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What Happened in 2010

78 historical events, 0 notable births, and 25 notable deaths in 2010.

Major Events

January 2010

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2010 — calendar year

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2010 FIFA World Cup — 19th FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa

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2010s — decade from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019

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2010 Haiti earthquake — 12 January 2010 magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake

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Euromaidan — 2013–2014 pro-european protests in Ukraine

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January 2010 — month of 2010

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European sovereign-debt crisis — multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries since late 2009

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Great Recession — 2007–2009 international economic decline

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2010 Summer Youth Olympics — 2010 edition of the Summer Youth Olympics

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2010 Formula One World Championship — 64th season of Formula One motor racing

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Revolution of Dignity — 2014 revolution in Ukraine

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2010–11 UEFA Europa League — 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

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2010 Africa Cup of Nations — football championship of Africa

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Expo 2010 Shanghai China — World Expo held in Shanghai, China

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group B — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group C — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group F — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group E — 2010 FIFA World Cup group

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group A — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group H — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group D — football tournament

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2010 FIFA World Cup Group G — football tournament

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Category:2010s books — Wikimedia category

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2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull — volcanic events in Iceland

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2010 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article

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2010 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 — 8th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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2010 FIBA World Championship — 2010 edition of the FIBA World Championship

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2010 Asian Games — 16th edition of the Asian Games

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Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 — revolution

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biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

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alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing competitions during the 2010 Olympic Winter games

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deaths in 2010 — Wikimedia list article

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ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games

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2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage — association football match

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — football tournament

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2010 FIFA Club World Cup — 2010 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup

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2010 in film — overview of the events of 2010 in film

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2010 Ukrainian presidential election — election

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2010 Commonwealth Games — multi-sport event in Delhi, India

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ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — football tournament

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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

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) — football tournament

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curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics — curling events at the Olympics

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luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics — luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics

December 2010

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Arab Spring — protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s

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Tunisian revolution — intensive campaign of civil resistance in Tunisia

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December 2010 — month of 2010

February 2010

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2010 Winter Olympics — 21st edition of Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Canada

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February 2010 — month of 2010

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2010 Chile earthquake — magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile on 27 February 2010

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figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics — 2010 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

May 2010

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Eurovision Song Contest 2010 — 55th Eurovision Song Contest

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May 2010 — month of 2010

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2010 United Kingdom general election — election of members to the House of Commons in 2010

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Google I/O — computer software and hardware developer conference hosted by Google

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Gaza flotilla raid — 2010 Israeli military operation against a activist ship convoy

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2010 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match

April 2010

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Smolensk air disaster — 2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia

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April 2010 — month of 2010

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill — oil spill that began in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico

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2010 United States Census — national census of the United States taken in 2010

July 2010

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July 2010 — month of 2010

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2010 FIFA World Cup Final — final game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

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2010 Pakistan flood — floods in Pakistan

October 2010

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October 2010 — month of 2010

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Ajka alumina plant accident — 2010 industrial accident in Hungary

August 2010

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August 2010 — month of 2010

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2010 Copiapó mining accident — mine collapse in Chile in 2010

November 2010

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November 2010 — month of 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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June 2010 — month of 2010

March 2010

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March 2010 — month of 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

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2010 Moscow Metro bombings — 2010 terrorist attack by Islamist militants in Moscow

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2010 Winter Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada