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Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1980s  1990s  2000s  – 2010s –  2020s  2030s  2040s
Years: 2007 2008 200920102011 2012 2013

2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1st year of the 2010s.

The United Nations designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth.

Pronunciation

There are many debates over how the years are spoken. The year 2010 can be spoken as "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten".

Events

January

Haitian national palace earthquake
The National Palace, one of many buildings heavily damaged in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Casa Pelluhue tras terremoto 2010
Damage from the earthquake in Chile.

February

March

April

May

Thai Type 85 APCs during 2010 Thai political protests
Tank in preparation to assault Red Shirt barricade on May 19.

June

July

Damaged bridge from flooding in Pakistan, 2010
Damaged bridge in Pakistan floods
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View from above of toxic sludge damage in Hungary.

August

September

October

November

December

2010 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2010
MMX
Ab urbe condita 2763
Armenian calendar 1459
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Assyrian calendar 6760
Bahá'í calendar 166–167
Balinese saka calendar 1931–1932
Bengali calendar 1417
Berber calendar 2960
British Regnal year 58 Eliz. 2 – 59 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2554
Burmese calendar 1372
Byzantine calendar 7518–7519
Chinese calendar 己丑年 (Earth Ox)
4706 or 4646
    — to —
庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
4707 or 4647
Coptic calendar 1726–1727
Discordian calendar 3176
Ethiopian calendar 2002–2003
Hebrew calendar 5770–5771
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2066–2067
 - Shaka Samvat 1931–1932
 - Kali Yuga 5110–5111
Holocene calendar 12010
Igbo calendar 1010–1011
Iranian calendar 1388–1389
Islamic calendar 1431–1432
Japanese calendar Heisei 22
(平成22年)
Javanese calendar 1942–1943
Juche calendar 99
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4343
Minguo calendar ROC 99
民國99年
Nanakshahi calendar 542
Thai solar calendar 2553
Tibetan calendar 阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
2136 or 1755 or 983
    — to —
阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
2137 or 1756 or 984
Unix time 1262304000 – 1293839999

Deaths

Nobel Prizes

Major holidays

In fiction

Movies

  • 2010 (1984)
  • Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
  • Absolon (2003)
  • Banlieue 13 (2004)
  • District 9 (2009)

Literature

  • Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner
  • 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
  • Tracy Hickman, The Immortals (1996)
  • The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.

Television

  • Knight Rider 2010 (1994 TV movie)
  • Maico 2010 (1998)
  • The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Wedding", from the 6th season, takes place in 2010.
  • A Stargate SG-1 episode called "2010" took place in that year. (2001)
  • Code Geass The event of Britannia's invasion of Japan happens on August 10, 2010.

Images for kids

See also

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