A YEAR IN REVIEW A reflection of some of the significant events that happened in the 2015-16 school year that made it memorable
CHARTS AUGUST Drag Me Down One Direction Back To Back Drake
SEPTEMBER What Do You Mean? Justin Bieber Can’t Feel My Face The Weeknd
OCTOBER Hotline Bling Drake The Hills The Weeknd
AUGUST Republicans host the first debate of the 2016 presidential election. A state of emergency is issued in Ferguson, MO. Kanye West announces that he will be running for president in 2020.
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SEPTEMBER
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15 Snapchat releases “selfie lenses.”
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Pope Francis visits the U.S. for the
18 first time.
I wouldn’t vote for Kanye because he can’t control his money habits, even with 54 million,” junior Kyle Dearing said.
The iPhone 6s is released, selling
20 around 13 million in launch weekend.
OCTOBER
McDonald’s starts serving breakfast products all day. Apple releases iOS 9.1, which included over 150 new Emoji’s. Snapchat releases reverse and speed video options.
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Some of Snapchat’s selfie lenses.
NOVEMBER
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NOVEMBER Hello Adele
Sorry Justin Bieber
DECEMBER Hello Adele Love Yourself Justin Bieber
JANUARY Love Yourself Justin Bieber Hello Adele
FEBRUARY My House Flo Rida Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots
MARCH 7 Years Lukas Graham
Women in Saudi Arabia vote and are elected to office for the first time. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is released in theaters. During Miss Universe, Steve Harvey crowns the wrong contestant.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of
25 Justice is released.
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I wish I could have gone to Coachella because it looks like something cool to go to,” freshman Savanna Chilese said.
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Zayn Malik’s first solo album “Mind
25 of Mine” is released.
APRIL
The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival begins.
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Miitomo, a social networking mobile
17 app made by Nintendo, is released.
I was excited for [Fuller House] because I liked Full House and I wanted to see how the characters turned out,” sophomore Jamie Sneed said.
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The best part of the HSM reunion was when they said they made people’s childhood amazing, cause that’s what it did to me,” freshman Jared Strickland said.
MARCH
28
The St. Louis Cardinals kick off the season playing the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Louis Tomlinson and Briana
21 Jungwirth’s baby, Freddie, is born.
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APRIL
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High School Musical’s ten year
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The St. Louis Rams file for relocation to California.
20 reunion premieres on Disney Channel.
FEBRUARY
After 15 seasons, American Idol airs its last episode.
One Dance Drake
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Leonardo DiCaprio wins his first Oscar in the category Best Actor.
Twitter’s newer like/heart button.
JANUARY
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At first I felt bad for Steve Harvey, but then I felt bad for him because that was probably really embarrassing,” junior Elliott Palmer said.
Kendall & Kylie, a spin off of the game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, is released. Fuller House, a sequel to Full House, is released on Netflix.
Twitter changes favorite/star button into a like/heart button. Fallout 4 is released, selling around 1.2 million copies on its first day. Twitter’s old favorite/star button.
DECEMBER
NO Meghan Trainor
Pop Style Drake
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Some of the new Emoji’s that were included in iOS 9.1.
Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets in the 111th annual World Series.
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I thought Batman v Superman was draggy and the ending was okay,” freshman Arianna Chaves said. “I don’t really know what I was expecting.”
Sources: AppAnnie, EmojiPedia, dean bertoncelj / Shutterstock.com
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