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•  February 8, 2010 – A freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travellers.
•  February 13, 2010 – A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
•  February 14, 2010 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  February 20, 2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
•  March 11, 2010 – Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro Province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
•  May 28, 2010 – In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers.
•  June 4, 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
•  August 31, 2010 – The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, is aired on ITV1.
•  October 10, 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
•  December 22, 2010 – The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

•  May 28, 2010 – Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou