2010s — in der Geschichte
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2010
Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
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2010
An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
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2010
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis · Porfirio Lobo Sosa · President of Honduras
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2010
With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
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2010
A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
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2010
The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
Solar-sail · IKAROS · Venus
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2010
Apple Inc. hat das erste iPad-Modell, einen Tablet-Computer, veröffentlicht.
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2010
Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
Sebastián Piñera · President of Chile · 2010 Pichilemu earthquake
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2010
A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
Refugee · 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster · Christmas Island
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2010
Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew were killed.
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2010
The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
ROKS Cheonan sinking · President of the United Nations Security Council
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2010
The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
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2010
The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
Royal Thai Armed Forces · 2010 Thai military crackdown · 2010 Thai political protests
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2010
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
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2010
The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.
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2010
Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
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2010
Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
Polish Air Force · 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash · Smolensk
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2010
Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish civilians on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
Shayetet 13 · Gaza flotilla raid · Blockade of the Gaza Strip
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2010
Bewaffnete Ausschreitungen brechen in Karachi, Pakistan, nach der Ermordung eines lokalen Politikers aus, wobei mindestens 85 Menschen ums Leben kommen und Schäden von mindestens 17 Milliarden pakistanischen Rupien (US$200 Millionen) verursacht werden.
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2010
In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
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2010
The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
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2010
Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
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2010
Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
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2010
China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
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2010
The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
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2010
The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand; 29 people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.
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2010
A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
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2010
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
Deepwater Horizon · Deepwater Horizon explosion · Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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2010
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
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2010
The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion · Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2010
Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
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2010
The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.
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2010
Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
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2010
An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
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2010
Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7.1 erschüttert die Südinsel Neuseelands und verursacht weit verbreitete Schäden sowie mehrere Stromausfälle.
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2010
Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
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2010
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
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2010
Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (b. 1943)
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2010
The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 · Don't ask, don't tell · Barack Obama
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2010
Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak · Midwestern United States · Southern United States
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2010
Ein seltsamer Sturm in den Hindu-Kush-Bergen in Afghanistan löst eine Reihe von mindestens 36 Lawinen aus, die über zwei Meilen Straße begraben, mindestens 172 Menschen töten und über 2.000 Reisende festhalten.
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2010
Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
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2010
Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (b. 1916)
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2010
Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda · Togo national football team attack · Togo national football team
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2010
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
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2010
Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.
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2010
Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
Anti-austerity movement in Greece · Austerity · Greek government-debt crisis
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2010
In just 36 minutes DOW Jones plunged nearly a 1000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
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2010
Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
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2010
Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924)
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2010
Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-American composer (b. 1919)
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2010
John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
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2010
Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
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2010
Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
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2010
Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
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2010
Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1941)
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2010
Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (b. 1916)
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2010
Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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2010
Fadil Ferati, Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960)
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2010
Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (b. 1928)
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2010
Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)
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2010
Ein chinesisches Fischkutter kollidierte mit zwei japanischen Küstenwacht-Schutzbooten in umstrittenen Gewässern in der Nähe der Senkaku-Inseln.
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2010
Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
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2010
Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)
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2010
Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
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2010
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
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2010
Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
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2010
Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1933)
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2010
Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
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2010
Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (b. 1924)
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2010
John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
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2010
Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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2010
Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
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2010
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
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2010
An Air India Express Boeing 737 goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737.
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2010
The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
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2010
Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
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2010
Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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2010
Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (b. 1940)
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2010
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928)
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2010
Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
Communist Party of India (Maoist) · April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada · Central Reserve Police Force
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2010
Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
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2010
John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
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2010
Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
International Assistance Mission · 2010 Badakhshan massacre · Kuran wa Munjan District
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2010
Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)
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2010
Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (b. 1940)
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2010
Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
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2010
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
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2010
Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)