Top Events of 2010

Date Headline
January 12, 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti
February 12, 2010 Winter Olympics begin in Vancouver
April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
May 2, 2010 Osama bin Laden killed by US forces in Pakistan
June 11, 2010 World Cup begins in South Africa
July 11, 2010 Spain wins World Cup
August 5, 2010 Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days are rescued
September 8, 2010 Apple unveils iPhone 4
October 13, 2010 33 miners rescued from San Jose mine in Chile
November 2, 2010 Republicans win control of US House of Representatives in midterm elections
November 28, 2010 WikiLeaks releases classified US diplomatic cables
December 17, 2010 Tunisian street vendor sets himself on fire, sparking Arab Spring protests