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NewsTilt – A news website for independent professional journalists is launched. [52] April 15 – President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on the future of NASA's human spaceflight program. He commits to increasing NASA funding by $6 billion over five years and completing the design of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015 and to ...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a major ecological disaster from April through September 2010. [44] A renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea went into effect on December 3, 2010. [45] The 2010 United States elections resulted in major victories for the Republican Party.
Presidency of Barack Obama. 2010 – The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010 – In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
Uruguay striker and 2010 FIFA World Cup player of the tournament Diego Forlán is a popular attraction among the inhabitants of Kolkata as he participates in a talent search. (BBC News) In United States baseball, a group led by Nolan Ryan buys the Texas Rangers at a bankruptcy auction. (MSNBC) August 6, 2010.
2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade. The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake ...
The 2010 general election takes place, resulting in a hung parliament. The Conservative Party win 306 of the 649 seats contested, placing them 20 seats short of an overall majority in the House of Commons. The Labour Party win 258 seats, the Liberal Democrats win 57, and other parties win 28.
10 Top Fads of the Last Decade. Aaron Crowe. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM. One of the most beneficial fads: wristbands for a cause. It's hard to say if any of the fads of the past decade will ...
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama 's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate despite Democrats holding Senate control.