Important Historical Events of the year 2010, Year 2010 in History
List of 2010 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 2010
What happened in the year 2010?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1, 2010 | A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. |
| January 4, 2010 | The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai. |
| January 8, 2010 | Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. |
| January 12, 2010 | An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. |
| January 14, 2010 | Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. |
| January 17, 2010 | Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths. |
| January 25, 2010 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90. |
| January 27, 2010 | The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras. |
| January 27, 2010 | Apple announces the iPad. |
| February 8, 2010 | A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers. |
| February 13, 2010 | A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more. |
| February 15, 2010 | Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people. |
| February 18, 2010 | WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning. |
| February 20, 2010 | In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. |
| February 23, 2010 | Unknown criminals pour more than .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel |
| February 27, 2010 | An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after. |
| March 11, 2010 | Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquake hit central Chile during the ceremony. |
| March 20, 2010 | Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland begins eruptions that would last for three months, heavily disrupting air travel in Europe. |
| March 23, 2010 | The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States. |
| March 26, 2010 | The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea. |
| March 29, 2010 | Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. |
| April 3, 2010 | Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer. |
| April 4, 2010 | A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries. |
| April 5, 2010 | Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. |
| April 6, 2010 | Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India. |
| April 8, 2010 | U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty. |
| April 10, 2010 | Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries. |
| April 12, 2010 | Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28. |
| April 14, 2010 | Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. |
| April 20, 2010 | The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months. |
| April 21, 2010 | The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014. |
| May 5, 2010 | Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis. |
| May 6, 2010 | In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash. |
| May 12, 2010 | Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board. |
| May 14, 2010 | Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135. |
| May 15, 2010 | Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. |
| May 19, 2010 | The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. |
| May 21, 2010 | JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. |
| May 22, 2010 | Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. |
| May 22, 2010 | Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League). |
| May 28, 2010 | In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers. |
| May 31, 2010 | Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray. |
| June 4, 2010 | Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. |
| June 9, 2010 | At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. |
| June 11, 2010 | The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa. |
| June 13, 2010 | A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback. |
| June 16, 2010 | Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco. |
| June 24, 2010 | At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. |
| June 24, 2010 | Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia. |
| July 2, 2010 | The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people. |
| July 11, 2010 | The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others. |
| July 11, 2010 | Spain defeat the Netherlands to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg. |
| July 21, 2010 | President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| July 23, 2010 | English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.[7] |
| July 25, 2010 | WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. |
| July 28, 2010 | Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. |
| July 29, 2010 | An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths. |
| August 3, 2010 | Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage. |
| August 5, 2010 | The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69 days. |
| August 5, 2010 | Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. |
| August 6, 2010 | Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people. |
| August 8, 2010 | China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people. |
| August 16, 2010 | AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people. |
| August 19, 2010 | Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. |
| August 23, 2010 | The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others. |
| August 24, 2010 | In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities. |
| August 24, 2010 | Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board. |
| August 24, 2010 | Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near Shikharpur, Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board. |
| September 2, 2010 | Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States. |
| September 3, 2010 | After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board. |
| September 4, 2010 | A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages. |
| September 7, 2010 | A Chinese fishing trawler collides with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands. |
| September 19, 2010 | The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed. |
| September 26, 2010 | The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people. |
| October 4, 2010 | The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers. |
| October 6, 2010 | Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. |
| October 10, 2010 | The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country. |
| October 12, 2010 | The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.[14][15] |
| October 13, 2010 | The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground. |
| October 25, 2010 | Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people. |
| October 25, 2010 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. |
| November 4, 2010 | Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed. |
| November 4, 2010 | Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew. |
| November 19, 2010 | The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914. |
| November 23, 2010 | Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. |
| November 28, 2010 | Sun Way Flight 4112 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12 people. |
| December 8, 2010 | With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. |
| December 8, 2010 | The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km. |
| December 15, 2010 | A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people. |
| December 17, 2010 | Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring. |
| December 22, 2010 | The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama. |
| December 31, 2010 | Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages. |