Historical Events In 2010

Jul 25   In the year 2010 wikileaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.   

Jul 29   In the year 2010 heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931) in the year 2010.   

Sep 28   On this day in history seven people are reported to have been killed and around 100 are missing after a landslide in Oaxaca, Mexico.   

Oct 10   On this day in history the Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.   

Oct 13   In the year 2010 thirty-three miners near Copiapó, Chile, trapped 700 metres underground in a mining accident in San José Mine, are brought back to the surface after surviving for a record 69 days.   

Oct 22   In the year 2010 the International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days).   

Oct 23   In the year 2010 in preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.   

Oct 25   In the year 2010 an earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leave hundreds missing.   

Oct 26   In the year 2010 repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, have killed at least 240 people and forced hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.   

Nov 04   In the year 2010 aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.   

Nov 11   The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.   

Nov 20   On this day in history participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issued the Lisbon Summit Declaration.   

Nov 21   Eurozone countries agree to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country's financial crisis in the year 2010.   

Nov 22   In the year 2010 a stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, kills 347.   

Nov 23   North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War in the year 2010.   

Nov 28   In the year 2010 wikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential".   

Nov 29   In the year 2010 the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Cancún, Mexico. Also referred to as the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), it served too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6).   

Nov 29   In the year 2010 the European Union agree to an €85 billion rescue deal for Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility, the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden.   

Dec 02   NASA announces the discovery of the bacterium GFAJ-1, which may be able to partially replace phosphorous with arsenic in some of its biomolecules on this day in history.   

Dec 21   In the year 2010 the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »

Jan 03   Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, International law specialist died in the year 2010.   

Jan 04   In the year 2010 death of johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910)   

Jan 05   In the year 2010 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   On this day in history death of hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)   

Jan 13   In the year 2010 death of teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)