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2010 (MMX) is a common year that started on a Friday and is the current year. In the Gregorian calendar, it is 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.
The United Nations has designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth.
Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years
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
January
- January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
- January 1 – A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.[2]
- January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.[3][4][5]
- 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.[6]
- January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. The confirmed death toll is over 230,000,[7][8][9] making the earthquake one of the deadliest on record.
- January 15 – The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.
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.[10][11][12]
- February 12–28 – 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 palace.[13] Later in the day, the rebels announce on television the formation of a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.[14]
- February 27 – An 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497.[15] One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, this rare megathrust earthquake probably shifts Earth's axis and slightly shortens its days.[16][17]
March
- March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.[18]
April
- April 7 – Amid fierce rioting, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek to the southern city of Osh. The opposition seizes control of the government, placing former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva as the head of the interim government.[19]
- April 10 – The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.[20][21]
- April 13 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000.[22]
- April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, a glacier in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.[23][24][25]
- April 27 – Former military dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega is extradited from the United States to France.[26][27]
- April 27 – Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk, four days after the country's government requests the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout. Stock markets worldwide and the Euro currency declined in response to this announcement.[28][28][29]
Predicted and scheduled events
May
- May 1 – October 31 – 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
- May 8 – Planned maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 commercial heavy lift launch vehicle.[30]
June
- June 11 – July 11 – 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
- June 25–27 – The 36th G8 summit is to be held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Consecutively, the 4th G20 summit will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the same dates.
July
August
- August 14–26 – The inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Singapore.
September
- September 16 – The final space shuttle mission, STS-133, is scheduled to launch.
October
- October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles will be dissolved and the islands split up into a new constitutional status.
- October 23 – The International Space Station program will take the record for the longest continuous occupation of space in history from Mir. (See List of spaceflight records).
November
- November – The first Peruvian nanosatellite will be launched from Russia.[31][32][33][34]
- November 29 – December 10 – 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico, also referred to as the 16th 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).[35][36]
December
Unknown dates
- Israel will complete its West Bank barrier.
- The Space Shuttle program will be retired by NASA.
Deaths
January
- January 4 – Johan Ferrier, 1st President of Suriname (born 1910)
- January 4 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese dual atomic bomb survivor (born 1916)
- January 9 – Armand Razafindratandra, Malagasy cardinal (born 1925)
- January 11 – Miep Gies, Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)
- January 11 – Éric Rohmer, French film director (born 1920)
- January 13 – Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B and soul singer (born 1950)
- January 15 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
- January 17 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (born 1914)
- January 17 – Erich Segal, American author, screenwriter, and educator (born 1937)
- January 18 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk singer (born 1946)
- January 19 – Panajot Pano, Albanian footballer (born 1939)
- January 22 – Iskandar of Johor, 8th King of Malaysia (born 1932)
- January 22 – Jean Simmons, British actress (born 1929)
- January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi politician and military commander (born 1941)
- January 27 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and human rights activist (born 1933)
- January 27 – J. D. Salinger, American author (born 1919)
- January 27 – Howard Zinn, American historian (born 1922)
February
- February 1 – Steingrímur Hermannsson, 19th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1928)
- February 6 – John Dankworth, British jazz musician and composer (born 1927)
- February 7 – André Kolingba, 4th President of the Central African Republic (born 1936)
- February 8 – John Murtha, American politician (born 1932)
- February 10 – Charles Wilson, American politician (born 1933)
- February 11 – Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (born 1969)
- February 14 – Dick Francis, British author and jockey (born 1920)
- February 17 – Kathryn Grayson, American singer (born 1922)
- February 18 – Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer (born 1921)
- February 20 – Alexander Haig, 59th United States Secretary of State (born 1924)
March
- March 3 – Michael Foot, British politician (born 1913)
- March 4 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Soviet-born politician (born 1945)
- March 10 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (born 1971)
- March 10 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (born 1928)
- March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (born 1920)
- March 14 – Peter Graves, American actor (born 1926)
- March 20 – Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (born 1925)
- March 21 – Wolfgang Wagner, German festival director (born 1919)
- March 22 – James Black, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
- March 22 – Valentina Tolkunova, Soviet and Russian singer (born 1946)
- March 24 – Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter and director (born 1930)
- March 27 – Vasily Smyslov, Soviet-Russian chess grandmaster (born 1921)
- March 28 – Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist (born 1921)
- March 28 – June Havoc, Canadian-born American actress (born 1912)
- March 30 – Martin Sandberger, German army officer (born 1911)
April
- April 1 – John Forsythe, American actor (born 1918)
- April 3 – Eugene Terre'Blanche, South African politician and white supremacist (born 1941)
- April 5 – Vitali Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (born 1935)
- April 6 – Corin Redgrave, English actor and political activist (born 1939)
- April 8 – Malcolm McLaren, English musician and manager (born 1946)
- April 8 – Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (born 1925)
- April 10 – Dixie Carter, American actress (born 1939)
- April 10 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman (born 1919)
- April 10 – Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland (born 1949)
- April 14 – Peter Steele, American musician (born 1962)
- April 16 – Tomáš Špidlík, Czech cardinal (born 1919)
- April 19 – Guru, American hip hop producer and rapper (born 1966)
- April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (born 1920)
- April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, English writer (born 1928)
Awards
- Chemistry – To be announced
- Economics – To be announced
- Literature – To be announced
- Peace – To be announced
- Physics – To be announced
- Physiology or Medicine – To be announced
Major holidays
- January 1 - New Year's Day
- January 7 - 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 14 – Chinese New Year
- February 16 – Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras, end of Mardi Gras / Carnival season
- February 17 – Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
- March 1 – Holi, a religious festival in India
- March 20 (21 in the Far East) – Vernal Equinox, also known as Nowruz
- March 29 (evening) - Passover
- April 4 – Easter
- May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- August 11 – Ramadan begins
- September 8–10 – Rosh Hashanah, the "Jewish New Year"
- September 10 – Eid ul-Fitr
- September 17–18 – Yom Kippur
- September 23 – Autumnal Equinox, also known as Mabon
- November 5 – Diwali, a religious festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism.
- November 16 – Eid al-Adha, a religious festival in Islam
- December 25 – Christmas
In fiction
Film
- 2010 (1984)
- Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
- Absolon (2003)
- Banlieue 13 (2004)
- District 9 (2009)
Literature
- Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner
- 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
- Tracy Hickman, The Immortals (1996)
- The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.
- The manga version of Death Note ends in this year.
Music
- The Pearl Jam song "Do the Evolution" references the world in 2010: "I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher. 2010, watch it go to fire."
- The Bad Religion song "Ten in 2010" appears on their album The Gray Race.
- The 2008 Enya song "My! My! Time Flies!" concludes with the lyrics, "Could be we step out again/Could be tomorrow but then/Could be two thousand and ten."
Television
- April 29 – Date of visons of Global Blackout from TV Series Flash Forward
- Knight Rider 2010 (1994 TV movie)
- Maico 2010 (1998)
- The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Wedding", from the 6th season, takes place in 2010.
- A Stargate SG-1 episode called "2010" took place in that year. (2001)
- Code Geass Britannia's invasion of Japan takes place on 10 August 2010.
- Eden of the East The missile attacks on Japan take place on 22 November 2010.
Video games
- In the SimCity franchise the Scenarios Vol. I: Great Disasters, in SimCity 2000, there is a nuclear meltdown in Boston and Silicon Valley which is set in 2010.
- Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight is a futuristic spinoff of the original Street Fighter released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990.
- Dino Crisis 2, the sequel to the 1999 game, released in 2000.
- Rugrats: Search for Reptar (1998): The last level, titled Reptar 2010, is set in 2010.
References
- ^ Siegel, Robert (2009-11-16). "How Do You Say 2010?". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Marwat, Ghulam Mursalin (2 January 2010). "Bomber rams car into volleyball venue". The Nation. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Dubai opens world's tallest building". Dubai: USA Today. January 2, 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Official Opening of Iconic Burj Dubai Announced". Gulfnews. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "World's tallest building opens in Dubai". BBC News. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Togo withdraw from Africa Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ^ "Haiti president describes `unimaginable' catastrophe; thousands feared dead". Miami Herald. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Hundreds of thousands may have died in Haiti quake, PM says". CNN. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped - Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ "Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ "Giacometti Sculpture Becomes Most Expensive Work Ever to Sell at Auction". artinfo.com. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Alberto Giacometti statue breaks auction record with £65m sale". Mark Brown/Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ Todd Pitman, "Armed soldiers storm Niger presidential palace", Associated Press, 18 February 2010.
- ^ "Military coup ousts Niger president", BBC News, 18 February 2010.
- ^ Gobierno entregó lista de 497 fallecidos en el terremoto
- ^ Newitz A (2010). "Why the Chile earthquake deformed the earth and shortened our days". io9. Retrieved 20 March, 2010.
- ^ Than K (2010, 02 March). "Chile earthquake altered Earth axis, shortened day". National Geographic News. Retrieved 20 March, 2010.
- ^ http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-5422309/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXd2aXNpb24uY28udWcv
- ^ Tumult in Kyrgyzstan as opposition claims power
- ^ Polish president Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash
- ^ Sky News: Polish President Lech Kaczynski Killed When Plane Crashed On Approach To Smolensk Airport In Russia
- ^ BBC: China holds national day of mourning for quake dead
- ^ "Cancellations due to volcanic ash in the air". Norwegian Air Shuttle. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Iceland Volcano Spewing Ash Chokes Europe Air Travel". San Francisco Chronicle. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Live: Volcanic cloud over Europe". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ Lee, Matthew (April 26, 2010). "US extradites Manuel Noriega to France, clearing way for trial on money laundering charges". LA Times. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Zamorano, Juan (27 April 2010). "Noriega extradition to France angers abuse victims". The Associated Press via The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
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- ^ "Greece crisis deepens on global market sell-off". CNN. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ "Worldwide launch schedule". Spaceflight Now. March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
Delayed from Nov. 29, Feb. 9, March 3, March 8 and March 22. [March 11]
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- ^ Peru to launch its first nanosatellite into space by 2010
- ^ El primer nanosatélite peruano llegará al espacio (in spanish)
- ^ El Perú lanzará su primer satélite al espacio a mediados del 2010 (in spanish)
- ^ Dates and venues of future sessions
- ^ COP 16