Top 22 Biggest Breaking News Stories of Each Year (2000 - 2021)

These are the stories that have shaped the century...so far. For this list, we’ll be looking at the biggest, most shocking and talked about news stories of every year since the 21st century began. Our countdown includes September 11, Hurricane Katrina, Tōhoku Earthquake & Tsunami, #MeToo, COVID-19 Pandemic, and more. What was the most memorable news event since 2000 for you? Let us know in the comments.
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[@WatchMojo]

What was the most memorable news event since 2000 for you? Let us know in the comments. For more History, check out our playlist!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWapiZysgcemd9E

[@dr.strangelove.miguelaleja2825]

GOOD VIDEO

[@user-Natsu2001]

Trump becoming president in 2016

[@erzaender]

the 9/11 in 2001

[@erzaender]

the hurricane katrina and the hurricane sandy

[@JackPool-lq8ux]

WatchMojo has become nothing but shills

[@willrouhani5774]

2020 deserves to have a list of its own.

[@ronanvelarde8072]

They did! Titled, 10 things proves 2020 is the worst year

[@Piripiao_YT]

Yeah we'll still have 2020...3 2020...4 2020...5 2020...6 2020...7 2020...8 2020..9 Multiple sequels coming your way

[@Zaiden.]

2020 ain’t that bad because I didn’t get covid haha and never did

[@Piripiao_YT]

@@Zaiden. Same

[@ronanvelarde8072]

@@Piripiao_YT same

[@savagekingx1321]

2009 - Michael Jackson's death threw the whole world into a frenzy for months, facebook google bing Microsoft youtube and countless other major platforms crashed due to the amount of traffic, the number of tributes he had gotten and the countless articles and stories even going on for the other half of the year was insane

[@harryathanasiadis]

100%

[@valleyball9642]

Yeah

[@savagekingx1321]

@@greyeyedb8012 uhm idk if you know this einstein but Bing was released june 3rd, 22 days before Jackson died 😆

[@squidparty2000]

Yeah honestly I’m sure it was a tough decision to choose for 2008 and 2009. The recession really changed things and Michael Jackson’s death was the only thing talked about for the rest of 2009. I know obama getting elected was very significant but when I was a kid, all everyone talked about in 2009 was Michael Jackson.

[@dinovexgaming4256]

Yeah the crashes because of MJ should have been the biggest thing to happen to that year

[@martamara1979]

When I was a child I thought that by the year 2000 I would be dead… and here I am… at 63, being a witness of all those events.

[@abdealihamid2631]

Why did u think you’d be dead by then?

[@winchesterchua3390]

Dead at 41, that's not something good to think about.

[@t-bo-lesotho]

Due to nuclear annihilation or self-destruction?

[@joe_isom]

I’ll never forget the stock market crash of 2008. My dad lost his job of 21 years (1988-2009) & we lived off his unemployment & under-the-table construction work. It was the most depressing time of my childhood. I was born in 1993 & I was about to get my license. It was supposed to be a happy time of my life, but I was so so sad for my dad but we eventually got back on our feet. It took a couple years, but dad got back on his feet. But I’ll never ever forget that time in my life. We almost lost our home, but didn’t because dad was being paid under-the-table by his construction boss, who offered him that job out of pure pity. My dad was not one to break laws & work/get paid illegally (off the books) but desperate times called for desperate measures. It is still to this day the only time I can think of my dad breaking his moral code as an honest hardworking man.

[@jimjones1556]

Fed post

[@packnetadaija]

I really like this list. A lot of lists talks about the 80s and 90s and now it’s time to highlight the 2000s and the 2010s

[@brodaforlife]

I absolutely agree with you on this. So far it’s looking like the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the biggest event of 2022 by far. Unless of course it turns for the worst which hopefully it won’t.

[@PitchSkullBlack]

@@brodaforlife I hope it doesn't either, but it seems like it can't get any worse.

[@mrpotatoalsomooman7289]

Stop making me feel old please.

[@tianapitesr8553]

Ready for #46 president?😄😆

[@studyaccno.1393]

I feel old

[@samMASCOLO]

Gentle reminder that the US is only 1 in 193 countries. WatchMojo seems to forget.

[@cwel5239]

Also when they say about 9/11 it was the deadliest attack in history. Yeah thats just american history 💀

[@ciyrainshgaming507]

Agreed

[@h2k548]

FRRRRRR

[@HarrisonColeman05]

197

[@kevinbl7821]

Gentle reminder that WatchMojo is American

[@MonkeyBoo]

Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Prince, Bill Clinton All worthy of a mention

[@matthewburr5075]

What happened with Bill Clinton

[@brittanyr613]

Looking back on all these headlines makes me realize: we’ve been through so much since the turn of the millennium… and this is all just the breaking news stuff. There’s probably thousands of untold stories that were unfolding simultaneously to all these events.

[@OCsigma]

I'm from Chile and the thing most people here still remember from 2010 is the earthquake that hit us in February 27th, because unlike the miners rescue, it was something that affected to all of us and not just something we saw on television

[@Tully_23_32]

Yeah mate but it's an American site, so they don't think of anyone else but themselves, like my country mate, urs isn't a thought in their head, they've probs never heard of urs or my countries 😉

[@grimmy4260]

@@Tully_23_32 They're Canadian also not all americans are that stupid I can nearly name every country and almost every capital city

[@manueltapia1859]

@@grimmy4260 good one!! Thanks for the tip

[@chikipichi5280]

@@Tully_23_32 to be fair it's news that affected the majority of the world. Around 2010 Chile only had a population of 17 million (less than 1 percent of the global population and around 1/4th of 1 percent I think) so their suffering is just a blur in the timeline.

[@RinJackson]

@@Tully_23_32 Yeah - how *dare* a US based channel focus on the US. The fucking *nerve* of them >_>

[@kallamsamad6736]

I was born in 2000. So this describes the world in my lifetime.

[@anthonymort5202]

How's it feel to be younger than Google ha you loser 😝😝😝

[@dsr1124]

I’m also born in 2000. It’s crazy to think about

[@kallamsamad6736]

@@dsr1124 ikr?

[@Cai_Mao]

I was born in 1999

[@DamnWhoAsked]

Same here.

[@babacoffee4700]

Fun Fact: Seth MacFarlane was actually supposed to be on Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. But missed his flight because of a hangover. The one time someone was actually grateful for a hangover.

[@parkerfleischman1852]

It was actually AA flight 11 and missed the departure time by 10 minutes when he arrived at Logan but your point still stands.

[@Dysley]

Mark Walhberg as well

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

@@parkerfleischman1852he then went to the airport bar, where the bartender gave him a drink on the house. Can’t imagine what his feeling was for a while after that

[@ImBack2HauntU]

Congrats on yet another American list - once again you prove an immense amount of closedness to the world outside North America. As an example in 2018 the wildfires was at the end of news shows here in Europe, while the Saudi murder of system critic Jamal Kashoggi was by far the bigger story. The same could be said for many of the years.

[@jasonmoore9295]

You must have fallen asleep during 2010 & 2011. Both are not American.

[@HestiasFire]

Nobody cares 🙄

[@ImBack2HauntU]

@@HestiasFire I tend to agree...

[@hamzanassar8369]

Well said

[@ASH-ud8zo]

@@HestiasFire I care

[@yarapah]

Remembering all these events that I was alive for makes me realize that I’ve been through so much and I’m not even 30 yet

[@stefuhni]

You haven't been through 'so much'; you've witnessed a lot of tragedy. There's a difference.

[@yarapah]

@@stefuhni a distinction without a difference. I’m from New York so I definitely “went through” 9/11

[@zachcarter3186]

And then it hits you this was something our great grandparents and kids went through on a weekly back between 1929 and 1950s, even till the 60s/70s depending on nationality and race

[@hannahlarocco4699]

Blast off

[@ALYTALyrics]

you've only witnessed most of these, you haven't experienced the 2011 earthquake for example.

[@prophecy34]

I'm a Connecticut resident. Working nights in 2012 and waking up to news about the sandy hook shooting was absolutely shocking and really hit me. Little kids losing their lives at the hand of a psycho brought me to tears

[@alantorres6097]

And here we have another contender for the biggest news story of 2012. Thank you, I actually forgot about that one.

[@INXSFan33]

I am also a Connecticut resident (born and raised here) and I lived in Newtown as a young kid 1994 -1996. My mother had just gotten divorced from my dad and was dating a man who had a daughter my same age. I only have one biological brother, so it was cool having a sister for that period of time. We lived together for a year and half, but we lost touch after our parents broke up. When the Sandy Hook tragedy happened (I went to the other elementary called Middlegate) I went on Facebook and found my "sister". We chatted for a while, and then decided that we should reunite and bring some good vibes/karma to Newtown. It was a wonderful reunion, and we both paid our respects and prayed for the children.

[@keegsbro786]

Shooting in texas is a repeat 😢😢

[@raymond2k79]

History repeated itself 😔

[@trinitylivingston1286]

I remember that, I was 12. So heartbreaking.

[@danglesnipecelly13]

I’ll never forget September 11th. I was in 3rd grade my mom picked me up at 3 pm from school. I had no clue what had happen until I got home and we had the news on all night.

[@yoshistar0708]

Agreed… I was 4 and I watched the entire thing I’ll never forget 9/11 or Katrina

[@BMarie774]

As a kid born in 1995, this is literally my childhood. Crazy.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

As a dude born in 1995, it always made me sad that we JUST missed remembering a pre 9/11 world when I talk to older family members about what society was like before it…

[@adrianrobinson3219]

Well 2020, remember the Australian bush fires, then bombing of the Iranian general and then Covid 19 pandemic, bruh all within January. What a month to remember.

[@ajpat9620]

Don't forget as well in 2020 that horrible explosion in Beirut also happened that year.

[@chayden153]

@@ajpat9620 I genuinely forgot that happened in 2020

[@SexyButCurious]

Yeah and everyone thought we were going to have World War 3 and all that died down as soon as covid hit the world

[@ajpat9620]

@@chayden153 That one was a horrible tragedy that came out of nowhere, triggered by ammonium nitrate being stored in one of the warehouses in the port of Beirut since Lebanon went in the state of financial debt, and that stuff stored in the warehouse in the port of Beirut was only lit with firework by negligence and accident, and such accident triggered chaos in the Lebanese government and a series of protests by the Lebanese people.

[@charliejoson9145]

January 2020 seemed too too long of a month

[@ehnoicedayforabriishperson8359]

The title should be "Biggest Breaking News Stories from the US with a few from other countries"

[@adamcoombs6404]

Agreed, like every change of president is in there. It’s so biased

[@betacuck3145]

@@adamcoombs6404 ask yourself, do you pay more attention to US presidential elections and politics, rather than your own country's. I rest my case.

[@lewisdeakin531]

@@betacuck3145 my own country’s 😂

[@dylanhobbs6475]

@@betacuck3145 no I couldn’t care less about America’s politics compared to my own

[@nadmartin99]

@@betacuck3145 No?? Lol

[@thereclaimer2945]

Me before this video: “Well I know what 2001 and 2020 are gonna be.”

[@diannegray2384]

I really enjoyed this list please do more like this also this ladies my fav commentator and she give you just the right amount of info without droning on and on

[@therealtandoori]

She’s got an awesome storytelling voice.

[@AssassinsCreedMan621]

Shes the best, I’ll be devastated when she leaves watchmojo

[@stewieg9628]

@@AssassinsCreedMan621 watchmojo will never be the same ever again if that happens

[@lilyfisher1702]

Pretty much only watch the video the does the audio for 🙌🏼

[@lilyfisher1702]

She does*

[@tushankanoongo5782]

She literally snubbed 2013 himalayan floods

[@SavageP.9000]

Watching documentaries about 9/11 during High School and the plane crashing into the South Tower struck me in the core like a tank. R.I.P to all of the innocent people, including Policemen and Firefighters who died during 9/11. May they rest in peace. 😔

[@SexyButCurious]

I was in the 8th grade when the Twin Towers fell but I didn't see the footage until I got home that day. CNN show the image of the plane hitting multiple times to the point I had to shut the TV off

[@SavageP.9000]

@@SexyButCurious Dang! I'm sorry you have to experience that.

[@SexyButCurious]

@SavagePhantoms 9000 Yeah it was the worst.

[@Belstarwon]

I was in 9th grade when it happened. We watched it in every class at school that day and did nothing else.

[@spoonbendingspacemonkey]

I had just arrived in Hawaii for my undergraduate degree. It was a Tuesday morning, I didn't have any classes on Tuesday. My neighbor came in and said the US was under attack. When the airports were closed, the thought hit me that I'm stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean. I had to find someone who had a phone (cell phones weren't common then) to call my parents to find out what was going on on the mainland. I was in the commons with the rest of the campus watching in horror for the next 10 hours. Unreal. Unreal.

[@eugenealexander5607]

Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration, still fills my eyes with tears and my heart with love. I was proud to witness the biggest event in my life time so far!

[@carlblip842]

Obama was a mid tier president he didn’t even keep any of his main campaign promises ie leaving iraq, closing Guantanamo bay ect

[@azcukfan8068]

He literally got voted in because he was black, not because of his policies >.

[@jamesbanana6938]

2010 haiti earthquake should be featured not only mentioned.That was so shocking and painful

[@NL-tr7ix]

Replace 2003 with the Iraq War, and replace 2015 with the Paris terrorist attacks

[@andrewjones575]

Agreed - those were far more important. This list is far too Americentric.

[@martingargaro4855]

Also, since they already used the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, replace that with the Norway attacks on July 22 for 2011

[@SexyButCurious]

I don't think this list was too American. Yes, I do agree the Norway attacks and the Paris attacks we're very memorable

[@oshb5559]

Replace 2021 with the conclusion to the Afghanistan war and the fall of Kabul

[@anthonymort5202]

They said the war on terror which is pretty much the Iraq war

[@kirbystarwell3701]

I was 7 years old when 9/11 happened. Saw that footage on our tv while eating a piece because that was my birthday. I include the victims of 9/11 tragedy to my prayers every year i celebrate my birthday.

[@staciesmith6829]

This list encompasses my adolescence and early adulthood. I remember every headline

[@gautamsajilal220]

Most of these are the biggest news in America during that particular year

[@bulbs_]

@spawnerist but not storm Katrina or Obamas Election

[@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81]

R.I.P. to the victims who passed away in 9/11

[@SamoaVsEverybody814]

#NeverForget 🇺🇸✊🏼

[@Snowboi1963]

#NeverForget

[@Zaiden.]

No one cares

[@Zaiden.]

Name one victim without searching it tHat what I thought

[@SamoaVsEverybody814]

@@Zaiden. My first cousin, 2 seperate personal friends, many friends of friends, America itself. Sit down clown

[@SureAce]

Thanks for being able to cover Controversial topics well not being biased.

[@rodriguezvanessa8583]

The fact that so much history happened in just 20 years!

[@WrenFaithBridger]

I remember every single one of these. One of personal note was 2008. I had JUST started working as a secretary for a financial advisor that June; a few months later I thought that I would have to look for another job, as we were a very small company (just my boss and me); but I watched in awe as my boss kept his cool and consoled our clients. While, yes, they lost some money, due to my boss' quick thinking they didn't lose as much as they could have. I still work for him, and I'll always remember that. Once, recently, it came up in conversation, and he confessed to me that he was scared spitless at the time!

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

I was 15 when the crash happend. I had just got and started my first job in a boating business. My dad was lucky he did not lose his job but he went from full time to part time. He got a new job one year later.

[@nukacolacompany2534]

@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 You are 29

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

@@nukacolacompany2534 in August

[@nukacolacompany2534]

@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 Oh my bad

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

@@nukacolacompany2534 Thats k you were close enough I'll give you some credit.

[@DawnAYoung-vk4on]

In my community we lost a local high school graduate on the Virginia Tech campus that day. She was a wonderful girl and in memory of her life, our schools sent each child home with a small tree to plant. It was a very sad time for our community.

[@DawnAYoung-vk4on]

@Tony Gallegos Caitlin Hammaren

[@that_dude_tk7327]

@@DawnAYoung-vk4on my condolences

[@bariatasudan]

So many memories/emotions from these breaking news.

[@1992deven]

Please keep the year on top right corner so that we don't miss which year it is.... But great work 👍

[@robertreid1579]

2009 Barack Obama's Election? What about the time when Michael Jackson died in 2009? That was huge on the news as well and it was very shocking for millions of fans around the world.

[@havanadaurcy1321]

Michael Jackson was repeatedly told no, millions of fans cried due to him dying from his own ignorance.

[@rickmishra536]

@@havanadaurcy1321 no buddy...he died because of many factors...you can't just cluster all of that and blame it on his ignorance...he loved his life, he didn't want to die...he only had to take drugs because of his injuries and intense pressure he was subjected to in his final years...what the hell does ignorance has to do with all these!?

[@ronaldogee3]

Michael Jackson death was big… but Barack Obama becoming the first African American U.S. president will be remembered FOREVER, and taught about in HISTORY BOOKS FOREVER… Michael Jackson isn’t being taught in school in major subjects… maybe in music class, but that’s it? so with that being said Barack Obama becoming president holds more historical significance than MJ death. r.i.p. to that legend though

[@madqtofficial3451]

@@havanadaurcy1321 he didn't die from his own ignorance bru tf are you talking about

[@Brysonb3030]

@@ronaldogee3 I just don't see why it matters. I was only 15 at the time. I didn't look at it as being significant. I didn't see race until people kept bringing it up.

[@danielnoah7719]

2020 is in a league of it's own

[@kamui7822]

Seriously though

[@Walker-ow7vj]

Yeah for the 21st century it was are real first big historical event felt by pretty much all of the world.

[@vertigo10yearsago25]

@@Walker-ow7vj 911 shook the world

[@4Penguins]

I really enjoyed watching this video with the current hindsight. I’m going to watch it a second time.

[@Harrison728]

2022 really has to have its own list at this point

[@Annieman10]

I’m not sure if 2012 is accurate. The talks of the Mayan calendar and end of the world were pretty high 😂

[@spiritsong4026]

XD and there's even a movie about it. I keep joking around to my younger cousins that I survived 2012 since they were born after

[@samibichumani1176]

This needs to be pinned

[@yoshistar0708]

I agree 100% plus sandy hook

[@rafiqintraffic9532]

Top 22 biggest breaking news ACCORDING TO AMERICANS

[@theliteratureguy7523]

Finally someone said it

[@smhgaming3259]

Their Canadians idiot

[@samanthasays3603]

So, what would be YOUR list?

[@perfectgogeta]

Wrong

[@parkerallen8124]

Presented by Canadians

[@RealGenesisX]

This is literally every year of my life. So far. I was born March 2000. This is a great recap of every detail I should remember. This is beautiful.

[@emitheegemini]

The fact that I remember all these moments, and I'm only 31, is crazy. Millennials have really been through it.

[@BBBVVV86]

I'm the same age as you and I can't even remember most of these stuff 🤷🏾‍♀️ But yeah I remember a little.

[@emitheegemini]

@@BBBVVV86 I make it a point to remember important things. No real reason, I just do. My dad was the same way, so I'm sure I got it from him.

[@amiramir-qg7xv]

i think this is a very white american perspective… these tragedies have surely affected the world on unimaginable scales. but just a generation ago many black people still dealt with excruciating segregation, and in other areas like the middle east for example it’s a consensus that millennials and gen Z had it the easiest because any generation before us grew up in constant civil and international wars.

[@louiegssportsden121]

2009, Michael Jackson died. It was one of the biggest celebrity deaths in the world people were devastated especially since he was two weeks away from performing THIS IS IT. His funeral was viewed by many and it’s still upsetting remembering his death to this day. No matter what anyone says, he will always be the king of pop.

[@SamoaVsEverybody814]

Yea that was traumatic, that's what I matter most from that yr😭

[@CamilleRochelle]

Agreed!

[@roxy5588]

I agree. His death completely shook the freaking earth to its core. It was the most shocking and cruel celebrity death of them all! I will always love Michael Jackson forever!

[@ciaranmcloughlin7165]

Most celebrity deaths come and go, but Michael Jackson's death was a day that shook the world.

[@HolyCross9]

AMEN TO THAT!

[@MisterDeadDoxx]

2009 The Death of Michael Jackson You can’t tell me that wasn’t a huge news media moment

[@chriskill08]

It was, so was Obama winning. They can only choose one

[@Whitneypyant]

It was but choosing between 2008 and 2009 was hard.

[@Amalokch]

07:26 in my heart Pluto was, is and always will be a planet.

[@rockycage]

the title should have been. Top 22 Biggest Breaking News Stories of Each Year in united states (2000 - 2021)

[@TheCrow938]

9/11 will always be the biggest for me. I was only 6 and I still remember everything that day. The way the teachers were reacting and how school just stopped.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Pop culture is great and all, but WM really nails it when they tackle the real world. Congrats!

[@theliteratureguy7523]

They have really large view of the world😉

[@Demo-wq4nk]

2020-2022 is a whole list in itself.

[@RhiannonSenpai]

This should be called "Top 22 Biggest Breaking News Stories of Each Year in America", since it mostly covers American news and only a few international news related to huge scale natural disasters.

[@reitum.9950]

2010: First time the FIFA World Cup was hosted in Africa. South Africa, to be specific. History. USA did so well in that tournament.

[@debashismishra6765]

And that song man... KZbin got popularity by that song

[@bisratshebeshe3779]

Sorry man, I think this was a list for American people

[@filbao8113]

@@debashismishra6765 really

[@deborahkobe9094]

Thank you for that reminder, Africa's first ever world cup

[@yoshistar0708]

I do remember this well

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Hurricane Katrina...I'll never forget how the people of New Orleans were treated & The US Government's Absolutely Pathetic Response. 💢

[@CollectorsCorner777]

The federal government was actually prepared. Do a little research and you'll find that.

[@feck2594]

@@CollectorsCorner777 it still bothers me that people still blame the federal government for so many things that could have been avoided by the local mayor alone . Just the arrogance to not allow bus's to be used to evacuate alone was a travesty.

[@ethandonn.1368]

@@feck2594 Latoya is horrible too

[@hellboigordo5503]

Wow thanks for the history lesson for real

[@dhruvurs9890]

Oh boy! Even if it feels less than last century, the effect of these events shape is who we are as people!

[@jayjay4spurs]

I still remember hearing about 911 here in the uk, it must have happened around 1:45pm uk time. I was at school in my last lesson of the day in music, I didn't hear about it until my mum said when she picked me up, I couldn't believe it. When we got home it was on every news channel from all the American news channels to bbc, sky, itv, seeing those towers fall on live tv was awful

[@bella_da_bee]

I was 3 years old when the Space Shuttle thing happened. I remember watching that unfold on TV from the barstools in my kitchen. My sister fell off of a barstool and had to get stitches.

[@dustercat21]

I cant believe i was alive and remember all these news times as well as other major news stories throughout those years as well

[@charmedkitten]

I was 17 in 03, so not sure why I don’t remember the Columbia Shuttle going up in flames 😲. I was in class, and kept looking at the door with a bad feeling like someone was gonna bust through and start shooting. I get out of class to call my mom, and she said there was a shooting at a university in VA 😳

[@TBH-nu2so]

I live in Southern California, and we've been dealing with wildfires for a while. The sad thing is is that they always come around in the late Summer/Fall, and it's fueled by all this greenery that finally comes around in the Spring/early Summer. Once we finally start to get rid of all the dead shrubbery, it comes back because of wildfires and what they do.

[@moldyrefrigerator]

I just moved to California in January 2022, and find your comment pretty alarming. I knew of the wildfires, but damn.

[@Pulpos999]

Seeing just how difficult this decades have been almost makes my cry. And the video doesnt talk about a lot that happened, Georgia in 2008, the Islamic State, Yemen, the drug war victims in mexico, the peace talks in colombia, worldwide protests in late 2019... A lot of shit happened

[@parulgarg4502]

Yes...26/11 attacks on Mumbai were happened in 2008

[@sarthakjain5929]

You forgot american invasions, killing of millions of civilians and them funding terrorism in many countries

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

Sometimes because of the list they pick the biggest event.

[@benjaminmetzger6858]

@@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821 some of the events they picked were so minor to non-Americans compared to some of the stuff that was happening worldwide

[@alicepaesleme313]

@@benjaminmetzger6858 absolutely nothing on the terrorist attacks in europe and the refugee crisis of 2015-16 surprised me, those 2 years on the list were indeed very usa centered

[@trinitylivingston1286]

I feel like it's crazy that so much has happened just in my short life time. (I'm not even 25.)

[@WebSoak]

The camera quality in the 2000s takes me back

[@The1AndOnlyTeabager]

damn this brings back memories, I turn 25 this year and this just bring back all those moments that were so big as child but are often forgotten as time goes by.

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

I remember watching the George Floyd riots on tv and my mom telling me this was exactly how it was when the LA riots happened only this was worse

[@braxtonpass5052]

Honestly a terrible thing that they did

[@kevinth66]

@@braxtonpass5052 Yes, thankfully the cops that did that terrible thing have been rightfully convicted (at least in the Chauvin case).

[@braxtonpass5052]

@@kevinth66 yeah the riots were horrible to

[@Walker-ow7vj]

Braxton Pass yeah billions in damages and numerous deaths shit was crazy to see, ngl the first day of the riots I was tripping snd seeing all the news coverage was not good for me during that time 🤣

[@ceddys_random]

Rebecca be like “welcome to watchmojo” intro, just satisfying to listen🤭

[@TexaTheMemeGod]

19:48 the way he yanked that guys arm lol

[@djb9734]

When they talked about Russia invading Creama in 2014, it just immediately reminded me of the terrible situation in Ukraine right now

[@samheath886]

I think it's fair to say that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the biggest news story of 2022. On BBC News in the UK, for a month after the attack, the news didn't show anything else

[@djb9734]

@@samheath886 Wow that's crazy

[@charzanboo9940]

I know eh? With Trump gone, dictators are taking advantage of the US.

[@KOKOBC]

2020 deserves a video of it’s own, you can probably name 22 big things that happened in 2020 easily

[@ivanrodriguez3477]

Name em then.

[@bulbs_]

Yeah name them

[@GreggyMcfly]

It is unbelievable that I have lived throughout Those 20 years. When the video started, I was 11 years old. Now I am 32. I remember every single one of them.

[@AKA2PM]

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[@WallabeeBe4tles]

So that’s why society started going downhill after 2015.. I knew something wasn’t right

[@alexhuxy6356]

Before watching, I can already guess what 2001’s is 👀

[@lawsonhellu4718]

Same for 2020

[@cedarflags]

Both are true

[@mikesilver9476]

good 'ol 2006, when the biggest story was a small planet being re classified lol

[@joemarsden68]

take me back. life was simpler

[@Black-my4un]

My mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer the day of the VT massacre. Remember it vividly.

[@kn0x820]

I think a close second for 2013 would be the El Reno Oklahoma Tornado. It was the biggest tornado ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide and I remember hearing about it almost everywhere.

[@MrBakedDaily]

Ah I remember I was in 8th grade during the 9/11 attacks every class we got to watch the news all day

[@SexyButCurious]

Me too I was in Middle School as well but I didn't see the planes actually hit the building I only saw the aftermath in 7th period. I remember crying about how many casualties there might have been which was undetermined at the time of course

[@jm5390]

I’d change the topic for 2012 to Hurricane “Superstorm” Sandy. Y’all also need to add an honorable mention of the New Horizon flyby of Pluto in 2015. As for 2021, a mention of the Afghanistan withdrawal would also be important.

[@arkangd]

Chile’s 2010 earthquake was also huge, no one expected a big earthquake only 6 years after 2004’s Indonesia earthquake, but it’s true that the incident in the Gulf of Mexico incident was also huge. Good video

[@greenfroppy212]

We’ve only been in the 2000’s for 22 years and there’s already so much that has gone on. It’s crazy how our grandchildren and future generations are going to read about this in the history books

[@florinivan6907]

22 years is nearly a quarter of the century. It would be weirder if nothing happened.

[@Lexyvil]

I'm hoping for a future one day where breaking news cover more positive news than negative.

[@trinitylivingston1286]

Good luck with that, you'd have to live in a world where terrible things never happen.

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Suggestion: Top 20 most intelligent cartoon characters in 2000s & 2010s.

[@chheinrich8486]

Oh thats a though one

[@bigshagger8277]

Gotta be Homer Simpson

[@lindevoskamp4948]

Love this, but also I was expecting some different results untill I remebered this was america based and not "world news" based Half of these were waaaaayy smaller in other countries haha

[@shadowe6064]

I was watching this out loud in my kitchen and my dad walked into the room as the va tech shooting came up. He froze and stared before I quickly spoke up that it’s an old report. Good lord, this day and age he was probably like “ not another”

[@KHAOE1]

2022: The slap heard around the world

[@jadecoles6086]

Jan 6th was just unfortunate…like there’s really nothing else to say🤷🏾‍♀️

[@cedarflags]

Bunch of idiots

[@anthonymort5202]

It was more than unfortunate it was treason

[@TetaPehta03]

It really didnt mean anything tbh. They got in and realized they cant do anything and just goofed around like the idiots they are. It wasnt a “danger to democracy”.

[@dantowns4870]

@@anthonymort5202 hardly

[@anthonymort5202]

@@dantowns4870 it was the definition of treason

[@BBBVVV86]

I remember a little of these breaking news events but most I can't remember. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@RisingBeast00]

I still remember evacuating from high school when Katrina hit land in late August of 2005.

[@newdamage5945]

Man I miss the 90s even more after watching this!

[@idontevenknow741]

There's been ton of tragic events in the 90s bud, This was just based on the 21st Century

[@Camillakittycat55]

The most memorable news event since 2000 for me was COVID-19 pandemic. Seriously it was a major outbreak from China that spread everywhere in the world that led millions of people died.🤒☠️

[@rcdune7132]

And all of the ridiculous bullshit that came along with it

[@joegoldberg8185]

Millions also died due to hunger, major unemployment, sky rising prices.💔

[@afbocc]

@@rcdune7132 What bullshit?

[@overrated6650]

@@afbocc all the bs that came with it. Don’t act like you don’t know

[@Walker-ow7vj]

afbocc “we only need two weeks to flatten the curve” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@FreyjaWithA_J]

I would rather have more stories from all around the world rather than just America. But it is still a very interesting video.

[@firemarshall2827]

Dear, Mojo. Stuff has been happening outside the US too.

[@vanessapaviag]

Well I was born in 2001, I was only a couple months old when 9/11 happened. I wasn’t in Manhattan but I was in a close borough with my mom. My mom remembers my grandma frantically calling her from Mexico and asking if we were okay. Thankfully we were fine but you can see how much 9/11 still impacts New York and it’s people. Years later one of my moms bosses had a son who was a fire fighter working on 9/11 who had died because of the toxic dust. Today as a college student, I walk past the 9/11 memorial every time I go to school and there’s not a day where there’s not at least one person there. To this day we have a moment of silence every September 11th. I was only a baby when it happened but hearing all the stories from people around me really makes me feel what they went through. I also recently went to watch the Broadway show “Come From Away” which is based around 9/11 and it is beautiful, I definitely sobbed while watching it.

[@affliction1979]

I feel old, I was 21 when 9/11 occurred.

[@paulseblano2761]

I was 3 when it happened. I remember I was in pre k at the time getting picked up by my parents.

[@jimmybuckets5863]

So in 06, we get a train bombing in Mumbai that kills over 200, a stampede during a festival in Mecca that kills well over 300, and the biggest breaking news is……Pluto being demoted? Pretty sure they just waited for the regular broadcast to announce that. (Also I grew up learning that there were nine planets in OUR solar system, but an unknown number of other planets outside of it.)

[@munchyy5287]

tbh it isnt the biggest news because of pluto, but because this changed astrological and space science for years to come!

[@iron4517]

damn nice

[@dahomieMays]

11:45 "THEY got what THEY wanted...." lmao

[@Intellechawwal]

This clip brings back memories. I was born in 1998 so I was just 4 when 9/11 happened. I remember my dad telling me that planes flew into buildings and getting mad at me when I said that was cool. I also remember the columbia space crash. That was the first time I learned about air friction with solid bodies .

[@emmacarlsater4552]

Soliddd gold

[@tay2944]

You would’ve been 3 at most. Idek how you remember any of that since I was also born in 1998 and so were all my classmates and none of us remembered

[@RockNRollSurf]

@@tay2944 You do realize that scientifically 3 years of age is when on average people start building cognitive ability, correct? This has been proven by the American Physiological Association and Child Development Organization. Also, your memory must be pathetic. I know many people who could remember stuff when they were three, such as a 1959 Boomer remembering the JFK assassination. I'm born in 1992 and I can tell you that I have a 1998 sister who does remember 911.

[@kcxy06]

As a Brit, I'd say this list is a bit too focused on American news. The 7/7 bombings in London in 2005 should really be up there, they're only not because this list is valuing American news more than anywhere else

[@rushisankhe9176]

This list should be called "biggest news of each year in USA".

[@jobangamer1309]

The most memorable event in 2000 was, I WAS NOT EVEN BORN. 😂😂😂😂