Historical Events in 2010

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• Jan 1 Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100
• Jan 1 96th Rose Bowl: #8 Ohio State beats #7 Oregon, 26-17
• Jan 1 76th Sugar Bowl: #5 Florida beats #3 Cincinnati, 51-24
• Jan 1 New FINA rules re competition swimsuits come into effect; all body-length swimsuits banned; men's suits to maximally cover from the waist to knee, and women's from shoulder to knee; fabric must be a "textile" or woven material
• Jan 4 The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.
• Jan 4 39th Fiesta Bowl: #6 Boise State beats #3 TCU, 17-10
• Jan 4 The Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building at 829.8 m (2,722 ft), officially opens in Dubai

• Jan 5 76th Orange Bowl: #10 Iowa beats #9 Georgia Tech, 24-14

• Jan 7 12th BCS National Championship: #1 Alabama beats #2 Texas, 37-21
• Jan 7 Muslim gunmen in Egypt kill nine people after opening fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians

• Jan 12 Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
• Jan 12 Colombia officially leaves the recession after achieving 2% economic growth in the last quarter of 2009
• Jan 14 Yemen declares war on al-Qaeda


• Jan 15 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The Hurt Locker wins Best Film
• Jan 17 A dragon boat from Chung Ling High School capsizes and collides with a tugboat amid strong currents in Penang, Malaysia, killing 6 people and injuring 12

• Jan 24 AFC Championship Game: Indianapolis Colts beat New York Jets 30-17
• Jan 24 NFC Championship Game: New Orleans Saints beat Minnesota Vikings 31-28 (OT)
• Jan 25 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board.
• Jan 26 After 6 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the UK economy officially finally comes out of recession with a GDP growth of 0.1%

• Jan 31 52nd Grammy Awards: Use Somebody, Zac Brown Band wins
• Jan 31 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-34

• Jan 31 98th Women's Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Justine Henin (6-4, 3-6, 6-2)
• Jan 31 26th Sundance Film Festival: "Winter's Bone", directed by Debra Granik, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
• Feb 7 Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl.
• Feb 11 60th Berlin International Film Festival: "Honey" wins the Golden Bear
• Feb 12 21st Winter Olympic Games open at Vancouver, Canada
• Feb 13 A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more.

• Feb 14 59th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 141-139 at Arlington, Texas
• Feb 14 52nd Daytona 500: Jamie McMurray wins (137.284 MPH)
• Feb 14 America's Cup: Team USA defeats Alinghi 2-0 to win in Spain

• Feb 20 On the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.

• Feb 22 Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region
• Feb 23 Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million litres of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.

• Feb 24 Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009
• Feb 26 41st NAACP Image Awards: "Precious" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
• Feb 27 Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
• Feb 28 21st Winter Olympic Games close at Vancouver, Canada

• Mar 6 30th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" wins

• Mar 11 Sebastián Piñera becomes Chilean president
• Mar 13 31st Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 West Virginia beats #22 Georgetown, 60-58
• Mar 14 57th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 65-61
• Mar 14 51st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 75-74 (OT)
• Mar 20 56th National Film Awards (India): "Antaheen" wins the Golden Lotus
• Mar 20 France edges England, 12-10 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; France's 17th title
• Mar 24 Lee Kun-hee returns to Samsung Electronics chief executive officer (CEO) position after his resignation in April 21, 2008

• Mar 29 Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40

• Apr 3 Matt Smith's first appearance as the 11th Doctor in BBC program "Doctor Who" during "The Eleventh Hour" episode
• Apr 5 72nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Butler 61-59
• Apr 6 29th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Stanford 53-47
• Apr 10 Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński
• Apr 10 163rd Grand National: Tony McCoy aboard Don't Push It wins

• Apr 11 "The night of Sora Aoi", Japanese porn actress Sora Aoi joins twitter prompting many Chinese fans to try and circumnavigate Chinese censorship
• Apr 12 A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
• Apr 14 Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull begins erupting from the top crater in the centre of the glacier
• Apr 15 Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.

• Apr 19 114th Boston Marathon: Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya 1st man in 2:05:52 and Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia 1st woman in 2:26:11
• Apr 20 The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes, killing 11 and causing the rig to sink, causing a massive oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and an environmental diaster

• Apr 22 NFL Draft: Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford first pick by St. Louis Rams

• May 1 Car bomb fails to go off in Times Square, New York City
• May 1 136th Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel wins aboard Super Saver, his third Derby success in 4 years

• May 6 The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs
• May 8 Last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
• May 8 Barrow AFC wins English FA Trophy at Wembley, makes them only team to win it at both Old & New Wembley stadiums
• May 9 Oakland A's Dallas Braden becomes 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game (4-0 vs Tampa Bay)

• May 12 An Afriqiyah Airways Flight crashes and kills everyone but one person on board
• May 14 The 51,700 seat Aviva Stadium is officially opened on the site of the famous old Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin by Irish Prime Minister, Brian Cowan
• May 15 Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
• May 15 135th Preakness: Martin Garcia aboard Lookin At Lucky wins in 1:55.47
• May 16 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados: Elise Perry with 3 for 18 off 4 overs leads Australia (106/8) to 3 run victory over New Zealand 103/6
• May 18 Police officer James Crooker is asked to leave the Red and Black Café in Portland, Oregon after co-owner John Langley claimed Crooker's uniformed presence made him uncomfortable

• May 22 18th UEFA Champions League Final: Internazionale beats Bayern Munich 2-0 at Madrid
• May 23 NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Black Hawks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 0
• May 23 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or
• May 24 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 1

• May 29 Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay becomes 20th pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Florida)
• May 29 55th Eurovision Song Contest: Lena for Germany wins singing "Satellite" in Oslo
• May 29 Super Rugby Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto: Bulls (Pretoria) successfully defend their title with a 25-17 win over the Stormers (Cape Town) in an all-South African final
• May 29 In an all South African Super 14 Rugby final, the Bulls (Pretoria) retain title, 25-17 over the Stormers (Cape Town) at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto; Morné Steyn kicks 6 penalties and a conversion for the Bulls
• May 30 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 3:05:37.0131 (260.107 km/h)
• May 31 Gaza Flotilla raid: Israeli Shayetet 13 soldiers board ships trying to break blockade of Gaze, during violent confrontation aboard MV Mavi Marmara 9 activists killed and several activists and soldiers injured

• Jun 5 142nd Belmont: Mike Smith riding Drosselmeyer wins in 2:31.57


• Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Francesca Schiavone of Italy wins her first and only Grand Slam title; beats Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-6
• Jun 6 109th Men's French Open: Rafael Nadal beats Robin Soderling (6-4, 6-2, 6-4)
• Jun 6 56th British Academy Television Awards: "The Armstrong and Miller Show" Best Comedy, "Misfits" Best Drama
• Jun 9 44th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins
• Jun 9 Hungary comes out of recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures
• Jun 9 Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009
• Jun 9 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Philadelphia Flyers 4-2

• Jun 13 64th Tony Awards: Memphis & Red win

• Jun 17 64th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 3

• Jun 20 110th US Golf Open: Graeme McDowell shoots a 284 at Pebble Beach GL CA
• Jun 20 "Despicable Me" directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud with voices by Steve Carell and Jason Segel premieres at the Moscow Film Festival
• Jun 22 Danielle Steel’s novel “Family Ties” is published
• Jun 24 In the longest match in tennis history, John Isner of the U.S. defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over three days

• Jun 27 56th LPGA Championship: American Christie Kerr takes her second major title with a 12 stroke win over Song-Hee Kim of South Korea
• Jul 2 Oil tanker truck explosion in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 230 people
• Jul 2 FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1
• Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her crown overpowering Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3 6-2
• Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Tomáš Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his second Wimbledon title

• Jul 8 During 1st round of the John Deere Classic, Paul Goydos becomes the 4th, and oldest player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59; round included 12 birdies and 6 pars
• Jul 11 FIFA World Cup Final: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg, South Africa for 1st WC title)
• Jul 13 81st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Angel Stadium, Anaheim
• Jul 14 18th ESPY Awards: Drew Brees, Lindsey Vonn win
• Jul 18 "150th Anniversary" British Open Golf, St Andrews: South African Louis Oosthuizen wins his only major title, 7 strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood of England
• Jul 22 43rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
• Jul 23 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together
• Jul 25 97th Tour de France won by Andy Schleck of Luxembourg

• Aug 1 Australian Stuart Appleby finishes with an 11-under-59 to win the Greenbrier Classic at White Sulphur Springs, to become only the 5th player and first non-American to break 60 on the PGA Tour

• Aug 4 On 3rd anniversary of his 500th MLB career home run, Alex Rodriguez reaches the 600 HR mark in the NY Yankees 5-1 win v Toronto; 7th and youngest to reach milestone

• Aug 7 Hampered by a back injury Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman scores a brave, unbeaten 103 to guide India to a 5 wicket win v Sri Lanka in Colombo; draw series


• Aug 14 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games opens in Singapore
• Aug 15 PGA Championship, Whistling Straits GC: Martin Kaymer of Germany wins his first major title in a playoff with Bubba Watson
• Aug 19 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait
• Aug 21 New Zealand clinch their 10th Tri Nations Rugby Series with one match remaining, scoring 2 tries in the last 3 minutes to beat South Africa, 29–22 in the first-ever Test at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg
• Aug 23 Manila hostage crisis, which occurred at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, where a dismissed police officer took hostage a tour bus full of Chinese nationals.

• Aug 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf, St. Charles CC: Michelle Wie wins by 3 from Suzann Pettersen, Jiyai Shin, Jee Young Lee & Kristy McPherson
• Sep 1 67th Venice Film Festival: "Somewhere" directed by Sofia Coppola wins Golden Lion
• Sep 4 Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

• Sep 8 Egypt's Minister of Finance, Dr. Youssef Butros Ghali, states that Egypt is emerging from the recession as indicated by increased total revenue from sales taxes and customs revenues
• Sep 9 A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983

• Sep 12 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian star Kim Clijsters retains title; beats Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 for her 3rd US crown
• Sep 13 US Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins his first US title; beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Sep 17 The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.
• Sep 19 35th Toronto International Film Festival: "The King's Speech" directed by Tom Hooper wins the People's Choice Award
• Sep 20 The National Bureau of Economic Research state today that the US left the recession in June 2009, with managing director Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute saying GDP recovered to 70% of the pre-recession level

• Oct 2 20th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-13 in Chestnut Hill
• Oct 3 19th Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India
• Oct 4 Ryder Cup Golf, Celtic Manor Resort, Wales: Europe wins 14½-13½; with scores level Irishman Graeme McDowell holds nerve to beat Hunter Mahan 3 & 1
• Oct 5 Injured Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman is the hero with 73 not out as the home team chases down 216 to beat Australia with just 1 wicket to spare in the 1st Test at Mohali
• Oct 6 Phillies ace Roy Halladay pitches only the 2nd no-hitter in MLB postseason history in Game 1 NLDS, 4-0 v Cincinnati Reds
• Oct 6 Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Instagram
• Oct 10 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved

• Oct 22 MLB American League Championship: Texas Rangers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2
• Oct 22 57th National Film Awards (India): "Kutty Srank" wins the Golden Lotus
• Oct 23 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2

• Oct 31 Belgium leaves the recession with 0.5% growth in the third quarter
• Oct 31 Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 for her 3rd season ending WTA Championship in Doha, Qatar
• Nov 1 San Francisco beats Texas Rangers, 3-1 in Game 5 at Arlington to clinch Giants first Baseball World Series since relocating from NYC in 1958; SF shortstop Édgar Rentería MVP

• Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 1 winners: Eldaafer, More Than Real, Dubai Majesty, Awesome Feather, Shared Account, Unrivaled Belle
• Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 2 winners: Pluck, Big Drama, Chamberlain Bridge, Uncle Mo, Goldikova, Dakota Phone, Dangerous Midge, Blame
• Nov 7 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, San Diego, California: Flavia Pennetta of Italy beats American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up a 3-1 win and 3rd title for the Italians
• Nov 10 44th Country Music Association Award: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

• Nov 13 Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage

• Nov 19 New Zealand suffers its worst mining disaster since 1914 when the first of four explosions occurs at the Pike River Mine; 29 people are killed

• Nov 23 The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.

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