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| ITNs | Days | Continents | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 31 | 6/7 |
- Twin bomb attacks near a mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia kill 30 people and injure 70.[1]
- Riding Super Saver, jockey Calvin Borel wins the 2010 Kentucky Derby.[2]
- Floyd Mayweather defeats Shane Mosley in a non-title superfight in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3]
- Police foil a car bomb attempt in New York City's Times Square.[4]
- American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announces a recall of 43 over the counter children's medicines in 12 countries due to manufacturing deficiencies.[5]
- United and Continental Airlines agree to merge, forming the world's largest airline.[6]
- An Indian court convicts Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national, of murder in relation to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[7]
- Australian Neil Robertson wins the World Snooker Championship, becoming the first non-Briton to do so since 1980.[8]
- Widespread flooding kills at least 16 people in Tennessee.[9]
- Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for $106 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at auction.[10]
- After two months of unrest, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Red Shirt protesters agree to a general election in November 2010.[11]
- Three people are killed in Athens after widespread protests in response to proposed austerity measures aimed at ending the Greek debt crisis.[12]
- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (pictured) dies at the age of 58.[13]
- MV Moscow University is freed by the Russian Navy after being hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.[14]
- British voters take part in the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[15]
- The Mauritian Labour Party wins the country's general election; Navin Ramgoolam becomes prime minister.[16]
- Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology announces genetic evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.[17]
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates become the first countries to implement Country code top-level domain names in non-Latin characters.[18]
- Harrods department store in London is sold to Qatar Holdings, owned by the Qatari royal family, for £1.5 billion.[19]
- The armed forces of France, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States march in the Moscow Victory Day Parade for the first time in the event's history.[20]
- Thirty people are dead and more than sixty others are missing following two explosions at a mine in southwestern Siberia.[21]
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development invites Estonia, Israel and Slovenia to become members of the organisation.[22]
- In English association football, Chelsea wins the 2009–10 Premier League.[23]
- The European Union and International Monetary Fund announce a rescue package worth €750 billion (US$975 billion) in order to stabilise the financial markets.[24]
- Over 100 people are killed and 350 are injured in a series of bomb and shooting attacks in Iraq.[25]
- Vishwanathan Anand defeats Veselin Topalov in a 12 game match to retain his World Chess Champion title.[26]
- An air crash in Tripoli, Libya, kills over 100 people.[27]
- In association football, Atlético Madrid defeat Fulham F.C. to become the first winners of the UEFA Europa League.[28]
- Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launches from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on its final mission.[29]
- At least 17 people are killed and 161 injured as Thai government forces clash with red shirt protesters.[30]
- In Formula One, Mark Webber wins the Monaco Grand Prix in a Red Bull car.[31]
- In cricket, England defeat Australia in the ICC World Twenty20, winning their first ever ICC trophy.[32]
- Scientists estimate that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, may be significantly worse than previous estimates.[33]
- A fire at Instituto Butantan destroys one of the world's largest collections of preserved snake, spider, and scorpion specimens.[34]
- A bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul kills 18 people, including 6 ISAF soldiers.[35]
- Portugal becomes the eighth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages nationwide.[36]
- Brazil, Iran and Turkey have reached a deal on procedures for a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns over Iran's nuclear programme.[37]
- 2010 Thai political protests: The Thai army assaults and defeats the Red Shirts' encampment in Bangkok. The stock exchange, several banks, and other buildings are set on fire.[38]
- Troubles, by James Gordon Farrell, wins Lost Man Booker Prize for novels published in 1970.[39]
- An independent investigation concludes that a North Korean torpedo caused the sinking of the South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan.[40]
- Five paintings worth $618 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.[41]
- Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announce the successful transplant of a synthesized minimized genome into an existing cell, creating the new species Mycoplasma laboratorium.[42]
- The wreckage of Pamir Airways Flight 112, which crashed in Afghanistan on May 17, is found; all 43 aboard are believed to have died.[43]
- Severe flooding in Central Europe kills at least 9 people, including 4 Polish firefighters.[44]
- Air India Express Flight 812 from Dubai to Mangalore, India, crashes with more than 160 abroad while attempting to land.[45]
- Cyclone Laila strikes the coasts of India and Sri Lanka, killing at least 56 people and displacing thousands more.[46]
- Inter Milan defeat Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final to win an association football treble.[47]
- A passenger train travelling from Shanghai to Guilin derails in a mountainous area near Fuzhou, Jiangxi.[48]
- Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[49]
- In a general election, the Dominican Liberation Party increases its majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic.[50]
- In ice hockey, the Czech Republic win the gold medal in the IIHF World Championship, defeating defending champions Russia in the final. Dennis Endras of Germany is named MVP.[51]
- South Korea suspends nearly all trade with North Korea in response to the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan.[52]
- The People's Partnership wins the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, positioning Kamla Persad-Bissessar to become the country's first female Prime Minister.[53]
- Alaotra Grebe is declared extinct, 25 years after the last confirmed sighting.[54]
- At least 44 civilians are killed and 37 others wounded during unrest in Kingston, Jamaica.[55]
- A train derails in West Bengal, India, killing more than 65 people, after passing over tracks sabotaged by Naxalite rebels.[56]
- At least 80 people are killed and dozens injured in a double bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore.[57]
- Germany wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, for the first time since 1982.[58]
- The Social Democratic Party wins a plurality in a legislative election in the Czech Republic but its leader Jiri Paroubek resigns citing a poorer than expected result.[59]
- Dario Franchitti wins the Indianapolis 500.[60]
- Scientists at Boston University announce a potential cure for the disease Ebola.[61]
- Tropical Storm Agatha causes widespread flooding across Central America, killing at least 83 people.[62]
- Israeli Defense Forces clash with protesters aboard a flotilla of ships heading for the Gaza Strip, killing at least ten people.[63]
- Horst Köhler, the German President, resigns.[64]
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- ^ 2010 Times Square car bomb attempt (User:Chaser)
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