully more peaceful] decade!

Copied word for word from Wikipedia:Kealia OhaiFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchKealia OhaiOhai in starting lineup for Houston Dash, July 2014Personal informationFull nameKealia Mae OhaiDate of birthJanuary 31, 1992 (age 27)Place of birthDraper, Utah, United StatesHeight5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)Playing positionMidfielder / ForwardClub informationCurrent teamChicago Red StarsYouth career2000–2010Avalanche Soccer Club2006–2010Alta High SchoolCollege careerYearsTeamApps(Gls)2010–2013North Carolina Tar HeelsSenior career*YearsTeamApps(Gls)2014–2019Houston Dash114(28)2020-Chicago Red Stars0(0)National team‡2010United States U-172009–2012United States U-2024(8)2013United States U-232(0)2016–United States3(1)* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 6, 2020‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 13, 2017Kealia Mae Ohai (/keɪˈəliːə/ kay-ə-LEE-ə; born January 31, 1992) is an American soccer player who plays for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) since 2020. She previously played for the Houston Dash from 2014–2019.Ohai scored the single winning goal in the final match of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her international debut for the United States Women's National Team in October 2016 for a friendly match against Switzerland, and has further made three appearances for the team.[1]Contents1Early life2Career2.1College2.1.1North Carolina Tar Heels, 2010–20132.2Club2.2.1Houston Dash, 2014–20192.2.2Chicago Red Stars, 2020-2.3International3Personal life4Honors4.1College4.2International5See also6References7External linksEarly life[edit]Ohai was born to Ben and Cindy Ohai and raised in Draper, Utah. Her sister, Megan, is a former youth national team member who played soccer at USC where she won the 2007 NCAA championship.[2]Her father named her after Kealia Beach on the island of Kauai.[3]Ohai, who graduated from Alta High School in June 2010, was a four-year varsity soccer player at the school.[4]She led the team to four straight state soccer championships from 2006-2009. She was a two-time Gatorade state player of the year, three-time first-team high school All-America, three-time All-State selection, three-time 5A soccer MVP, and the 2010 NSCAA National High School Player of the year.[4][5]In June 2010, she earned Parade All-American honors.[6]As a youth, Ohai also played club soccer for the Utah Avalanche. With the team, she won four state titles.[7]Career[edit]College[edit]North Carolina Tar Heels, 2010–2013[edit]A four-year starter with the Tar Heels from 2010 to 2013, Ohai was a member of the 2012 championship-winning team.[8][9]She was named the tournament's most outstanding offensive player after scoring the game-winning goal during overtime in the semi-final[10][11]and the first goal of the final in the second minute of the match.[8][12]Following her freshman year playing for the Tar Heels, Ohai was named to the First-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and ACC All-Freshman Team. She led the team in scoring with 14 goals and started 22 of the team's 24 games.[7]During her sophomore year, she started in all 20 games in which she played. She scored six goals, including a team high of 3 game-winning goals and served six assists.[4][7]In her third year with the Tar Heels, Ohai led the team in points (23) and goals (9).[4]Club[edit]Houston Dash, 2014–2019[edit]July 26, 2014; Julie Ertz and Kealia Ohai in Chicago Red Stars vs Houston DashOhai was selected as the second overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft by the Houston Dash as the expansion team's very first college draft pick.[13][14]Of her draft selection, Dash head coach Randy Waldrum said, "I couldn't have asked for things to fall into place so well. It was an amazing day for the Dash. Starting with the selection of Kealia Ohai, we got one of the nation’s best forwards. She has great pace, is extremely athletic, and can really stretch defenses with her speed."[15]She became the club's captain midway through the 2016 season, which coincided with a scoring streak which saw her net 11 goals in 10 games. Ohai was named NWSL Player of the Week for weeks 15 and 17.[16]She finished the season tied with Lynn Williams for the golden boot, Williams was given the award as she had more assists.[17]Ohai was named to the 2016 NWSL Best XI.[18]In 2017, Ohai scored two goals in 10 games before tearing her ACL on June 24 in a game against the Orlando Pride. This injury would force her to miss the remainder of the 2017 season.[19]Ohai returned to the field on April 22, 2018 against the Orlando Pride. In 2018 she appeared in 19 games and scored 5 goals.[20]Chicago Red Stars, 2020-[edit]On January 6, 2020, it was announced that Ohai was to be traded to the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for defender Katie Naughton and the 18th overall selection in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.[21][22]International[edit]Ohai (7) with the U.S. team at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, 2012.A member of the U.S. youth national programs from the age of 13,[3]Ohai has played with the under-15, under-17, under-18, under-20, and the under-23 teams.[23][24]As a member of the 2012 US U-20 Women's National Team, she won the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and scored the game-winning goal in the 44th minute of the final to lead the U.S. to victory over Germany.[25][26][27]Ohai made her international debut for the senior team on October 23, 2016 against Switzerland in a friendly match in Minneapolis. She scored 48 seconds after entering the match as a substitute in the 81st minute, setting a record for the fastest goal in a US women's national team debut.[28]Ohai received a call-up in July 2018 to the United States Women's National Team training camp for the 2018 Tournament of Nations, this marked her first call-up since injuring her knee in 2017. She did not make the final roster for the tournament.[29]Personal life[edit]Ohai is legally blind in her right eye.[30]Her brother-in-law is former NFL Houston Texans player Brian Cushing.[31][32]In October 2016, Ohai confirmed that she was in a relationship with NFL Houston Texans player J. J. Watt.[33][34]They became engaged in May 2019.[35]Honors[edit]College[edit]University of North CarolinaNCAA Women's Soccer Championship: 2012International[edit]CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2012FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2012See also[edit]List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumniList of Senior CLASS Award women's soccer winnersWomen's association football portalSports portalAssociation football portalBiography portalReferences[edit]^ "JJ Watt announces engagement to soccer player Kealia Ohai". Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games. Retrieved May 27, 2019.^ "Megan Ohai Profile". USC Trojans. Retrieved January 24,2014.^ Jump up to:a b "Pretty Name, Dynamic Game". US Soccer. August 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2014.^ Jump up to:a b c d "Kealia Ohai Biography". University of North Carolina. Retrieved January 24, 2014.^ "High school sports: Kealia Ohai named national player of the year". 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The simple answer to this question is NO .The people who think that either live under a rock or are blind enough to notice the points i’m gonna write so read carefully and you can google it to check if i’m wrong.Taylor Swift is the youngest female singer and songwriter in the history to win 4 grammys for an album as a solo artist. Taylor Swift is the most awarded country artist in the history.Fearless is the most awarded album in the history of country music, winning Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, American Music Awards of 2009, Country Music Association, and Academy of Country Music Awards.Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" is the first album by any artist ,to have all its songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100, also giving Swift the record for most entries off of one album .Swift is the first artist since Beatles to have four consecutive albums (Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989) log six or more weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart.Taylor Swift is the first and only singer in the history to release three albums (Speak Now, Red, & 1989) that sold more than one million copies in their debut week.Taylor Swift is the second woman in history to have more than one album log more than 10 weeks at no. 1 in Billboard 200 chart (Fearless & 1989). In total, only seven acts have gained this: Whitney Houston (with three), Taylor Swift (with two), The Beatles (with four), The Kingston Trio (with three), Henry Mancini (with two), The Monkees (with two) and Elvis Presley (with three).1989 is the only album to have 5 singles reach #1 on US iTunes. Also, it is the only album since Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" to have 5 singles reach top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.On October 2015, Taylor Swift tied Katy Perry's record for accumulating 5 singles atop the Adult Pop Songs chart by a single album, making 1989 the second album to do so.1989 is just the second album in the Pop Songs chart's 23-year history to yield at least five No. 1s, and the first such set churned out a record six: Katy Perry's Teenage Dream.Taylor Swift's 1989 album celebrates a full first year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart, making it just the fifth album to spend its first 52 weeks of release in the top 10.Taylor Swift is the only act to have earned more than one album (Red, 1989) with 50+ weeks in the top 10 of Billboard 200 chart.Taylor Swift received a diamond certification in Australia for her album 1989, making her the first female artist and second artist after Ed Sheeran to do so.Rolling Stones named "Speak Now" as the Best Album of 2010.Taylor Swift owns the most awarded country and pop album (Fearless, 1989) in history.On May 21, 2015, Taylor Swift's Bad Blood music video broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing record by accumulating 20.1 million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.6 million 24-hour record previously held by Nicki Minaj for the music video of her song Anaconda in 2014. It was later on broke by Adele's Hello music video which garnered more than 23 million views in its first day.On July 3, 2015, Taylor Swift's Blank Space became the 1st solo artist and solo female artist music video to reach 1 billion views on Vevo. She is the 2nd female artist to do this after Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music video. She is the 3rd Vevo artist to accomplish this after Justin Bieber & Ludacris' Baby and Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music videos. On YouTube, she is the 4th artist to reach this after Psy's Gangnam Style, Justin Bieber & Ludacris' Baby, and Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music videos. She is the 2nd solo artist, 2nd female artist, and 1st solo female artist on YouTube to reach this. Moreover, it is the fastest music video ever by a Vevo artist to reach 1 billion views in a record of just 8 months.On August 14, 2015, Shake It Off music video reached 1 billion views: just 4 days before it celebrated 1 year of release. It is her second music video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube and Vevo, making her the second artist to do so.On October 21, 2015, Blank Space music video surpassed the views of Justin Bieber's Baby music video, making it the most-viewed video in Vevo's history.On August 27, 2009, Taylor Swift performed a show in Madison Square Garden from her highly successful Fearless Tour. The show sold out in a record of 1 minute.On August 20, 2013, Swift was honored by Staples Center Senior Vice President and General Manager Lee Zeidman and officials from Red tour promoter Messina Group for breaking the record of the most sold-out shows for a solo artist. Her four sold out shows occurring on August 19–20 and 23-24 began a wave of record breaking shows. On August 19 she surpassed Madonna and Justin Timberlake, who each have logged seven sellouts, and on August 20 she topped Britney Spears' previous record of eight sellouts. Following her August 23–24 shows she became the #1 Solo Artist and tied with Latin Pop Group Mana for most overall sellouts with 11.On October 26, 2013, Swift became the first solo female artist in 20 years to headline a national stadium tour through Australia, with the last being Madonna's "Girlie Show" tour in 1993.On December 4, 2013, Swift performed to a capacity crowd of over 40,900 fans at the Allianz Stadium: Sydney, Australia; becoming first female artist in history to sell out the stadium since opening in 1988.On April 2014, Swift Breaks Shanghai Record Selling Out the Mercedes-Benz Arena, which seats about 12,000 for a concert, in sixty seconds following the release of her tickets. This is the fastest ticket sale in Chinese history.The Red Tour became the highest-grossing tour by a country artist in history, bringing in an overall gross of $150 million surpassing the prior country artist record held by double-billed Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul tour that brought in $141 million.On August 21, 2015, Taylor received a permanent championship banner at Staples Center for the most sold-out shows by an artist, with 16, breaking her previous record of 11. The banner is permanently displayed at Staples Center in LA.RIAAIn February 2010, Swift was awarded "Most Digital Song Certifications - Female Solo Artist" by RIAA for 25 songs achieving gold or multi- platinum status.On January 22, 2015, Swift surpassed Katy Perry (72 million) as the best selling digital singles artist in the United States, with cumulative G&P Digital Single Certifications of over 77 million including downloads and on-demand streaming. Making Swift the second artist to surpass the 70 million digital award threshold. Previously Swift was holding strong in second place with 69.9 million digital singles.On March 10, 2015, the RIAA increased Swift's cumulative G&P Digital Single Certifications to over 80.5 million including downloads and on-demand streaming. Making Swift the first artist to surpass the 80 million digital award threshold.PersonaWhen Taylor Swift was in 4th grade, she won a national poetry contest with her poem entitled "Monster in My Closet" at the age of only 10.When she was just 12 years old, Taylor Swift spent a summer writing a novel. At 350 pages, the story is finished and ready for print.At the end of 2009, the Associated Press named Swift "Entertainer of the Year".Later in November 2010, Swift was named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly, making her the youngest Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of the Year.On June 2011, renowned site Boot named Swift and Carrie Underwood Country Royalty, as they were the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone Queens of Pop list.In March 2013, Swift was named an immortal by Rolling Stone magazine. The 23-year-old and some of the post-millennial girl-power pop elite, including Beyoncé, were among 14 new immortals to join the pop culture arbiter's list of greatest artists of all time. "If Taylor Swift stopped producing hits right now, at 23, she could tour a killer oldies show for the rest of her life," Rolling Stoneproclaimed.At the end of 2009, "USA Today" named Swift "Musician of the Year".Taylor Swift was listed in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People twice in 2010 and in 2015. Stevie Nicks and Mariska Hargitay wrote essays on Swift for the magazine.Taylor Swift is the first artist named as "Woman of the Year" twice by Billboard (2011/14).In 2015, Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever, age 25, to be included on Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women" list, ranking at #64.Also in 2015, Taylor Swift is the youngest person, age 25, to enter Fortune's 40 Under 40 List, ranking at #6; the highest rank ever for an entertainer on the list.Taylor Swift stayed 31 Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, the most of any artist.Taylor Swift was named as the most charitable celebrity by Volunteer for Social Change | for fourth year in a row (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).At the age of only 26, Taylor Swift is the youngest person to be included in 2016 Forbes' America's Self-Made Women List with a net worth of $250 MThere are a lot of other things like awards , that i didn’t discuss . she has achieved all this in merely 10 years and that is something to be praised , not termed as underrated.If still anyone thinks that Taylor Swift is Underrated then maybe they don’t know what the actual meaning of the word is.