History & Politics
Earthquakes, floods, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill shared 2010's front pages with hung parliaments, the first stirrings of the Arab Spring, and a World Cup on African soil.
Every History & Politics article in the 2010 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
Arab Spring / Tunisia Jasmine Revolution
On December 17, 2010, a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on ...
WikiLeaks Diplomatic Cables Release
WikiLeaks began publishing 251,287 classified U.S. State Department diplomatic cables on November...
2010 United States Midterm Elections
The 2010 United States midterm elections, held on November 2, represented the largest Republican ...
Mount Merapi eruption
Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted October 26, killing 346+, displacing 1+ million, one of the deca...
2010 Copiapó Mining Accident and Rescue
On August 5, 2010, a cave-in at the San José copper-gold mine near Copiapó in northern Chile's At...
Haitian cholera epidemic
A cholera epidemic struck post-earthquake Haiti beginning October 2010, killing ~10,000 and infec...
Deepwater Horizon — Macondo Well Permanently Capped
On September 19, 2010, after 152 days of continuous leaking, BP and U.S. federal authorities perm...
2010 Pakistan Floods
Unprecedented monsoonal rainfall triggered catastrophic flooding across Pakistan beginning July 2...
2010 Russian Heat Wave and Wildfires
The summer of 2010 saw an unprecedented heat wave grip western Russia, with temperatures reaching...
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup, held from June 11 to July 11 in South Africa, was the first World Cup to...
Mavi Marmara Incident — Gaza Flotilla Raid
On May 31, 2010, Israeli naval commandos from Shayetet 13 raided the MV Mavi Marmara, a Turkish p...
2010 Thai Political Crisis
Thailand's pro-democracy Red Shirt movement—the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (...
2010 United Kingdom General Election
The 2010 general election was called against the backdrop of the deepest economic contraction in ...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
On April 20, 2010, a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operated by Transocean and le...
Eyjafjallajökull Eruption
On April 14, 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull stratovolcano in southern Iceland erupted beneath its sum...
Smolensk Air Disaster
On the morning of 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M (tail number 101), operated b...
New START Treaty Signed in Prague
On April 8, Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed New START in Prague, capping deployed strategic ...
Sinking of ROKS Cheonan
On the night of 26 March 2010, the *Cheonan*, a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Na...
2010 Chile Earthquake
At 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC) on February 27, 2010, a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake struc...
2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver): Host Nation Success and...
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada (February 12–28, 2010) were among the most successf...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
The Supreme Court struck down campaign finance restrictions in a landmark 5-4 decision that enabl...
2010 Haiti Earthquake
On January 12, 2010, at 16:53 local time, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti approximately 2...