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2010 (MMX) was a common year that started on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2010th year of the Common Era or the Anno Domini designation; the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 1st of the 2010s decade.

2010 was designated the: International Year of Biodiversity International Year of Youth. Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years Main article: 2010s

Among experts and the general public there is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".1 Events Damaged buildings in Jacmel as a result of the Haiti Earthquake. January January 4 The tallest man-made structure to date the Burj Khalifa in Dubai United Arab Emirates is officially opened.234 January 8 The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.5 January 12 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti devastating the nation's capital Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230000678 it is one of the deadliest on record. January 15 The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs. January 25 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport killing all 90 people on-board. The clock counting down to the opening of Olympics Games in Downtown Vancouver. February February 3 The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for 65 million (US$103.7 million) setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.91011 February 12February 28 The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler Canada. February 18 The President of Niger Tandja Mamadou is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace12 and form a ruling junta the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.13 February 27 An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497.14 The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history. March March 16 The Kasubi Tombs Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site are destroyed by fire.15 March 26 The ROKS Cheonan a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel sinks off the country's west coast killing 46. In May an independent investigation blames North Korea which denies the allegations.1617 Volcano plume from on Eyjafjallajokull 17 April 2010. April April 7 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek amid fierce rioting sparking a sociopolitical crisis. Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva is placed at the head of an interim government as the opposition seizes control.18 April 10 The President of Poland Lech Kaczyski is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.1920 April 13 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai China killing at least 2000 and injuring more than 10000.21 April 14 Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajkull an ice cap in Iceland begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.222324 April 20 The Deepwater Horizon oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico killing eleven workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill one of the largest in history spreads for several months damaging the waters and the United States coastline and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling.2526 April 27 Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk four days after the activation of a 45-billion EUIMF bailout triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the Euro's value272728 and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis. May May 2 The Eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a 110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.29 May 4 Nude Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction.303132 May 7 Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthal genome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred.3334 May 12 Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya killing 103 of the 104 people on board.35 May 19 Protests in Bangkok Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown killing 91 and more than 2100 injured.3637 May 20 Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.38 Five paintings worth 100 million are stolen from the Muse d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.3940 May 22 Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.41 May 31 Nine activists are killed in a clash with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade.4243 June June 9 Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds.44 June 11July 11 The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa and is won by Spain. Satellite images of the upper Indus River valley comparing water-levels on 1 August 2009 (top) and 31 July 2010 (bottom) during the flooding in Pakistan July July 8 The first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.45 July 25 Wikileaks an online publisher of anonymous covert and classified material leaks to the public over 90000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.46 July 29 Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1600 are killed and more than one million are displaced by the floods.47 August August 10 The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.48 Luis Urza the leader of the trapped miners and the last of the 33 to be lifted to freedom celebrates with President Piera at San Jos Mine during "Operacin San Lorenzo". September Leaders of the G-20 countries present at the Seoul Summit. October October 10 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.49 October 13 Thirty-three miners near Copiap Chile trapped 700 metres underground in a mining accident in San Jos Mine are brought back to the surface after surviving for a record 69 days.50 October 22 The International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space having been continuously inhabited since November 2 2000 (3641 days).5152 October 23 In preparation for the Seoul summit finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.53 October 25 An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra Indonesia kills over 400 people and leave hundreds missing.54 October 26ongoing Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java Indonesia have killed at least 240 people and forced hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.555657 November November 4 Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba killing all 68 people on board.58 November 11November 12 The G-20 summit is held in Seoul South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit.59 November 13 Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest.60 November 17 Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.61 November 20 Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issued the Lisbon Summit Declaration. November 21 Eurozone countries agree to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country's financial crisis.626364 November 22 A stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh Cambodia kills 347.65 November 23 North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War.666768 November 28 WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250000 American diplomatic cables including 100000 marked "secret" or "confidential".6970 November 29 The European Union agree to an 85 billion rescue deal for Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the United Kingdom Denmark and Sweden.71 November 29December 10 The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Cancn Mexico. Also referred to as the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16) it served too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6).7273 December December 21 The first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place.7475 Deaths Main article: Deaths in 2010 Further information: Category:2010 deaths January Jean Simmons January 4 Johan Ferrier 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910) Tsutomu Yamaguchi Japanese dual atomic bomb survivor (b. 1916) January 9 Armand Razafindratandra Malagasy cardinal (b. 1925) January 11 Miep Gies Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909) ric Rohmer French film director (b. 1920) January 12 Zilda Arns Brazilian pediatrician and aid worker (b. 1934) January 13 Teddy Pendergrass American R&B and soul singer (b. 1950) January 15 Marshall Warren Nirenberg American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) January 17 Jyoti Basu Indian politician (b. 1914) Erich Segal American author screenwriter and educator (b. 1937) January 18 Kate McGarrigle Canadian folk singer (b. 1946) January 19 Panajot Pano Albanian footballer (b. 1939) January 22 Iskandar of Johor 8th King of Malaysia (b. 1932) Jean Simmons British actress (b. 1929) January 25 Ali Hassan al-Majid Iraqi politician and military commander (b. 1941) January 27 Zelda Rubinstein American actress and human rights activist (b. 1933) J. D. Salinger American author (b. 1919) Howard Zinn American historian (b. 1922) February Alexander Haig February 1 Steingrmur Hermannsson 19th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1928) February 6 John Dankworth British jazz musician and composer (b. 1927) February 7 Andr Kolingba 4th President of the Central African Republic (b. 1936) February 10 Charlie Wilson American politician (b. 1933) February 11 Alexander McQueen British fashion designer (b. 1969) February 14 Dick Francis British author and jockey (b. 1920) February 17 Kathryn Grayson American singer (b. 1922) February 18 Ariel Ramrez Argentine composer (b. 1921) February 20 Alexander Haig 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924) March Robert Culp March 3 Michael Foot British politician (b. 1913) March 4 Vladislav Ardzinba Soviet-born politician (b. 1945) March 10 Corey Haim Canadian actor (b. 1971) Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928) March 12 Miguel Delibes Spanish author and journalist (b. 1920) March 14 Peter Graves American actor (b. 1926) March 20 Girija Prasad Koirala Nepalese politician (b. 1925) March 21 Wolfgang Wagner German festival director (b. 1919) March 22 James Black British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) Valentina Tolkunova Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1946) March 24 Robert Culp American actor screenwriter and director (b. 1930) March 27 Vasily Smyslov Soviet-Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1921) March 28 Herb Ellis American jazz guitarist (b. 1921) June Havoc Canadian-born American actress (b. 1912) March 30 Martin Sandberger German army officer (b. 1911) April Lech Kaczyski Juan Antonio Samaranch Lena Horne Dennis Hopper April 1 John Forsythe American actor (b. 1918) April 3 Eugene Terre'Blanche South African politician and white supremacist (b. 1941) April 5 Vitali Sevastyanov Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935) April 6 Corin Redgrave British actor and political activist (b. 1939) April 8 Malcolm McLaren British musician and manager (b. 1946) Abel Muzorewa Zimbabwean politician (b. 1925) April 10 Ryszard Kaczorowski Polish statesman (b. 1919) Lech Kaczyski President of Poland (b. 1949) April 14 Peter Steele American musician (b. 1962) April 16 Tom pidlk Czech cardinal (b. 1919) April 19 Guru American rapper (b. 1966) April 21 Juan Antonio Samaranch Spanish sports official (b. 1920) April 25 Alan Sillitoe British writer (b. 1928) April 30 Paul Mayer German cardinal (b. 1911) May May 2 Lynn Redgrave British actress (b. 1943) May 4 Luigi Poggi Italian cardinal (b. 1917) May 5 Giulietta Simionato Italian opera singer (b. 1910) Umaru Yar'Adua President of Nigeria (b. 1951) May 8 Andor Lilienthal Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1911) May 9 Lena Horne American singer and actress (b. 1917) May 10 Frank Frazetta American artist (b. 1928) May 16 Ronnie James Dio American musician (b. 1942) Oswaldo Lpez Arellano Honduran two-time former president (b. 1921) Hank Jones American pianist (b. 1918) May 17 Bobbejaan Schoepen Belgian singer (b. 1925) Khattiya Sawasdipol Thai army general (b. 1951) Yvonne Loriod French pianist (b. 1924) May 18 Edoardo Sanguineti Italian writer (b. 1930) May 22 Martin Gardner American science author (b. 1914) May 24 Paul Gray American musician (b. 1972) May 28 Gary Coleman American actor (b. 1968) May 29 Dennis Hopper American actor and film director (b. 1936) May 31 Louise Bourgeois French-born American sculptor (b. 1911) June Andrey Voznesensky June 1 Andrey Voznesensky Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1933) June 2 Giuseppe Taddei Italian baritone (b. 1916) June 3 Vladimir Arnold Soviet-Russian mathematician (b. 1937) Rue McClanahan American actress (b. 1934) June 9 Marina Semyonova Russian ballerina (b. 1908) June 10 Sigmar Polke German painter and photographer (b. 1941) June 14 Leonid Kizim Soviet-Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1941) June 16 Ronald Neame British cinematographer producer and director (b. 1911) June 18 Marcel Bigeard French military officer (b. 1916) Jos Saramago Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) June 19 Manute Bol Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962) June 23 Mohammed Mzali former Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1925) June 26 Algirdas Brazauskas 9th President of Lithuania (b. 1932) June 28 Robert Byrd American politician (b. 1917) July Harvey Pekar July 2 Beryl Bainbridge British novelist (b. 1934) July 3 Abu Daoud Palestinian militia commander (b. 1937) July 4 Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Lebanese spiritual leader (b. 1935) July 5 Cesare Siepi Italian opera singer (b. 1923) Nasr Abu Zayd Egyptian Qur'anic theologian (b. 1943) July 12 Harvey Pekar American comic book writer (b. 1939) July 14 Charles Mackerras Australian conductor (b. 1925) July 17 Bernard Giraudeau French actor and film director (b. 1947) July 21 Luis Corvaln Chilean politician (b. 1916) July 24 Alex Higgins Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949) August Patricia Neal Francisco Varallo August 5 Godfrey Binaisa 5th President of Uganda (b. 1920) August 6 Tony Judt British historian (b. 1948) August 7 Bruno Cremer French actor (b. 1929) August 8 Patricia Neal American actress (b. 1926) August 9 Ted Stevens American politician (b. 1923) August 10 Antonio Pettigrew American athlete (b. 1967) August 12 Guido de Marco 6th President of Malta (b. 1931) August 16 Nicola Cabibbo Italian physicist (b. 1935) August 17 Francesco Cossiga 63rd Prime Minister and 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) August 18 Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma Spanish aristrocrat (b. 1930) August 22 Stjepan Bobek Yugoslav footballer (b. 1923) August 23 Satoshi Kon Japanese anime film director (b. 1963) August 26 Raimon Panikkar Spanish theologian (b. 1918) August 27 Anton Geesink Dutch judoka (b. 1934) August 28 Sinan Hasani 10th President of Yugoslavia (b. 1922) August 30 Alain Corneau French filmmaker (b. 1943) Francisco Varallo Argentine footballer (b. 1910) August 31 Laurent Fignon French road bicycle racer (b. 1960) September Tony Curtis September 9 Bent Larsen Danish chess grandmaster (b. 1935) September 11 Kevin McCarthy American actor (b. 1914) September 12 Claude Chabrol French film director (b. 1930) September 22 Eddie Fisher American entertainer and singer (b. 1928) September 24 Gennady Yanayev Soviet politician (b. 1937) September 26 Gloria Stuart American actress (b. 1910) September 28 Arthur Penn American film director (b. 1922) September 29 Georges Charpak French physicist (b. 1924) Tony Curtis American actor (b. 1925) September 30 Stephen J. Cannell American writer and television producer (b. 1941) October Benot Mandelbrot Nestor Kirchner October 4 Norman Wisdom British actor and comedian (b. 1915) October 7 Milka Planinc former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924) October 9 Maurice Allais French economist (b. 1911) October 10 Solomon Burke American soul musician (b. 1940) Hwang Jang-yop North Korean politician and defector (b. 1923) October 11 Joan Sutherland Australian opera singer (b. 1926) October 14 Benot Mandelbrot French-American mathematician (b. 1924) October 19 Tom Bosley American actor (b. 1927) October 20 Farooq Leghari 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1940) October 23 David Thompson 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1961) October 25 Gregory Issacs Jamaican musician (b. 1951) October 27 Nstor Kirchner 54th President of Argentina (b. 1950) October 28 Jonathan Motzfeldt 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938) October 30 Harry Mulisch Dutch writer (b. 1927) November Leslie Nielsen November 2 Rudolf Barshai Soviet-Russian conductor and violist (b. 1924) November 3 Viktor Chernomyrdin 31st Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938) November 5 Jill Clayburgh American actress (b. 1944) Hajo Herrmann German fighter pilot and lawyer (b. 1913) November 11 Dino De Laurentiis Italian film producer (b. 1919) November 12 Henryk Grecki Polish composer (b. 1933) November 13 Luis Garca Berlanga Spanish film director (b. 1921) November 27 Irvin Kershner American film director (b. 1923) November 28 Leslie Nielsen Canadian-American actor (b. 1926) November 29 Bella Akhmadulina Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1937) December Richard Holbrooke December 12 Tom Walkinshaw British racing car driver and team owner (b. 1946) December 13 Richard Holbrooke American diplomat (b. 1941) December 15 Blake Edwards American film director (b. 1922) December 17 Captain Beefheart American musician (b. 1941) December 21 Enzo Bearzot Italian footballer and coach (b. 1927) December 25 Carlos Andrs Prez 55th President of Venezuela (b. 1922) December 26 Salvador Jorge Blanco 48th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1926) Teena Marie American singer-songwriter (b. 1956) Nobel Prizes Chemistry Richard F. Heck Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki Economics Peter A. Diamond Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides Literature Mario Vargas Llosa Peace Liu Xiaobo Physics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov Physiology or Medicine Robert G. Edwards Major religious holidays January 7 (January 6 in Armenia) Orthodox Christmas. February 1 Imbolc a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places). February 2 Candlemas commemorating the Purification of the Virgin. It marks the liturgical end of the Christmas season. February 16 Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras end of Mardi Gras / Carnival season. February 17 Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent). March 1 Holi. March 20 (March 21 in the Far East) Vernal Equinox also known as Nowruz. March 24 Rama Navami. March 29 (evening) Passover. March 30 Hanuman Jayanti. April 4 Easter (Western and Orthodox). May 1 Beltane a Cross-quarter day. May 18May 19 Shavuot. August 1 Lammas a Cross-quarter day. August 11 Ramadan begins. August 24 Raksha Bandhan. 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