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File:2010 Events Collage New.png was one of the strongest recorded in history; the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull as part of a series of volcanic events in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and subsequent oil spill becomes the worst marine oil spill in history; the 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa and won by Spain; people entering the White House in Bishkek on 7 April during the Kyrgyz Revolution; the remains of Tu-154 after a crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński; a child is treated for injuries following the Haitian earthquake which killed an estimated 100,000–316,000 people.|300x300px|thumb]]

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The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The swine flu pandemic which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the iPad, the public launch of Instagram, and the first successful trapping of antimatter.

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Pronunciation

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There is a debate among experts and the general public on how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".{{cite news |title=How Do You Say 2010? |last=Siegel |first=Robert |work=All Things Considered |publisher=National Public Radio |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470656 |date=2009-11-16 |access-date=2009-11-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091119003331/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470656| archive-date=November 19, 2009| url-status= live}} 2010 was the first year to have a wide variation in pronunciation, because the years 2000 to 2009 were generally pronounced "two thousand (and) one, two, three, etc." as opposed to the less common "twenty-oh-_".

Events

=January=

  • January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/dubai-opens-world-tallest-building/1|title=Dubai opens world's tallest building|date=January 2, 2010|work=USA Today|access-date=January 4, 2010|location=Dubai|first=Douglas|last=Stanglin|archive-date=January 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105034122/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/dubai-opens-world-tallest-building/1|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/business/property/uae/official-opening-of-iconic-burj-dubai-announced-1.523471 |title=Official Opening of Iconic Burj Dubai Announced |work=Gulfnews |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106052129/http://gulfnews.com/business/property/uae/official-opening-of-iconic-burj-dubai-announced-1.523471 |archive-date=November 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm|title=World's tallest building opens in Dubai|date=2010-01-04|work=BBC News|access-date=2010-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105054239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm| archive-date=January 5, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • January 8 – The Togo national football team is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations. The attack was perpetrated by the FLEC, their first since the Angolan Civil War.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm |title=Togo withdraw from Africa Cup of Nations |work=BBC Sport |date=2010-01-09 |access-date=2009-01-09 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109052019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm |url-status=live }}
  • January 10 – Religious violence erupts in Jos, Nigeria, which left scores dead, and many injured.
  • January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1422279.html|title=Haiti president describes 'unimaginable' catastrophe; thousands feared dead|date=January 13, 2010|work=Miami Herald|access-date=January 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100218061630/http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1422279.html| archive-date=February 18, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.earthquake/index.html|title=Hundreds of thousands may have died in Haiti quake, PM says|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=CNN|access-date=January 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114024958/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.earthquake/index.html| archive-date=January 14, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake |title=Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114182637/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
  • January 14 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • January 15
  • The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.{{Cite web|title=NASA – Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 January 15|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov|archive-date=December 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211011147/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Ians|date=2010-01-09|title=First annular solar eclipse of 2010 on Jan 15|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/First-annular-solar-eclipse-of-2010-on-Jan-15/article16836739.ece|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223221003/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/First-annular-solar-eclipse-of-2010-on-Jan-15/article16836739.ece|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2010-01-15|title=Longest solar eclipse of the century|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/jan/15/solar-eclipse-longest-21st-century|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040153/http://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/jan/15/solar-eclipse-longest-21st-century|url-status=live}}
  • The Chadian Civil War officially ends.{{Cite book|date=2011-01-24|title=World Report 2011: Rights Trends in World Report 2011: Chad|chapter=World Report 2011: Chad|url=https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2011/country-chapters/chad|access-date=2020-11-24|publisher=Human Rights Watch|language=en|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609051213/http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/chad|url-status=live}}
  • Honduras withdraws from ALBA.
  • January 19
  • Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh is assassinated in Dubai.
  • North Caucasian Federal District was split from Southern Federal District by decree of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
  • January 25 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board.

=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.{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/03/giacometti-sculpture-lhom_n_448243.html|title=Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=February 3, 2010|first=Lila|last=Shapiro|date=February 3, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206211452/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/03/giacometti-sculpture-lhom_n_448243.html| archive-date=February 6, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/giacometti-statue-breaks-auction-record|title=Alberto Giacometti statue breaks auction record with £65m sale|work=Mark Brown/Guardian|access-date=February 5, 2010 | location=London | date=February 3, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206052059/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/giacometti-statue-breaks-auction-record| archive-date=February 6, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • February 5 – The d'Wäschfra satirical magazine begins publication in Luxembourg.{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2010 |title=d'Wäschfra |url=http://www.waschfra.lu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211151925/http://www.waschfra.lu:80/ |archive-date=February 11, 2010}}
  • February 10 – The Australian government is hit by cyberattacks from freedom of expression activists, following recent Australian pornography restrictions.{{Cite web|last=Moses|first=Asher|date=2010-02-10|title=Operation Titstorm: hackers bring down government websites|url=https://www.theage.com.au/technology/operation-titstorm-hackers-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Age|language=en|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817145200/https://www.theage.com.au/technology/operation-titstorm-hackers-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Leyden |first=John |date=11 February 2010 |title=Aussie anti-censor attacks strafe gov websites |url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/02/11/oz_anti_censorship_ddos_latest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927050733/https://www.theregister.com/2010/02/11/oz_anti_censorship_ddos_latest/ |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |access-date=2021-03-12 |website=The Register |language=en}}
  • February 12–28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
  • February 15 – Two trains collide in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
  • February 18 – The President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace{{cite news|first=Todd|last=Pitman|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDZF3n7657_r2rMh4ywl_o-MjNQwD9DUOD600|title=Armed soldiers storm Niger presidential palace|agency=Associated Press|date=2010-02-18|access-date=April 17, 2011|archive-date=February 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221233830/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDZF3n7657_r2rMh4ywl_o-MjNQwD9DUOD600|url-status=dead}} and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8523196.stm|title=Military coup ousts Niger president|work=BBC News|date=2010-02-18|access-date=2010-02-18| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219053310/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8523196.stm| archive-date=February 19, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • February 27 – An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525.{{cite web|url=http://www.interior.gob.cl/filesapp/listado_fallecidos_desaparecidos_27Feb.pdf |title=Subsecretaría del Interior de Chile |date=January 31, 2011 |publisher=Interior.gob.cl |access-date=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114043429/http://www.interior.gob.cl/filesapp/listado_fallecidos_desaparecidos_27Feb.pdf |archive-date=November 14, 2012 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-5422309/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXd2aXNpb24uY28udWcv |title=Uganda's UNESCO Heritage Site Gutted |website=www.allvoices.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430033033/http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-5422309/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXd2aXNpb24uY28udWcv |archive-date=April 30, 2011}}
  • March 22 – Four-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah disappears from her family's home located in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://www.debate.com.mx/mexico/Cronologia-Desaparicion-y-localizacion-de-Paulette-Gebara-20170504-0252.html|title=Cronología: Desaparición y localización de Paulette Gebara|date=May 4, 2017|accessdate=March 5, 2022|language=es|work=debate|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217140453/https://www.debate.com.mx/mexico/Cronologia-Desaparicion-y-localizacion-de-Paulette-Gebara-20170504-0252.html|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=6392 |title=Results Confirm North Korea Sank Cheonan |work=Daily NK |access-date=May 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522235650/http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=6392 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7131533.ece |title='All out war' threatened over North Korea attack on warship Cheonan |work=Times Online |date=May 20, 2010 |access-date=2010-05-25 |location=London |first=Anne |last=Barrowclough |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522062838/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7131533.ece |url-status=dead }}

=April=

  • April 3 – The first iPad was released.{{cite web|url= http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/05/ipad.apple.release/index.html|title= Apple's iPad to be released April 3|website= CNN|access-date= December 2, 2021|archive-date= December 2, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211202063105/http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/05/ipad.apple.release/index.html|url-status= live}}
  • April 5 – Julian Assange leaks footage of a 2007 airstrike in Iraq titled "Collateral Murder" on the website WikiLeaks.{{Cite news|last=Bumiller|first=Elisabeth|date=2010-04-06|title=Video Shows U.S. Killing of Reuters Employees (Published 2010)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519180629/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html|url-status=live}}
  • April 7 – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees the country amid fierce anti-government riots in the capital, Bishkek.{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tumult-in-kyrgyzstan-as-opposition-claims-power-1.889544 | work=CBC News | title=Tumult in Kyrgyzstan as opposition claims power | date=April 7, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101203024904/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tumult-in-kyrgyzstan-as-opposition-claims-power-1.889544| archive-date=December 3, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • April 10 – The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia.{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/10/poland-president-lech-kaczynski-killed | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Luke | last=Harding | title=Polish president Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash | date=April 10, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110419214318/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/10/poland-president-lech-kaczynski-killed| archive-date=April 19, 2011| url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Polish-President-Lech-Kaczynski-Killed-When-Plane-Crashed-On-Approach-To-Smolensk-Airport-In-Russia/Article/201004215598482?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15598482 |title= The Latest News from the UK and Around the World|website=news.sky.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427014728/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Polish-President-Lech-Kaczynski-Killed-When-Plane-Crashed-On-Approach-To-Smolensk-Airport-In-Russia/Article/201004215598482?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15598482 |archive-date=April 27, 2011}}
  • April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Mount Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.norwegian.com/en/landingssider/cancellations-due-to-volcanic-ash-in-the-air/ |title=Cancellations due to volcanic ash in the air |date=2010-04-15 |publisher=Norwegian Air Shuttle |access-date=2010-04-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100418203624/http://www.norwegian.com/en/landingssider/cancellations-due-to-volcanic-ash-in-the-air/ |archive-date=April 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/15/bloomberg1376-L0WS531A74E9-1.DTL |title=Iceland Volcano Spewing Ash Chokes Europe Air Travel |date=2010-04-15 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=2010-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821063035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2010%2F04%2F15%2Fbloomberg1376-L0WS531A74E9-1.DTL |archive-date=August 21, 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8622438.stm|title=Live: Volcanic cloud over Europe|work=BBC News|access-date=2010-04-15 | date=April 15, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507122114/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8622438.stm| archive-date=May 7, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • April 20 – The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 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.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/21/oil.rig.explosion/index.html | work=CNN | title=At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf | date=April 22, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100721121741/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/21/oil.rig.explosion/index.html| archive-date=July 21, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite web|last=Wardell|first=J.|year=2010|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37815518|title=Nations rethink offshore drilling|work=NBC News|access-date=2010-09-06|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072339/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37815518|url-status=dead}}
  • April 27 – Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk 4 days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the euro's value,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8647441.stm |title=Greek bonds rated 'junk' by Standard & Poor's |work=BBC News |date= April 27, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100429143628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8647441.stm| archive-date=April 29, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm |title=Greece crisis: Euro markets hit again |work=BBC News |date= April 28, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100429031203/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm| archive-date=April 29, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/28/greece.euro.markets/index.html?hpt=T1 |title=Greece crisis deepens on global market sell-off |publisher=CNN |date= April 28, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100501141307/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/28/greece.euro.markets/index.html?hpt=T1| archive-date=May 1, 2010| url-status= dead}} and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis.

=May=

  • May 1 – Expo 2010 is held in Shanghai, China.
  • 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.{{Cite news|title=Greece Accepts Terms of EU-Led Bailout, 'Savage' Cuts (Update1)|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9f8X9yDMcdI&pos=1|access-date=2010-05-02|first1=Gabi|last1=Thesing|first2=Flavia|last2=Krause-Jackson|date=May 2, 2010}}
  • 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.{{cite news|title=Picasso painting fetches record $106m at auction|work=BBC News|date=2010-05-05|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8661338.stm|access-date=2010-05-05| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507123707/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8661338.stm| archive-date=May 7, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|last=Crow |first=Kelly |title=Picasso sets auction record; Portrait of mistress sells for $106.5 million, providing opening spark to season |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2010-05-05 |page=A3 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703866704575224873880379734 |access-date=2010-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508033255/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224873880379734.html |archive-date=May 8, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Cotter|first=Holland|title=Another auction, another trophy|work=The New York Times|date=2010-05-06|page=C1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/arts/06cotter.html|access-date=2010-06-11| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511024349/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/arts/06cotter.html| archive-date=May 11, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • May 6
  • The 2010 United Kingdom general election results in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party twenty seats short of a majority.
  • The 2010 flash crash, a trillion-dollar stock market crash, occurs over 36 minutes, initiated by a series of automated trading programs in a feedback loop.{{citation |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/05/11/nasdaq-heres-our-timeline-of-the-flash-crash/ |title=Nasdaq: Here's Our Timeline of the Flash Crash |date=May 11, 2010 |work=The Wall Street Journal |first=Matt |last=Phillips |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724144010/https://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/05/11/nasdaq-heres-our-timeline-of-the-flash-crash/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 7
  • Chile becomes the 31st member of the OECD.{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/chile/chilesaccessiontotheoecd.htm |publisher=OECD |title=Chile's accession to the OECD |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829025817/http://www.oecd.org/chile/chilesaccessiontotheoecd.htm |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite magazine|last=Pinkowski |first=J. |year=2010 |url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1987568,00.html |title=Scientists sequence the Neanderthal genome |magazine=Time |access-date=2010-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508142534/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0%2C8599%2C1987568%2C00.html |archive-date=May 8, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.1188021|last=Green|first=R.E.|author2=Krause, J. |author3=Briggs, A.W. |author4=Maricic, T. |author5=Stenzel, U. |author6=Kircher, M.|date=2010-05-07|title=A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome|journal=Science|volume=328|issue=5979|pages=710–722|pmid=20448178|bibcode = 2010Sci...328..710G |display-authors=etal | pmc=5100745 |issn=0036-8075}}
  • May 10 – The 2010 Philippine presidential election is held, with Benigno Aquino III elected as Philippine President.
  • May 12
  • Following the 6 May United Kingdom general election, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agree to form a coalition government, the UK's first since the Second World War.
  • Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8676898.stm | work=BBC News | title=Briton among Libya air crash dead | date=May 13, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130601110939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8676898.stm| archive-date=June 1, 2013| url-status= live}}
  • May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand, end with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and injuring more than 2,100.{{cite news |title=Death toll rises as anti-government protests escalate in Thailand |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7126802.ece |work=Times Online |access-date=May 14, 2010 |author3=Joanna Sugden |author4=Sian Powell |location=London |date=May 15, 2010 |first1=Jenny |last1=Booth |first2=Sadie |last2=Gray |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429060537/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7126802.ece |url-status=dead }}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7741635/Bangkok-in-flames-as-protesters-refuse-to-back-down.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Bangkok in flames as protesters refuse to back down | first1=Damien | last1=McElroy | first2=Ian | last2=MacKinnon | date=May 19, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426200424/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7741635/Bangkok-in-flames-as-protesters-refuse-to-back-down.html| archive-date=April 26, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • May 20
  • Scientists announced that they have created a functional synthetic genome.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8695992.stm |title=How scientists made 'artificial life'|access-date=2010-05-21|work=BBC News|date=2010-05-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130601101628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8695992.stm| archive-date=June 1, 2013| url-status= live}}
  • Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.{{cite news|last=Hewage |first=Tim |title=Thief Steals Paintings In Paris Art Heist |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |access-date=May 20, 2010 |newspaper=Sky News |date=May 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826021142/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |archive-date=August 26, 2010 }}{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|title=Picasso and Matisse masterpieces stolen from Paris museum|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum|access-date=May 20, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 20, 2010 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523151403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum| archive-date=May 23, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • May 22
  • Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/india.plane.crash/index.html|title=158 dead in India plane crash|work=CNN|date=May 23, 2010|access-date=August 2, 2013|archive-date=August 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828165706/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/india.plane.crash/index.html|url-status=live}}
  • Inter Milan beats Bayern München 2–0 in the 2010 Champions League Final at the Santiago Bernabéu.
  • May 25–29 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 takes place in Oslo, Norway, and is won by German entrant Lena with the song "Satellite".
  • May 28 – the 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, killed 94 people during Friday prayers at two mosques.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10181380.stm|title=Pakistan mosque attacks in Lahore kill scores|date=May 28, 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 29, 2010|archive-date=May 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529224855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10181380.stm|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1|title=Israeli assault on Gaza-bound flotilla leaves at least 9 dead|publisher=CNN|date=May 31, 2010|access-date=June 2, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603211209/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1| archive-date=June 3, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531,0,1839736.story |author=Edmund Sanders |title=Israel criticized over raid on Gaza flotilla |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101434/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531%2C0%2C1839736.story |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

=June=

=July=

  • July 8 – The first 24-hour flight by a solar-powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10550430 |title=Solar-powered plane lands safely after 26-hour flight |work=BBC News |access-date=August 2, 2013 |date=July 8, 2010 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623150323/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10550430 |url-status=live }}
  • July 13 – Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 2000.
  • July 16 – First (test) Instagram posts made by co-developers Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom in San Francisco;{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/G/ |title=Instagram post by Mike Krieger • Jul 16, 2010 at 5:26pm UTC |website=Instagram |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208094529/https://www.instagram.com/p/G/ |archive-date=2016-12-08 |access-date=2019-10-04}} the service launches publicly on October 6.
  • July 21 – Slovenia becomes the 32nd member of the OECD.{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/slovenia/sloveniasaccessiontotheoecd.htm |publisher=OECD |title=Slovenia's accession to the OECD |date=July 21, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011225752/http://www.oecd.org/slovenia/sloveniasaccessiontotheoecd.htm |url-status=live }}
  • July 25 – WikiLeaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.{{cite news |title=Afghan War Diary, 2004–2010 |url=https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Afghan_War_Diary,_2004-2010 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527203303/http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Afghan_War_Diary%2C_2004-2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}
  • July 28 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes near Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people on board.
  • July 29 – Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.flooding/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=More rain, gushing flood waters threaten Pakistanis |publisher=CNN |date=2010-08-04 |access-date=2010-08-04 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121000537/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.flooding/index.html?iref=allsearch |url-status=live }}
  • PDVAL affair, also known as the Pudreval affair, political scandal in Venezuela where tons of rotten food supplies were found torrent, which imported during Hugo Chávez's government through subsidies of state-owned enterprise PDVAL.{{cite web|date=31 July 2010|title=Unos 170 millones de kilos de alimentos importados por Venezuela se han vencido, afirma la oposición|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5hGxTMTytdWbdjg85kySFN_Z4ZBZQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804174844/http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5hGxTMTytdWbdjg85kySFN_Z4ZBZQ|archive-date=4 August 2010|access-date=31 July 2010|work=Google|publisher=Agencia EFE|language=es}}

=August=

  • August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.{{cite web|url=http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/aug1010who.html|title=CIDRAP News – WHO says H1N1 pandemic is over|date=August 10, 2010 | access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513055911/http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/aug1010who.html| archive-date=May 13, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • August 16 – AIRES Flight 8250, a Boeing 737–700, crashed on landing at San Andrés, Colombia.
  • August 21 – 2010 Australian federal election: Julia Gillard's Labor government is re-elected, narrowly defeating{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/07/3005179.htm |title=Labor day: Gillard retains grip on power |work=ABC News |first=Emma |last=Rodgers |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100909000414/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/07/3005179.htm| archive-date= September 9, 2010 | url-status= dead}} the Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott.{{Cite web|url=http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2010|title=2010 Federal Election | AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607135559/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2010|archive-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}
  • August 23 – The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people, including the perpetrator, while injuring 9 others.{{cite news |url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August1258.xml§ion=international |title=9 killed in Manila hostage drama |first=Gina |last=Abuyuan |publisher=Khaleej Times |date=August 23, 2010 |access-date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828022851/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August1258.xml§ion=international |archive-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead}}

=September=

  • September 4 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand causing large amounts of damage but no direct fatalities.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/magnitude-7-1-earthquake-rocks-canterbury |title=Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Canterbury | NZHistory, New Zealand history online |publisher=Nzhistory.net.nz |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111120809/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/magnitude-7-1-earthquake-rocks-canterbury |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/christchurch-earthquake-kills-185 |title=Christchurch earthquake kills 185 | NZHistory, New Zealand history online |publisher=Nzhistory.net.nz |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220054213/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/christchurch-earthquake-kills-185 |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/christchurch-quake-cost-rises-10b-40b-bd-139278 |title=Christchurch quake cost rises $10b to $40b | The National Business Review |publisher=Nbr.co.nz |date=2013-04-29 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164457/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/christchurch-quake-cost-rises-10b-40b-bd-139278 |url-status=dead }} Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world.{{cite news |author=Charles Anderson |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/9444430/Canterbury-earthquakes-were-highly-unusual |title=Canterbury earthquakes were highly unusual |work=Stuff.co.nz |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102003120/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/9444430/Canterbury-earthquakes-were-highly-unusual |url-status=live }}
  • September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the OECD.{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/israel/israelsaccessiontotheoecd.htm |publisher=OECD |title=Israel's accession to the OECD |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516012445/http://www.oecd.org/israel/israelsaccessiontotheoecd.htm |url-status=live }}
  • September 22 – Anonymous initiates Operation Payback, a coordinated cyberattack on multiple corporations, law firms, and politicians over the banning of file-sharing websites such as LimeWire and The Pirate Bay and also the politicians and financial institutions against WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website.{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Nate|date=2010-09-30|title="Operation Payback" attacks to go on until "we stop being angry"|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/operation-payback-attacks-continue-until-we-stop-being-angry.ars|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|archive-date=October 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002031035/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/operation-payback-attacks-continue-until-we-stop-being-angry.ars|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Operation Payback directs DDoS attack at AFACT|url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/operation-payback-directs-ddos-attack-at-afact-233573|access-date=2021-03-12|website=iTnews|archive-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909200701/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/operation-payback-directs-ddos-attack-at-afact-233573|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Movie Rental Outfit Calls For Nationwide Pirate Bay Block * TorrentFreak|url=https://torrentfreak.com/movie-rental-outfit-calls-for-nationwide-pirate-bay-block-100916/|access-date=2021-03-12|language=en|archive-date=September 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919162355/https://torrentfreak.com/movie-rental-outfit-calls-for-nationwide-pirate-bay-block-100916/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Leyden|first=John|title=Ministry of Sound floored by Anonymous|url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/04/ministry_of_sound_ddos/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.theregister.com|language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606050836/https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/04/ministry_of_sound_ddos/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Leyden|first=John|title=Spanish entertainment industry feels wrath of Anonymous|url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/07/anonymous_ent_biz_ddos_hits_spain/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.theregister.com|language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606050830/https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/07/anonymous_ent_biz_ddos_hits_spain/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2010-09-17|title=4chan Users Organize Surgical Strike Against MPAA|url=https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/news/4chan-users-organize-ddos-against-mpaa/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Panda Security Mediacenter|language=en-US|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106232747/https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/news/4chan-users-organize-ddos-against-mpaa/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Leyden|first=John|title=Notorious Anonymous hacktivists launch fresh attacks|url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/18/anon_ipo_ddos/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.theregister.com|language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810161844/https://www.theregister.com/2010/10/18/anon_ipo_ddos/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title='Anonymous' Plans DDoS Attack on RIAA on Friday|url=https://www.pcmag.com/archive/anonymous-plans-ddos-attack-on-riaa-on-friday-256264|access-date=2021-03-12|website=PCMAG|language=en|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025527/https://www.pcmag.com/archive/anonymous-plans-ddos-attack-on-riaa-on-friday-256264|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2010-12-09|title=Sarah Palin website hit by WikiLeaks Operation Payback DDoS attack|url=https://metro.co.uk/2010/12/09/sarah-palin-website-hit-by-wikileaks-operation-payback-ddos-attack-603103/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Metro|language=en|archive-date=December 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206122945/https://metro.co.uk/2010/12/09/sarah-palin-website-hit-by-wikileaks-operation-payback-ddos-attack-603103/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2010-12-08|title=Operation:Payback broadens to "Operation Avenge Assange" {{!}} PandaLabs Blog|url=http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/operationpayback-broadens-to-operation-avenge-assange/|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208061947/http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/operationpayback-broadens-to-operation-avenge-assange/|archive-date=December 8, 2010}}

=October=

  • October 3 – Germany makes final reparation payment for World War I.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/germany-makes-final-reparation-payments-world-war/story?id=11755920|title=Germany to Settle WWI Debt After 92 Years|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=October 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002073500/https://abcnews.go.com/International/germany-makes-final-reparation-payments-world-war/story?id=11755920|url-status=live}}
  • October 3–14 – 2010 Commonwealth Games takes place in Delhi, India.
  • October 6 – Instagram was launched.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/instagram-launch/|website=TechCrunch|date=October 6, 2010|access-date=December 1, 2021|title=Instagram Launches With The Hope Of Igniting Communication Through Images|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028025750/https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/instagram-launch/|url-status=live}}
  • October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.{{cite web |url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2010-387.html |title=Besluit van 23 september 2010 tot vaststelling van het tijdstip van inwerkingtreding van de artikelen I en II van de Rijkswet wijziging Statuut in verband met de opheffing van de Nederlandse Antillen |publisher=Zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl |date=2010-09-23 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914012535/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2010-387.html |url-status=live }}
  • October 11 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will extend the settlement freeze if the Palestinian leadership recognizes Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinians quickly reject the offer.{{cite web | author=Jeffrey Heller | title=Israel makes settlement offer; Palestinians say no | website=Reuters | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSTRE69A31M20101011 | accessdate=October 11, 2010 | language=English | archive-date=May 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516181247/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSTRE69A31M20101011 | url-status=live }}
  • October 12 – The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program featured controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which led to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.{{cite web | author=eroakirkosta.fi | title=Statistical Data | url=http://www.eroakirkosta.fi/media/tilastot | accessdate=October 18, 2010 | language=Finnish | archive-date=March 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307070230/http://eroakirkosta.fi/media/tilastot | url-status=live }}{{cite web|author=eroakirkosta.fi | title=Resignations Today | url=http://www.eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ | accessdate=October 18, 2010 | language=Finnish | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101019134121/http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/| archivedate= October 19, 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web | author=Eroa kirkosta | title=Erolaskuri | date=October 24, 2010 | url=http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ylea2.html | access-date=October 24, 2010 | language=fi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021200908/http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ylea2.html | archive-date=October 21, 2010 | url-status=dead }}
  • 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10661&lang=en|title=ISS Beats Mir Record|date=October 26, 2010|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=Russian Federal Space Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040901/http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10661&lang=en|archive-date=May 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=10&year=2010&hour=11&min=13&sec=0&p1=1927|title=Time is fixed on Friday, 22 October 2010, 11:13 Cheboksary time|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=Timeanddate.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429060045/http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=10&year=2010&hour=11&min=13&sec=0&p1=1927|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • The 2010 Iraq War Documents leak occurs, being deemed the biggest US government leak in history. WikiLeaks being responsible for revealing 391832 documents concerning the 2003 Iraq War which revealed approximately 60% of the Iraqi deaths were civilian casualties, the Iraq War body count project showing the casualty percentage is closer to 80%.{{Cite news|last=SPIEGEL|first=DER|title=The WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: Greatest Data Leak in US Military History|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-wikileaks-iraq-war-logs-greatest-data-leak-in-us-military-history-a-724845.html|access-date=2021-03-12|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=October 22, 2010|language=en|archive-date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526225527/https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-wikileaks-iraq-war-logs-greatest-data-leak-in-us-military-history-a-724845.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2010-10-22|title=Iraq war logs: secret files show how US ignored torture|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730184021/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=June 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618183239/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8A2BB5AC-A330-4AF3-8ABA-7177872EC80F.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks website publishes classified military documents from Iraq|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/22/wikileaks.iraq/index.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.cnn.com|language=en|archive-date=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024055349/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/22/wikileaks.iraq/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2010-10-27|title=Wikileaks: Iraq war logs increase pressure for openness|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11613349|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514000756/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11613349|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Croft|first=Adrian|date=2010-10-23|title=WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-iraq-idUSTRE69L54J20101023|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612060602/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-iraq-idUSTRE69L54J20101023|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Andrew |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11612701 |title=G20 summit agrees to reform IMF – BBC News |work=BBC News |date=October 23, 2010 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102003120/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11612701 |url-status=live }}
  • October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11621977|title=Major earthquake strikes off Indonesia|work=BBC News|date=2010-10-25|access-date=2010-10-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045356/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11621977| archive-date=October 26, 2010| url-status= live}}
  • October 26 – Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and accompanying pyroclastic flows of scalding gas, pumice, and volcanic ash descending the erupting volcano kill 353 people and force hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.{{cite news|title=Flights resume to Indonesia as volcano spews ash |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_VOLCANO?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095840/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_VOLCANO?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |agency=Associated Press |last=Riyadi |first=Slamet |date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=November 11, 2010 }}{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|author2=Tran, Mark |others=agencies|title=Mount Merapi death toll rises|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/05/mount-merapi-death-toll-rises|work=The Guardian|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=November 5, 2010|location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101107043458/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/05/mount-merapi-death-toll-rises| archive-date=November 7, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://bnpb.go.id/irw/berita.asp?id=119 |title=(Death toll as of 15:00hrs 05/112010 stands at 122)-Korban Meninggal Akibat Letusan Merapi Mencapai 122 Orang |publisher=Badan Koordinasi Nasional Penanganan Bencana-Indonesian Disaster Management Office |author=BNPB |language=id |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427034631/http://bnpb.go.id/irw/berita.asp?id=119 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 }}
  • October 28 – Dilma Rousseff is elected, becoming the first (and, so far, the only) female president from Brazil.
  • October 31 – Expo 2010 concludes in Shanghai, China.

=November=

  • November 2 – 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.
  • November 4
  • Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/americas/06cuba.html?ref=world|title=Cuban Plane Crash Kills 68 People|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 6, 2010|first=Elisabeth|last=Malkin|date=November 5, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110430045627/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/americas/06cuba.html?ref=world| archive-date=April 30, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • Qantas Flight 32 has a engine failure during making a emergency landing
  • November 11–12 – The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit.{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Christian|title=Seoul: S Korea looks forward to its own party|work=Financial Times|location=London|date=June 25, 2010}}
  • November 13 – Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest after being incarcerated since 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11749661|title=Burma releases Aung San Suu Kyi|work=BBC News|date=November 13, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110415095738/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11749661| archive-date=April 15, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • November 14 – Sebastian Vettel became the youngest F1 Champion after a 4 way championship fight.
  • 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11773791|title=Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists|work=BBC News|date=November 17, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110427085806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11773791| archive-date=April 27, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • November 20 – Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issue 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.{{Cite journal | title = Ireland confirms EU financial rescue deal | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11807730 | journal= BBC News | date = November 21, 2010 | access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110427090342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11807730| archive-date=April 27, 2011| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1121/imf2-business.html|title=Plan will have policy conditions – ECB|date=November 21, 2010|work=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=November 21, 2010|archive-date=December 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207081138/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1121/imf2-business.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news | title = Euro zone ministers approve rescue package for Ireland | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1121/breaking26.html | newspaper = Irish Times | date = November 21, 2010 | access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426185120/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1121/breaking26.html| archive-date=April 26, 2011| url-status= live}}
  • November 23 – North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident causes an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompts widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declares it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War.{{cite news|title=Tensions high as North, South Korea trade shelling|url=http://www.dawn.com/2010/11/24/tensions-high-as-north-south-korea-trade-shelling.html|access-date=November 24, 2010|newspaper=Dawn|date=November 24, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101125015733/http://www.dawn.com/2010/11/24/tensions-high-as-north-south-korea-trade-shelling.html| archive-date=November 25, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news |url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/23/2010112301235.html?Dep1=news&Dep2=top&Dep3=top |first=Dong |last=Kim |script-title=ko:北 해안포 도발 감행, 연평도에 포탄 200여발 떨어져 |language=ko |work=The Chosun Ilbo |date=2010-11-23 |access-date=2010-11-23 |archive-date=November 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126072001/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/23/2010112301235.html?Dep1=news&Dep2=top&Dep3=top |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0YS20101123?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c0.586538:b39750226:z0 |title=Two Koreas exchange fire across maritime border |work=Reuters |date=2010-11-23 |access-date=2010-11-23 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122004818/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0YS20101123?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c0.586538:b39750226:z0 |url-status=live }}
  • November 28 – WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential".{{Cite web |last=Shane |first=Scott |last2=Lehren |first2=Andrew W. |date=2010-11-28 |title=Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/29cables.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010042349/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/29cables.html |archive-date=October 10, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web |author=Kris Danielle Suarez |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/29/10/1796-memos-us-embassy-manila-wikileaks-cablegate |title=1,796 memos from US embassy in Manila in WikiLeaks 'Cablegate' |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2015-11-20 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927221008/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/29/10/1796-memos-us-embassy-manila-wikileaks-cablegate |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1128/economy.html|title=Eurozone agrees €85bn deal for Ireland|date=November 29, 2010|work=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129203544/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1128/economy.html|url-status=live}}
  • November 29–December 10 – The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Cancún, Mexico. Formally referred to as the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), it serves too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6).{{cite web|url=http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_dv_auv.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_dv_auv.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |url-status=live |title=Draft decision – /CP.15 : Dates and venues of future sessions |publisher=Unfccc.int |access-date=2015-11-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cop16.mx/|title=COP 16|author=Born With Design|access-date=October 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801095814/http://cop16.mx/|archive-date=August 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}

=December=

  • December – Comet Hale Bopp was found again around 30.7 AU away from the Sun. The previous time the Comet was found was in April 1997.
  • December 9 – Estonia becomes the 34th member of the OECD.{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/estonia/estoniasaccessiontotheoecd.htm|publisher=OECD|title=Estonia's accession to the OECD|date=December 9, 2010|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012061249/http://www.oecd.org/estonia/estoniasaccessiontotheoecd.htm|url-status=live}}
  • December 17 – The attempted suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, triggers the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring throughout the Arab world.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/world/africa/22sidi.html|title=Slap to a Man's Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia|last=Fahim|first=Kareem|date=2011-01-21|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-16|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118033751/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/world/africa/22sidi.html|url-status=live}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/|title=NASA Science News: Solstice Lunar Eclipse|access-date=October 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105100428/http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/|archive-date=November 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-to-coincide-1.955339|title=Lunar eclipse, winter solstice to coincide|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=October 21, 2014|work=CBC News|archive-date=December 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220103146/http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/17/lunar-eclipse-winter-solstice-coincide.html|url-status=live}}

World population

{{Main|List of countries by population in 2010}}

Births and deaths

{{Main|Category:2010 births|Deaths in 2010}}

Nobel Prizes

File:Nobel medal.png

New English words and terms

  • Arab spring
  • deadname{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2012|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2012|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=August 8, 2020|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106162331/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2012|url-status=live}}
  • gamification{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2010|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2010|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135224/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2010|url-status=live}}
  • libfix

See also

  • {{portal-inline|2010s}}

References

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