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2010
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events in the year 2010 in the United States.

Incumbents[edit]

Federal government[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

January 16: U.S. President Barack Obama (center) in the White House with two former presidents, Bill Clinton (right) and George W. Bush (left), discussing the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
January 19: Supporters of Republican candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts' special election. Brown's victory in Massachusetts continued a pattern of conservative victories for public office and gave the GOP their 41st senator.

February[edit]

March[edit]

March 23: Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House.

April[edit]

April 20: The blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

September 9: 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion

October[edit]

November[edit]

November 28: Julian Assange's WikiLeaks begins releasing confidential U.S. diplomatic documents

December[edit]

Ongoing[edit]

Undated[edit]

Sports[edit]

Births[edit]

Hailey Dawson

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

Teddy Pendergrass
Jean Simmons
Pernell Roberts

February[edit]

Kathryn Grayson
Alexander Haig

March[edit]

Corey Haim
Robert Culp

April[edit]

John Forsythe
Dixie Carter

May[edit]

Lynn Redgrave
Lena Horne
Dennis Hopper

June[edit]

Rue McClanahan

July[edit]

Harvey Pekar

August[edit]

Patricia Neal

September[edit]

Gloria Stuart
Tony Curtis

October[edit]

Solomon Burke
Tom Bosley

November[edit]

Jill Clayburgh
Leslie Nielsen

December[edit]

Blake Edwards
Captain Beefheart
Teena Marie

Undated[edit]

See also[edit]

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