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Historical Events In 2010

Monday, 18 March 2024

Jan 01   In the year 2010 a suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 01   Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   On this day in history the longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   In the year 2010 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 03   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 in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 12   On this day in history the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 16   The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   In the year 2010 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 07   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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 10   On this day in history the President of Poland, Lech KaczyÅ„ski, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   In the year 2010 a 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 14   Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   In the year 2010 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 02   The Eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   On this day in history 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   In the year 2010 afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Protests in Bangkok, Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and more than 2,100 injured on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   In the year 2010 five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 09   Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 01   Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 01   On this day in history haiti cholera outbreak in Hispaniola killing 10,075 (May 2017) people  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 08   On this day in history the first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Deaths In 2010

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 03   Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, International law specialist died in the year 2010.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history death of rory Markas, Angels baseball announcer (b.1955)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history death of willie Mitchell, American soul singer (b. 1928)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history death of monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   On this day in history death of miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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