2015 certainly was a unique mix of truly serious events and overreactions to just about everything else. From football games to crazy presidential candidates, people seemed to jump at the chance to share their opinions and blow things out of proportion.
January started the year strong with the Patriot’s great “deflate gate” scandal causing a lot of controversy because not having enough air in a football truly is a travesty. In fact, that gained more conversation between most people than the attack on Charlie Hebdo, which was actually an event that warranted talk and concern.
In February, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted to lying about his helicopter almost being shot down in Iraq, for what appears to be no real reason at all. Plans were announced to publish another book from Harper Lee written in the same world as “To Kill a Mockingbird”, only a short 55 years later.
Hillary Clinton comes under fire in March because she used her personal email for official business during her time as Secretary of State. She has since admitted she likes Snapchat better because “those messages disappear all by themselves.”
In April, the arrest and later death of an African-American man in Baltimore sparks conversations on race and leads to extensive property damage within the city. Later in the month, former Olympian Bruce Jenner sits down with Diane Sawyer to talk about becoming Caitlyn Jenner. She goes on to win just about every award offered for women throughout the rest of the year.
May brings about possibly the most anticipated fight in history, in which Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao. In England, Prince William and Princess Kate welcome a new royal baby to the world much to the delight of paparazzi everywhere.
Two convicts escape from a prison in early June only to be completely overshadowed by a confused woman who identifies herself as black even though she completely lacks any African-American or biracial background. The Supreme Court decides to legalize gay marriage in all states despite the opinions of one clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky. To top the month off Donald Trump announces his intentions of running for president.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in July after roughly ten years of space travel. They discovered that the once beloved planet most shockingly contained ice and rocks. In other news, the Ashley Madison website was a victim of hacking, which exposed a notoriously conservative Duggar star as being unfaithful to his wife.
In August, the first Republican debate is held and Donald Trump ends up dominating the evening with his best skill: his unique ability to offend everyone.
September is really only marked by one, week-long event: the Pope visiting the United States. The Pope’s schedule is very busy during his time in the U.S. with meetings with Congress and the U.N., but he still finds time to kiss a few babies during his stay.
Hillary Clinton once again finds herself under fire in October when she has to testify in front of the House Committee investigating Benghazi,and it doesn’t look like Snapchat can help her much there. There is also another Republican argument, I mean, debate.
In November, the world is rocked by the terror attacks on France and Mali, which generates appropriate responses from people around the world. Starbucks finds itself in some hot coffee due to their newest holiday cup being a simple, classic red as opposed to featuring snowflakes or ornaments like it had in previous years. This obviously shows that Starbucks hates Christmas.
Mark Zuckerberg really got into the giving spirit in December when he announced he was giving a majority of his wealth away. His intentions being the money going towards making the world a better place for his daughter, though with that much money, how bad could her alternative really be?
All in all, 2015 is full of noteworthy events, though most of them are not listed here. The majority of these events were discussed quite frequently, though they don’t bear much importance. Hopefully in the coming year only events that really deserve discussion are talked about enough to be included in the year in review.