What Happened in 2010
78 historical events, 0 notable births, and 25 notable deaths in 2010.
Major Events
January 2010
2010 — calendar year
2010 FIFA World Cup — 19th FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa
2010s — decade from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019
2010 Haiti earthquake — 12 January 2010 magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake
Euromaidan — 2013–2014 pro-european protests in Ukraine
January 2010 — month of 2010
European sovereign-debt crisis — multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries since late 2009
Great Recession — 2007–2009 international economic decline
2010 Summer Youth Olympics — 2010 edition of the Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Formula One World Championship — 64th season of Formula One motor racing
Revolution of Dignity — 2014 revolution in Ukraine
2010–11 UEFA Europa League — 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
2010 Africa Cup of Nations — football championship of Africa
Expo 2010 Shanghai China — World Expo held in Shanghai, China
2010 FIFA World Cup Group B — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group C — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group F — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group E — 2010 FIFA World Cup group
2010 FIFA World Cup Group A — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group H — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group D — football tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup Group G — football tournament
Category:2010s books — Wikimedia category
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull — volcanic events in Iceland
2010 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article
2010 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 — 8th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2010 FIBA World Championship — 2010 edition of the FIBA World Championship
2010 Asian Games — 16th edition of the Asian Games
Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 — revolution
biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing competitions during the 2010 Olympic Winter games
deaths in 2010 — Wikimedia list article
ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games
2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage — association football match
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — football tournament
2010 FIFA Club World Cup — 2010 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup
2010 in film — overview of the events of 2010 in film
2010 Ukrainian presidential election — election
2010 Commonwealth Games — multi-sport event in Delhi, India
ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — football tournament
67th Golden Globe Awards — 2010 film and television award ceremony, on the 17th of January in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 2009 filmmaking and televisionmaking
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) — football tournament
curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics — curling events at the Olympics
luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics — luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics
December 2010
Arab Spring — protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s
Tunisian revolution — intensive campaign of civil resistance in Tunisia
December 2010 — month of 2010
February 2010
2010 Winter Olympics — 21st edition of Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Canada
February 2010 — month of 2010
2010 Chile earthquake — magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile on 27 February 2010
figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
May 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 — 55th Eurovision Song Contest
May 2010 — month of 2010
2010 United Kingdom general election — election of members to the House of Commons in 2010
Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google
Gaza flotilla raid — 2010 Israeli military operation against a activist ship convoy
2010 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match
April 2010
Smolensk air disaster — 2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia
April 2010 — month of 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill — oil spill that began in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico
2010 United States Census — national census of the United States taken in 2010
July 2010
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2010 FIFA World Cup Final — final game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 Pakistan flood — floods in Pakistan
October 2010
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Ajka alumina plant accident — 2010 industrial accident in Hungary
August 2010
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2010 Copiapó mining accident — mine collapse in Chile in 2010
November 2010
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Bombardment of Yeonpyeong — 2010 artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces
September 2010
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June 2010
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March 2010
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82nd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2009
2010 Moscow Metro bombings — 2010 terrorist attack by Islamist militants in Moscow
2010 Winter Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada