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2010 – The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010 – In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats. [1]
March 29: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings. April 10: The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in Smolensk, Russia. April 20: The largest oil spill in US history occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. May 31: Gaza flotilla raid. July 22 – August 10: 2010 Colombia–Venezuela diplomatic crisis.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a major ecological disaster from April through September 2010. [48] A renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea went into effect on December 3, 2010. [49] The 2010 United States elections resulted in major victories for the Republican Party. [50]
From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon ...
Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present) This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence , changes in country name , changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation , cession , concession , occupation , or secession of land.
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
2010 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.
The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to "the '00s" and also known as "the aughts" or "the noughties") was the decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The early part of the decade saw the long-predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China , which had double-digit growth during ...