2008
By: Bailey
2008 presidental election
2009 Avatar was released
2010 Haiti
The Haiti earthquake took place on January 12, 2010, that was on the West Indian Island of Hispaniola, which is with the countries of Haiti and also the Dominican Republic. The horrific earthquake hit at the time of 4:53 p.m. which is southwest of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Thy said that the shock registered a magnitude of 7 and was followed shortly after with two after shock with magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.5. There were more aftershocks that took place on the next day.
2010 Oil Spill of Mexico
This oil spill of 2010 was and still is known as the biggest and most destructive oil spill in the United States. April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people. Cameras that were underwater showed that BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles of the coast of Louisiana.