2010

The year 2010 (MMX) of the Gregorian Calendar began on a Friday and ends on a Friday. On the Chinese calendar, which predates the Gregorian calendar this year (2010) is the year 4707. The Chinese New Year was on February 14 and began the Year of the Tiger. http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada from February 12 to February 28. During the year President Obama has eliminated funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project, and the U. S. Department of Energy has moved to suspend licensing of the storage site. The United States Census Bureau conducted the 2010 Census this year. Toyoto has issued multiple safety recalls for various models including the Prius. Top executives apologized repeatedly for producing cars with defective accelerator mechanisms and faulty brakes. The current world's tallest building at 828 meters (2,717 ft) with 162 floors was opened this year in Dubai.http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/

The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity and is the culmination of the Countdown 2010 initiative. This is an International initiative to encourage nations to meet the 2010 Biodiversity Target that was established at the 2005 World Summit on Sustainable Development.http://www.countdown2010.net/year-biodiversity

January 4, the world's tallest building standing at 828 meters high (2,717 ft) was opened in Dubai.

January 5, a tsunami hit the Solomon Islands leaving 1,000 homeless, but no one was killed or injured.

January 12, major earthquake hit Haiti.

• February 7 - New Orleans Saints win Superbowl XLIV.
• February 12 - The 2010 Winter Olympics begin with the Opening Ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver.
• February 28- The Winter Olympics come to an end with the Closing Ceremony

• March 7 - Katheryn Bigelow was the first woman ever to receive an Oscar in the category of Best Director.
• March 11 - Sebastián Piñera become the president of Chile.
• March 29 - Two female suicide bombers attach the Moscow Metro system during the morning rush hour, killing 40 people.

• April 10 - A Russian jet crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including then President, Lech Kaczyński.
• April 15 - Airspace over most of Europe is closed after volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland covers the area.
• April 20 - BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes killing 11 and causing a massive oil discharge of unprecedented proportion, into the Gulf of Mexico.

• May 1 - A failed car bomb attempt is discovered in New York City's Times Square.
• May 12 - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie soundtrack is released one song at a time.http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978233043
• May 31 - 10 are dead after Israel attacked a convoy of Palestinian aid supplies.

• June 10 - Microsoft launches India office.
• June 30 - Russian spies in the USA are exposed.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2010/06/30/DI2010063002099.html
• June 30 - Haiti announces a November 28 presidential vote.

• July 3 - China National Petroleum Corporation suffers a pipeline explosion sending oil spewing into the Yellow Sea.
• July 27 - Michigan oil spill is among the largest in Midwest history.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/michigan-oil-spill-among_n_661196.html
• July 31 - Pakistan floods begin, killing and displacing millions.

• August 6 - The San Esteban copper mine collapses near Copiapo, Chile, trapping 34 miners 450 meters underground.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10897327
• August 10 - Former Senator Ted Stevens and NASA chief Sean O'Keefe die in an airplane crash
• August 10 - The H1N1 (also known as swine flu) pandemic is declared to be over by Margaret Chan , leader of the World Health Organization. Some critics claim that the illness's pandemic status was exaggerated by the organization in the first place.http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/aug1010who.html

September 16 - The country of Mexico celebrates its bicentennial anniversary, as this day marked the beginning of its War of Independence.http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ September 22 - A super harvest moon occurred on this day, which is when the sun sets on the exact opposite side of the horizon as the rising moon. This event occurs about every 20 years.http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/22sep_harvestmoon/

• Jan 4: Casey Johnson, heiress / socialite, at age 31
• Feb 9: Phil Harris, Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch host at age 54
• March 14: Peter Graves, actor, at age 83
• Apr 10: Dixie Carter, actress, at age 71
• May 4: Ernie Harwell, sportscaster, at age 92
• June 5: Robert Bergenheim, founder of Boston Business Journal, at age 86
• July 17: Bob Sprague, news reporter, at age 71
• August 6: Catfish Collins, guitarist, at age 66

• Avatar
• Toy Story 3
• Alice in Wonderland
• Iron Man 2
• Twilight: Eclipse'
• 'Inception
• Shrek Forever After
• Despicable Me
• Train Your Dragon
• The Karate Kid
• Clash of the Titans

• Presented: March, 7, 2010
• Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
• Lead Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker'
• Best Documentary:

• Stanley Cup: NHL: Chicago Blackhawks
• World Series: MLB
• Super Bowl: NFL: New Orleans Saints
• NBA Finals: NBA: Los Angeles Lakershttp://www.nba.com/finals2010/

• NHL MVP: Sidney Crosby
• NFL MVP: Drew Brees
• NBA MVP: LeBron James
• MLB AL MVP:
• MLB NL MVP:

• Peace: Announced Friday, October 8
• Physics: Announced Tuesday, October 5
• Chemistry: Announced Wednesday, October 6
• Medicine: Announced Monday, October 4
• Literature: Date to be announced
• Economics: Announced Monday, October 11