Major Events
- Jan 12 Earthquake devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
- 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 disaster
- Aug 19 Operation Iraqi Freedom winds down, as the last of the United States brigade combat teams cross the border to Kuwait [1]
- Oct 13 Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground
- Dec 22 Repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy", a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama
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2010 in Film & TV
- Jul 8 "Inception", directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premieres in London
- Nov 10 Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2010 in Music
- 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
2010 in Sport
- Feb 14 Alexandre Bilodeau wins the Gold Medal in the freestyle skiing men's moguls event, becoming the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympics
- Feb 24 Sachin Tendulkar scores the first double century in One Day International cricket
- May 15 Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
- Dec 19 "Miracle at the New Meadowlands", Philadelphia Eagles trail New York Giants by 21 points with eight minutes to play, before scoring 4 touchdowns in final 7 minutes, including dramatic walk-off punt returned for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson
Did You Know?Born in 2010
- May 20 Lady Cosima Windsor, daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
- May 28 Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou
J. D. Salinger
Alexander Haig
Malcolm McLaren
Dorothy Height
José Saramago
Bob Guccione
Tom Brookshier
Dennis Hopper
Patricia Neal
Gloria Stuart
Tony Curtis
Blake Edwards
Willie Davis
George Nissen
George Steinbrenner
George Blanda
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Famous Weddings in 2010
- Jan 2 "American Idol" singer Jason Castro (22) weds Mandy Mayhall near Dallas, Texas
- Jan 2 Actor Vince Vaughn (39) weds realtor Kyla Weber in Lake Forest, Illinois
- Jan 9 Food writer and former fashion model Sophie Dahl (32) weds British jazz singer Jamie Cullum (30) in Hampshire, England
Famous Divorces in 2010
- Jan 14 "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (73) divorces his fifth wife Victoria Duffy due to irreconcilable differences and out-of-control spending
- Mar 31 "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek (32) divorces actress Heather Ann McComb (33) after almost 7 years of marriage
- Apr 2 "Wayne's World" actress Tia Carrere (43) divorces British photojournalist Simon Wakelin due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage
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Serena Williams
Taylor Swift
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Angela Merkel
Barack Obama
David Cameron
Hu Jintao
Manmohan Singh
Vladimir Putin