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Official logo. In 2010, Mexico celebrated both the 200th anniversary of its Independence and 100th anniversary of its Revolution. [1] The entire year was proclaimed by President Felipe Calderón as "Año de la Patria", or "Year of the Nation". [2] 16 September 1810 is the day of the "Grito de Dolores" or Miguel Hidalgo 's call to take up arms ...
January 16, 2020 – The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in the U.S. Senate. January 21, 2020 – The first patient in the United States is diagnosed with coronavirus. January 26, 2020 – Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter, Gianna, and 7 others, perish in a helicopter crash.
September 6 – The Fourmile Canyon Fire, the most costly wild fire in Colorado state history, begins west of Boulder, Colorado. September 9 – A Pacific Gas and Electric Company natural gas line explosion in San Bruno, California, destroys 53 homes and damages 120 others. Eight people die and 58 are injured.
The Smithsonian Institution hosts Hispanic Heritage Month events in Washington, D.C. One event is the Zoo Fiesta. In 2018, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian hosted the Realm of the Jaguar a series of performances featuring dances of Bolivia , Mexico and Guatemala , in addition to mask making and traditional and contemporary ...
Many Mexican fiestas are held in the United States every year. Much of the western United States belonged to Mexico at various times and the descendants of those Mexicans carry on many of their traditional celebrations. These celebrations, called fiestas (feasts or festivals), are held on any number of religious or civic holidays.
e. 2010 (MMX) 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 year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake ...
2010 – Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923) 2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939) 2010 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963) 2011 – Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930) 2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
August 23 – Jimena Navarrete, representing Mexico, wins Miss Universe 2010. [31] August 25 – Mexican Naval Infantry find 72 corpses at a remote ranch in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, near the border with the U.S. state of Texas. The victims were economic migrants from Central America and South America believed to be murdered by a drug cartel. [32]