Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 2010
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Jan 01 A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100 on this day in history. 
Jan 01 In the year 2010 spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
Jan 04 The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened in the year 2010.
Jan 08 In the year 2010 the Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.
Jan 12 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on record on this day in history.
Jan 12 Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people in the year 2010.
Jan 15 The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs on this day in history.
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 in the year 2010.
Feb 03 On this day in history the sculpture L'Homme qui mare 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.
Feb 12 On this day in history the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
Feb 18 In the year 2010 the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.
Feb 27 An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history on this day in history.
Mar 16 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire in the year 2010.
Mar 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 in the year 2010.
Apr 07 In the year 2010 kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek amid fierce rioting, sparking a sociopolitical crisis. Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva is placed at the head of an interim government as the opposition seizes control.
Apr 10 On this day in history the President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.
Apr 13 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000 in the year 2010.
Apr 14 In the year 2010 volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.
Apr 20 The Deepwater Horizon oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers. The resulting 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 on this day in history.
Apr 27 Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk four days after the activation of a €45-billion EU-IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the Euro's value, and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis on this day in history.
May 02 On this day in history the Eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.
May 04 In the year 2010 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.
May 07 In the year 2010 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.
May 12 Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board in the year 2010.
May 19 Protests in Bangkok, Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and more than 2,100 injured in the year 2010.
May 20 Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris on this day in history.
May 20 Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome on this day in history.
May 22 Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors in the year 2010.
May 31 In the year 2010 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.
Jun 09 In the year 2010 ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds.
Jul 01 In the year 2010 belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain.
Jul 01 Haiti cholera outbreak in Hispaniola killing 10,075 (May 2017) people in the year 2010.
Jul 08 In the year 2010 the first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.
Jul 11 The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain on this day in history.
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