22 Things That Were Going On In Pop Culture Moments 10 Years Ago This Month

It was a decade ago that we were all listening to "I Kissed A Girl" on our iPods and anticipating the release of The Dark Knight.

1. Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" was the No. 1 single for the entire month.

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2. Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III were among the top-selling albums that month.

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3. The Obamas appeared on the cover of People magazine.

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4. The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dropped (and it really was a tease since the film was pushed back and wouldn't premiere for another year).

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5. Selena Gomez shutdown the rumor that she and her fellow Disney Channel co-star, Miley Cyrus, were involved in a feud.

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6. While rumors began to circulate that Selena was secretly dating Nick Jonas.

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7. Rihanna dropped the music video for "Disturbia" (the song would eventually go No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100).

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8. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 held its premiere in New York.

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9. Lauren Conrad appeared on the cover of Entertainment Weekly to promote The Hills' upcoming fourth season.

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10. Emily Blunt and Michael Bublé announced that they had broken up after three years of dating.

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11. Drew Barrymore and Justin Long also announced they had broken up after dating for about a year.

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12. It was confirmed that Shannon Doherty would be reprising her role as Brenda Walsh for the upcoming Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off.

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13. Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty were caught in an affair.

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14. Rumors began to circulate that Kim Kardashian was going to appear on Dancing with the Stars.

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15. Christian Bale was arrested in the UK after a dispute with his mother and sister.

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16. Estelle Getty died at age 84 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia.

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17. Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in France.

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18. The Jonas Brothers appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

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19. Mad Men began its second season.

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20. The Wendy Williams Show made its debut.

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21. Avatar: The Last Airbender aired its final episode.

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22. And finally, The Dark Knight was released into theaters and broke box office records.

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