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10 years ago to the day, a computer programmer in America tapped out a simple message online.
just setting up my twttr
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
And with that, Twitter – or twttr as it once was – took off. It now has around 320 million users worldwide.
So to celebrate the social network reaching this milestone birthday, we’ve picked out 10 tweets that are iconic for one of two reasons – they represent a significant moment in time, or they just made everyone laugh a lot.
1. When Obama was re-elected.
Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012
2. When Ed Balls did this.
Ed Balls
— Ed Balls (@edballs) April 28, 2011
3. When Cait was born (and set a new world record for the fastest time to reach 1m followers).
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
4. When Kanye was having one of his “streams of consciousness”.
You may be talented, but you're not Kanye West
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewset) February 14, 2015
5. When everyone questioned how it’s even possible to #HateFilms.
Watched my eighth ever film on the flight home. Must have been bored. #HateFilms
— michael owen (@themichaelowen) October 14, 2014
6. When religion got social.
Dear friends, I thank you from my heart and I ask you to continue to pray for me.
Pope Francis.— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 17, 2013
(and when it also got lyrical)
My psalms are sweaty, pages wet, arms are ready, the spirit in my body already, lord's spaghetti.#PopeBars pic.twitter.com/5jyGLjQsTk
— Fake Gamer Chef Guy (@Chef_Lu_Bu) November 30, 2015
7. When someone tweeted NOT from Earth.
Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s
— TJ Creamer (@Astro_TJ) January 22, 2010
8. When the Oscars broke the internet – and retweet records.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
9. When two Mars missions greeted each other.
Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I'll be around.
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014
10. And when a global conversation started over #TheDress.
I don't understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it's a trick somehow.
I'm confused and scared.
PS it's OBVIOUSLY BLUE AND BLACK— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) February 27, 2015
