2010 Calendar
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2010 Historical Event(s)
January 28, 2010
– Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged.
February 14, 2010
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
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.
March 29, 2010
– Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
April 12, 2010
– A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
May 5, 2010
– Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.
May 15, 2010
– Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
July 28, 2010
– Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
August 3, 2010
– Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
October 25, 2010
– Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, begins over a month of eruptions.
Who Was Born On 2010?
May 28, 2010
– Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou