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- This article is about the year 2010. For other uses, see 2010 (disambiguation).
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2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. It will be the first year of the 2010s decade.
Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years
- See also: Year pronunciation
Among experts and the general public, there is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post–1999, it is often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative "twenty X" option.
Academics suggest that since former years such as 1805 and 1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year 2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five".[1] Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Y2K hype, as well as the way "2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Many people, including linguistic and academic experts, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a timeframe as to when this change will occur often differs. The year 2010 is suggested by many[2][3], while 2011[1] and 2013 are popular as well. The latest timeframes for change are usually placed at 2020[1] or 2100.
According to a recent press release, David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, has predicted that the change of pronunciation to "twenty X" will occur in 2011, as "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends on rhythm, rather than logic. Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats out that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats out "two thousand (and) eleven".[1] Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of Chambers Dictionary, suggests the change will occur in 2013. And finally, the UK Times has suggested 2020 as a final timeframe for the change, saying "If people can have “twenty-twenty” vision, then surely they should also live in the year “twenty twenty”.[1]
In addition, some notable people/organizations are already switching to the "twenty" system. A TV ad for the 2007 Kids Choice Awards said "twenty oh-seven", rather than the generally accepted "two thousand seven".
Some suggest that after the "twenty X" pronunciation for current and future 21st century years has taken hold, future references to early 21st century years will change accordingly from the previous "two thousand (and) X" method; thus, they say, future generations will refer to the date of the 9/11 attacks in the United States as September 11, "twenty oh-one", just as 1911 was referred to as "nineteen hundred and eleven" at the time, but is now called "nineteen eleven".
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- January 1 — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to establish and introduce monetary union. (Subject to question with Kuwait's switch to currency basket)
- January 1 — Bulgaria, Estonia and Lithuania are set to adopt the euro.
- January 10 — Deadline for the America's Space Prize for private manned orbital spaceflight.
- January 15 — Annular solar eclipse (The longest lasting annular eclipse of the 21st century.)
February
- February 7 — Super Bowl XLIV will be played at Dolphin Stadium
- February 12–February 28 — 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled to be in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
- February 14 - The 52nd Daytona 500 will be held in Daytona Beach, FL
- TBA - The USA Network earns rights to broadcast Hairspray
March
- March 7–March 12 — 2010 International Congress of Actuaries scheduled in Cape Town, South Africa.
- March 12–March 21 — 2010 Winter Paralympics scheduled in Vancouver and Whistler Canada.
April
- April — Cisco Field, the new Oakland Athletics ballpark, could open as early as this time.
- April — New Minnesota Twins Ballpark set to open.
- April — International Space Station construction is expected to be completed.
- April 1 — The Space Shuttle Discovery launches from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, beginning the Space Shuttle's final flight, STS-132.
- April 1 — U.S. National Census.
- April 3 — April 5 — NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana
May
- May 1–October 30 — 2010 World's Fair in Shanghai.
- May 10 — Philippine presidential election will be held to replace the incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (ineligible for re-election).
- The 7th European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) will be held in Basel, Switzerland.
June
- June 2 — Graduation day for the fifty second class of the United States Air Force Academy.
- June 3 — This is the latest date the next UK general election can be held.
- June 6 — Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 28' south. First conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
- June 11 — Start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
- June 14–June 20 — the United States Golf Open 2010 is scheduled at Pebble Beach Golf Links.[4]
- June 23 - 100th birthday of Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- June 30 — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will end her 6-year term as President of the Philippines and complete her 9-year term due to her installment on January 20, 2001 and will start their 15th Congress of the Philippines.
July
- July — Japanese House of Councillors Election.
- July 9 — The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-133, will launch from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
- July 11 — Total solar eclipse (visible only in the South Pacific (esp. Easter Island) and southern South America).
- July 11 — Final Match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup scheduled to play at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.
- July 11 — Opening of the XII WCTR (World Conference on Transportation Research), held by Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
- July 13 — support will be cancelled for Microsoft Windows 2000, which was put on extended support in 2005.
August
- August 16 — FIBA World Basketball Championships will be held in Turkey.
- August 19–27 — The 26th International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad, India.
September
- September 11 — Scheduled date for the opening of the "Freedom Tower", the office tower replacing the World Trade Center after its destruction on September 11, 2001 in New York, NY.
- September 16 — Mexico will celebrate its bicentennial.
- September 18 — Chile will celebrate its bicentennial.
- September 19 — Sweden general election, 2010: Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
- September 22 — Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 53' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
- September 25–October 10 — Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.
October
- October 3 — Possible date for the Brazilian presidential and parliamentary elections
- October 3–14 — The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi, India.
- October 10 — In shorthand is 10/10/10, the binary of which is 101010 or 42. An interesting connection with The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
- All-Russia population census is scheduled.
- Opening of New Pittsburgh Arena.
November
- November 2 — Elections for the United States Congress
- November 12–November 27 — 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, China
December
- December 21 — Total lunar eclipse
Unknown dates
- The Space Shuttle program will be retired by NASA and replaced by Project Constellation. This project will include new space vehicles called Orion and Ares, capable of traveling to the Space Station, to the Moon, and eventually to Mars. (Sources: National Geographic, October 2007; Scientific American, October 2007.)
- Microsoft's next client operating system, known as Windows 7 is scheduled to be released.
- The XXI Central American and Caribbean Games start in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
- The Chicago Spire is estimated to be completed in this year. Once completed it will be the tallest building and freestanding structure in North America.
- Australia plans to cease analog television broadcasts.
- Australia will have phased out the incandescent light bulb
- A General election should be held sometime this year in Australia.
- The first phase of the extension to the East London Line of the London Underground is scheduled for completion.
- General Motors is confident that it can produce a commercially viable model of its concept car, the Hy-wire, by this year.
- A new bridge of the Robert Moses Causeway is set to be constructed next to the decomposing Fire Island Inlet span in Long Island, NY.
- The Circle Line in Singapore is scheduled to open.
- A new casino/hotel called Echelon Place in Las Vegas, Nevada is scheduled to open.
- The CityRail Clearways Project is expected to be completed.
- Brisbane's new NSBT (North South Bypass Tunnel) is expected to be completed.
- Israel by this year will have completed its Security Barrier and will use it as the basis for the definitive border between Israel and a Palestinian state, according to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as reported March 10 2006 by the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers and other news media. All Israeli settlements not protected by the barrier will have been evacuated.
- Olmert's term in office ends in 2010 (if not earlier), and new elections are scheduled for this year.
- The UK's analog TV Signal will be switched off in this year in favor of digital TV with HTV West and STV being the areas to switchover [3].
- The US government has the goal of getting 75% of Americans to eat two daily servings of fruit and three of vegetables by 2010, according to Dr. Larry Cohen of the Center for Disease Control, as reported by the Associated Press, March 16, 2007.
- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be deorbited by 2010.
- The World Lacrosse Championship will take place in Manchester, England
- The International Space Station is expected to be completed.
- Liverpool Football Club's New Stadium Stanley Park will be completed.
- It is expected that Croatia will join the European Union this year.
- The construction of Crossrail is expected to begin.
- 1300 year anniversary of transfer capital to Heijō-kyō, with anniversary festival at Nara, Japan.
Major religious holidays
- February 1 — Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places)
- March 20 — Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara
- April 4 — Easter
- May 1 — Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- August 1 — Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- September 23 — Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon
- November 1 — Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year
- December 25 — Christmas
2010 in fiction and popular culture
Computer and video games
- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, also known as Ace Combat: Squadron Leader (2004): War breaks out between Yuktobania and Osea in September, ending on New Year's Eve.
- Set in 2010: Uplink (2001)
- Set in 2010: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006)
- Set in 2010: Psychic Force (1996)
Film
- Set in 2010: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Literature
- Set in 2010: 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
- Set in 2010: In The Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.
- Set in 2010: The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
Music
- Pearl Jam's song "Do the Evolution" references the world in this year: "2010, watch it go to fire."
- Bad Religion have a song titled "Ten in 2010" about this year on their album, The Gray Race.
Television
- Eureka ("Once in a Lifetime," 2006): Stark is given the opportunity to investigate "the Artifact." After it is tested, time is warped to 2010 and the town is a very different place.
- Macross: The surface of the Earth is decimated in 2010 by the Zentradi in a final attack by the Zentradi, that also ends in the defeat of the Zentradi fleet due the operation Minmay Attack done as a counterattack by the humans.
- seaQuest DSV: In this show, the Florida Marlins win the World Series in 2010. Lucas Wolenczak wears a Marlins jersey with this notation during the show.
- The Simpsons : 2010 is the predicted death for Seymour Skinner.
- Set in 2010:** Knight Rider 2010 (1994 movie)
- The Simpsons ("Lisa's Wedding," 1995)
- Stargate SG-1 ("2010," 2001)
- The Transformers (1986–1987 season)