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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.
The 2010s(pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ["the Tens"], "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens"), was a decadethat began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019. The decade began with an economic recovery from the Great Recession. Inflationand interest ratesstayed low and ...
15: International Day of Democracy. 16: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. 16: Malaysia Day (Malaysia) 16: Independence Day (Mexico, Papua New Guinea) 17: Constitution Day (United States) 17: Heroes' Day (Angola) 17: Yom Kippur (begins at sunset, Judaism) September 18 – October 4: Oktoberfest.
May. May 1 – 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt: Car bomb fails to go off in Times Square, New York City. May 6 – The "flash crash" occurs at the New York Stock Exchange, temporarily depleting 1,000 points off of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It is the largest intra-day fall ever.
The 2010 Tennessee floods were floods in Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee, south-central and western Kentucky and northern Mississippi areas of the United States of America as the result of torrential rains on May 1 and 2, 2010. Floods from these rains affected the area for several days afterwards, resulting in a number of deaths and widespread ...
Disasters The Niger River bursts its banks forcing 5,000 people to lose their homes and crops. (BBC) A 7.6 magnitude earthquake and small tsunami hits the Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia), (INO) Rescuers in China's Gansu province continue to search for 1,100 missing people in a recent landslide, as the death toll rises to 702. (BBC) (China Daily) A de Havilland ...
News) 10-10-10. A celebration occurs as a male British child turns 10 at 10:10 on the 10th day of the 10th month of 2010. (BBC) (Leicester Mercury) Couples around the world rush to get married as 10 October 2010 is seen as auspicious especially in Chinese culture. (BBC), (AP via Yahoo! News), (New York Times)
This year has seen some awesome stories, and as this is the last EVE Evolved of 2010, I'd like to take the opportunity to look back on the top EVE news and community stories of the year. The ...