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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 ...
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.
19 January – Louk Sorensen defeats Lu Yen-hsun, of Taiwan by 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open, becoming the first Irishman to win a Grand Slam match. [288] He is defeated to the second round.
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.
e. 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 decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019. The decade began with an economic recovery from the late 2000s financial crisis.
May 2, 2010 (Sunday) edit. history. watch. The death toll from the Mogadishu bombings on May 1 rising to at least 45; authorities say al Qaeda is likely to blame for the attack. (CNN) (VOA) The Pakistani military kills approximately 40 Taliban militants in a helicopter attack. (UPI)
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.
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.