The 7-year old Ryan of “Ryan Toysreview” was announced as the year’s highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million.
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Illinois became the 21st state to join the United States of America.
NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.
Spotify announced Drake as the most-streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, and Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' as the most-streamed track with 2.4 billion streams.
HAL Laboratory's Super Smash Bros. Melee was released by Nintendo for the GameCube.
The original PlayStation was launched in Japan.