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A celebration occurs as a male British child turns 10 at 10:10 on the 10th day of the 10th month of 2010. (Leicester Mercury) Couples around the world rush to get married as 10 October 2010 is seen as auspicious especially in Chinese culture. , (AP via Yahoo! News), (New York Times)
Disasters and accidents At least 16 people drown and 70 are missing after an overcrowded ferry sinks in a river in West Bengal, eastern India. (AFP) Aftermath of October 2010 Sumatra earthquake: The death toll from the tsunami climbs to 413 and 218 people missing with the government of Indonesia considering evacuations. (CNN) Rescue workers find 135 people on a remote island and revise ...
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.
Law and crime 2010 Nobel Peace Prize: 20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest. (Los Angeles Times) (AFP via Yahoo News) Liu's wife is reportedly allowed to meet ...
Disasters Six people were killed and five injured Sunday after a wall of a factory building under construction collapsed in east China's Shandong Province. (Sina) Five people were killed and four others were injured in a colliery explosion in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The accident was reported at Huanghegou pit in Xixiu District of Anshun City. (China Daily) Rain-triggered floods ...
October 2010 events by continent (6 C) October 2010 crimes (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "October 2010 events" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Business and economy Canton Fair opens, China's largest trade fair and a key barometer of its trade and economic development. (China Daily) The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China opens its fifth plenary session in Beijing to discuss the country's next five-year economic and social development plan. (Al Jazeera) (China Daily) United Kingdom consumer goods company Reckitt ...
The events are attended by Norwegian politicians Torunn Kanutte Husvik and Stine Renate Håheim. (Ma'an News Agency) Israeli crossings authorities shut Gaza for the weekend. (Ma'an News Agency) A suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt kills at least 21 people, mostly Shiites, in Balad Ruz, the town north of Baghdad.