Historical Events In 2010

Jan 01   A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.   

Jan 01   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   

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   

Jan 12   A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230000 it is one of the deadliest on record.   

Jan 12   Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100000-316000 people.   

Jan 15   The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs   

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   

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   

Feb 12   The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.   

Feb 18   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   

Mar 16   The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire   

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   

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.   

Apr 13   A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2000 and injuring more than 10000   

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   

May 04   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   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   

May 19   Protests in Bangkok, Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and more than 2100 injured   

May 20   Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.   

May 22   Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors   

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.   

Jun 09   Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds.   

Jul 01   Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain   

Jul 01   Haiti cholera outbreak in Hispaniola killing 10075 (May 2017) people   

Jul 08   The inaugural 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.   

Jul 25   Wikileaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.   

Jul 29   Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.   

Aug 10   The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.   

Aug 18   Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931).   

Sep 28   Seven people are reported to have been killed and around 100 are missing after a landslide in Oaxaca, Mexico   

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Jan 03   On this day in history death of professor Sir Ian Brownlie, International law specialist   

Jan 04   Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910) died in the year 2010.   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of rory Markas, Angels baseball announcer (b.1955)   

Jan 07   Willie Mitchell, American soul singer (b. 1928) died in the year 2010.   

Jan 08   Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933) died in the year 2010.   

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

Jan 12   Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)