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* [[January 1]] – [[Spain]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] from [[Sweden |
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*[[January 1]] – [[Lhasa de Sela]], American |
*[[January 1]] – [[Lhasa de Sela]], American singer-songwriter (born [[1972]]) |
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2010 (MMX) is a common year that started on a Friday and is the current year. In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2010th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 1st of the 2010s decade.
The United Nations has designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth.
Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years
Among experts and the general public, there is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".[1]
Events
January
- January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from [[Sweden].
- January 1 Same-sex marriage became legal in the U.S. state of New Hampshire on January 1, 2010, replacing civil unions making New Hampshire the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
- January 1 – A suicide bombing occurs at a
volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.
- January 4 – The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest man-made structure ever built, is officially opened.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- January 15 – An annular eclipse occurs over the Indian Ocean. It can be seen in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Maldives, southeastern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and central China. It is the longest annular eclipse of the 21st century.[2]
February
- February 4 - Planned date of the first flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 commercial heavy lift launch vehicle.
- February 12-28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
March
April
May
- May 1 – October 30 – 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
- May 14 – The final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-132 is scheduled to launch.
June
- June 6 – Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 28' south. First conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
- June 11 – July 11 – 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
- June 25-27 - The 36th G8 summit is to be held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Consecutively, the 4th G20 summit will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the same dates.
- June 26 - Partial lunar eclipse, visible after sunset in Asia, and Australia, and before sunrise in the Americas.
July
- July 11 – Total solar eclipse (visible only in the South Pacific (esp. Easter Island) and southern South America).
- July 29 - The final mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, is scheduled to launch.
August
- August 14-26 – The inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Singapore.
September
- September 16 - The final space shuttle mission, STS-133, is scheduled to launch.
- September 22 – Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 53' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
October
- October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles will be dissolved and the islands split up into a new constitutional status.
November
- November – The first Peruvian nanosatellite will be launched from Russia.[3][4][5][6]
- November 29 - December 10 – 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Mexico, also referred to as the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), it serves too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6)[7][8]
December
Unknown dates
- GM expects to release a production model of the Chevrolet Volt electric car.[9]
- Israel will complete its Security Barrier.
- The Space Shuttle program will be retired by NASA and replaced by Project Constellation. This project will include new space vehicles called Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, as well as the Orion capable of traveling to the Space Station, to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.[10]
Deaths
- January 1 – Lhasa de Sela, American singer-songwriter (born 1972)
- January 4 – Johan Ferrier, 1st President of Suriname (born 1910)
Major holidays
- January 1 – New Years Day
- January 7 - Orthodox Christmas
- February 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places)
- February 2 - Candlemas commemorating the Purification of the Virgin. It marks the liturgical end of the Christmas season.
- February 14 – Chinese New Year
- February 16 – Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras, end of Mardi Gras / Carnival season
- February 17 – Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
- March 1 – Holi, a religious festival in India
- March 17 Saint Patrick's Day (National Holiday of Ireland)
- March 20 (21 in the Far East) – Vernal Equinox, also known as Ostara
- April 4 – Easter
- May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
- August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
- August 11 – Ramadan begins
- September 8–10 – Rosh Hashanah, the "Jewish New Year"
- September 10 – Eid ul-Fitr
- September 17–18 – Yom Kippur
- September 23 – Autumnal Equinox, also known as Mabon
- November 5 – Diwali, a religious festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism.
- December 12 – Virgen de Guadalupe
- November 16 – Eid al-Adha, a religious festival in Islam
- December 25 – Christmas
In fiction
Film
- 2010 (1984)
- Absolon (2003)
- Banlieue 13 (2004)
- District 9 (2009)
- Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
Literature
- Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner
- 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
- Tracy Hickman, The Immortals (1996)
- The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
- In The Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.
Music
- The Pearl Jam song "Do the Evolution" references the world in 2010: "I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher. 2010, watch it go to fire."
- The Bad Religion song "Ten in 2010" appears on their album The Gray Race.
- The The Mint Chicks song "2010" is the B-side to the vinyl single "Walking Off a Cliff Again" and also appears on their album Screens.
Television
- Knight Rider 2010 (1994 TV movie)
- Maico 2010 (1998)
- "Lisa's Wedding", an episode from the 6th season of The Simpsons, takes place in 2010.
- A Stargate SG-1 episode from the 4th season of the Sci-fi show was called "2010" and took place in that year. (2001)
Video games
- Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (1990 Capcom)
References
- ^ Siegel, Robert (2009-11-16). "How Do You Say 2010?". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100 ( 2001 CE to 2100 CE ), NASA
- ^ Peru to launch a nanosatellite in 2010
- ^ Peru to launch its first nanosatellite into space by 2010
- ^ El primer nanosatélite peruano llegará al espacio (in spanish)
- ^ El Perú lanzará su primer satélite al espacio a mediados del 2010 (in spanish)
- ^ Dates and venues of future sessions
- ^ COP 16
- ^ "GM Plants in Greater Flint Area Tool Up for 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and Volt" (Press release). October 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Sources: National Geographic, October 2007; Scientific American, October 2007