25 Moments Of The 2010s That Are Sure To Go Down In History Books (5 of 5)

Notre-Dame de Paris fires

2019 was the year of fires, it seems. In April 2019, a fire broke out just beneath the roof of the legendary Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. It stunned people from around the world and has rightly been described as one of the worst cultural disasters of the modern era.

By the time fire was put out, the spire of the building along with most of the roof was destroyed, and the upper walls were left severely damaged. There was a possibility of damage in the interior parts of the building, but thanks to the stone vaulted ceiling, that was avoided.

In fact, this was the first year since the French Revolution took place that Christmas was not celebrated in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.

#MeToo movement

The year 2017 witnessed a movement that shook the entire world. It all started with a series of expose published in the New York Times about popular movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Soon, hundreds of women came together to point out his predatory behavior. Actress Rose McGowan was brave enough to share her story that involved this Hollywood giant. Soon, it spread to different industries all over the world and a movement was born.

Women came out and spoke against sexual harassment, which was later called the #MeToo movement.

Greta Thunberg

Generation Z is probably going to suffer the effects of global warming the most, and there is a lot of stake for them. They are ready to take up the challenge of protecting their future, which is tied to this planet.

One such Generation Z teenager, Greta Thunberg rose to prominence with her fight and protest against global climate change. And she has done an incredibly good job so far, which earned her the 2019 Times Person of Year title. In fact, she happens to be the youngest recipient of this title ever.

China’s Rover captures pictures of the dark side of Earth’s moon

China was successful in landing a spacecraft on the farther, darker side of the moon in 2019. Experts consider this one of the most important moments in the history of space exploration, as this was the first time it has happened.

The Rover was also successful in capturing images of the dark side of the moon, which was another first one, as far as the milestones are concerned.

Afghan War documents leak

2010 was the year when WikiLeaks decided to publish more than 90,000 United States military internal logs related to the Afghanistan war. The documents shocked the world as it revealed how there were a lot of cover-ups during the entire war, which included the killing of captured Taliban members without any kind of trials.

However, that wasn’t the only case of cybersecurity breaches that were a part of the 2010s. A number of hacking attacks, theft, leaks of sensitive information led to surprisingly more and more privacy invasion by the governments and corporations during the decade.