Notable Historical Events - 2010
2010 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 |
Jan 4 |
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building, is officially opened. |
Jan 4 |
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance. |
Jan 5 |
Mike Shanahan is formally introduced as head coach of the Washington Redskins |
Jan 6 |
36th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Hugh Laurie & Katherine Heigl win (TV Drama) |
Jan 10 |
The US economy is expected to get worse with more job cuts, it is reported today |
Jan 11 |
Simon Cowell leaves "American Idol" |
Jan 12 |
Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince |
Jan 12 |
Colombia officially leaves the recession after achieving 2% economic growth in the last quarter of 2009 |
Jan 17 |
A dragon boat from Chung Ling High School capsizes and collides with a tugboat amid strong currents in Penang, Malaysia, killing 6 people and injuring 12 |
Jan 22 |
Conan O'Brien's last Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot. |
Jan 25 |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board. |
Jan 26 |
After 6 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the UK economy officially finally comes out of recession with a GDP growth of 0.1% |
Jan 28 |
Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh hanged: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed. |
Jan 31 |
52nd Grammy Awards: Use Somebody, Zac Brown Band wins |
Jan 31 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-34 |
Feb 7 |
Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl. |
Feb 13 |
A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more. |
Feb 14 |
Alexandre Bilodeau wins the Gold Medal in the freestyle skiing men's moguls event, becoming the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympics |
Feb 20 |
In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago. |
Feb 22 |
Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region |
Feb 23 |
Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster. |
Feb 24 |
Sachin Tendulkar scored the the first double century in One Day International cricket. |
Feb 24 |
Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009 |
Feb 27 |
Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake. |
Mar 6 |
30th Golden Raspberry Awards: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wins |
Mar 7 |
82nd Academy Awards - "The Hurt Locker", Jeff Bridges & Sandra Bullock win |
Mar 11 |
Sebastián Piñera become chilean president. |
Mar 24 |
Lee Kun-hee returns to Samsung Electronics chief executive officer (CEO) position after his resignation in April 21, 2008 |
Mar 29 |
Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. |
Apr 2 |
Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million |
Apr 10 |
Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński. |
Apr 11 |
74th Golf Masters Championship: Phil Mickelson wins, shooting a 272 |
Apr 12 |
A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people. |
Apr 14 |
Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull begins erupting from the top crater in the centre of the glacier |
Apr 15 |
Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe. |
Apr 20 |
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge in the Gulf of Mexico. |
May 1 |
Car bomb fails to go off in Times Square, New York City |
May 1 |
136th Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel aboard Super Saver wins in 2:04.45 |
May 1 |
Canadian singer Bryan Adams is given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts |
May 4 |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly |
May 6 |
The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs. |
May 8 |
The last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process. |
May 8 |
Barrow AFC won the English FA Trophy at Wembley, this makes them the only team in the world to win it at both the Old & New Wembley stadiums. |
May 11 |
Imelda Marcos win election to Philippine House of Representatives representing Ilocos Norte province. |
May 12 |
An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board. |
May 15 |
Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. |
May 15 |
136th Preakness: Martin Garcia aboard Lookin At Lucky wins in 1:55.47 |
May 22 |
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' remains are reburied in Frombork Cathedral, Poland after a 200 year search for his tomb., |
May 30 |
Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 3:05:37.0131 (260.107 km/h) |
May 31 |
Shayetet 13 soldiers tried to stop the flotilla that wanted to break the blockade on Gaza Strip. During the boarding on the MV Mavi Marmara ship, a violent confrontation had started. It caused the death of 9 activists who were on board, and several more injured activists. Moreover, several israeli soldiers were injured. |
Jun 3 |
Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia |
Jun 5 |
142nd Belmont: Mike Smith riding Drosselmeyer wins in 2:31.57 |
Jun 9 |
44th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins |
Jun 9 |
Hungary leaves the recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures |
Jun 9 |
Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009 |
Jun 13 |
64th Tony Awards: Memphis & Red win |
Jun 16 |
Cam Neely is named President of his former team, the Boston Bruins |
Jun 17 |
64th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 3 |
Jun 20 |
110th US Golf Open: Graeme McDowell shoots a 284 at Pebble Beach GL CA |
Jun 24 |
John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in tennis history. |
Jun 27 |
56th LPGA Championship won by Cristie Kerr |
Jul 2 |
Oil tanker truck explosion in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 230 people |
Jul 2 |
Ghana's Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, are defeated by Uruguay |
Jul 4 |
117th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Vera Zvonareva (6-3 6-2) |
Jul 4 |
124th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Tomáš Berdych (6-3 7-5 6-4) |
Jul 11 |
Spain beats Netherlands 1-0 for soccer's 19th World Cup in South Africa (1st title) |
Jul 13 |
81st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Angel Stadium, Anaheim |
Jul 14 |
18th ESPY Awards: Drew Brees, Lindsey Vonn win |
Jul 18 |
139th British Golf Open: Louis Oosthuizen shoots a 272 at St Andrews |
Aug 1 |
A 200x250 photo mosaic of President Corazon Aquino was unveiled near the Quirino Grandstand at the Luneta Park, Manila in commemoration of her first death anniversay and it has been submitted to the Guinness World Records to be certified as the largest photo mosaic in the world. |
Aug 4 |
California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, was overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger. |
Aug 7 |
Jerry Rice is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
Aug 14 |
2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games, first ever Youth Olympics, officially starts in Singapore. |
Aug 15 |
92nd PGA Championship: Martin Kaymer shoots a 277 at Whistling Straits |
Aug 19 |
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. |
Aug 23 |
Manila hostage crisis, which occurred at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, where a dismissed police officer took hostage a tour bus full of Chinese nationals. |
Aug 29 |
62nd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Bryan Cranston & Kyra Sedgwick win |
Sep 4 |
Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages. |
Sep 8 |
Egypt's Minister of Finance, Dr. Youssef Butros Ghali, states that Egypt is emerging from the recession as indicated by increased total revenue from sales taxes and customs revenues |
Sep 9 |
A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983 |
Sep 12 |
27th MTV Awards: Lady Gaga & Eminem wins |
Sep 17 |
The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast. |
Sep 20 |
The National Bureau of Economic Research state today that the US left the recession in June 2009, with managing director Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute saying GDP recovered to 70% of the pre-recession level |
Oct 6 |
Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds |
Oct 10 |
The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved. |
Oct 13 |
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue. |
Oct 31 |
Belgium leaves the recession with 0.5% growth in the third quarter |
Nov 10 |
44th Country Music Association Award: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
Nov 10 |
Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Nov 13 |
Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage |
Nov 16 |
In University Park, Texas, the groundbreaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center takes place |
Nov 21 |
37th American Music Award: Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber win |
Nov 23 |
The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines. |
Nov 28 |
98th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Saskatchewan Roughriders, 21-18 |
Nov 28 |
24th Soul Train Music Awards: Ron Isley, Anita Baker win |
Dec 5 |
99th Davis Cup: Serbia beats France in Belgrade (3-2) |
Dec 7 |
Iceland officially leaves the recession with growth of 1.2% in the third quarter |
Dec 8 |
With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. |
Dec 11 |
Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. |
Dec 19 |
"Miracle at the New Meadowlands", trailing the New York Giants by 21 points with under eight minutes to play in the 4th quarter, the Philadelphia Eagles score four unanswered touchdowns in the final seven minutes and 28 seconds of play, including the final score, a dramatic walk-off punt returned for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson as time expires |
Dec 22 |
The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, was signed into law by President Barack Obama. |
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