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2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics (XXI Olympic Winter Games), Vancouver and Whistler, February 12–28, 2010; 86 events, 82 nations; Canada's record 14 golds, Crosby's golden goal, Kumaritashvili tragedy, Four Host First Nations partnership.

2010 Winter Paralympics

Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, tenth Winter Paralympics, held 12–21 March 2010 in Vancouver and Whistler; 502 athletes from 44 countries, 64 medal events in five sports, 1.6 billion TV audience, Germany topped the medals table.

2010 World Series

2010 World Series: San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-1 for the 106th Fall Classic; Edgar Renteria MVP (.412, 2 HR, 6 RBI); Giants' first title since 1954; Rangers' first appearance.

2010 Yazoo City tornado

2010 Yazoo City tornado, also Tallulah–Yazoo City–Durant tornado: EF4 tornado of April 24, 2010, 170 mph winds, 149-mile path, 1.75 miles wide, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, fourth longest Mississippi track.

2010 Yushu earthquake

The 2010 Yushu earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 strike-slip earthquake that struck Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China, on April 14, 2010, killing 2,698 people and leaving 270 missing.

2010 Zamfara lead poisoning

The 2010 Zamfara lead poisoning was a mass outbreak of childhood lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria, caused by artisanal gold ore processing, killing more than 400 children.

2010–11 Ashes series

2010-11 Ashes series: England beat Australia 3-1 in five Tests in Australia (Vodafone Ashes), their first away Ashes win since 1986-87, built on Cook's 235 at the Gabba, Anderson's 24 wickets, and reverse swing.

2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season

The 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks season: Dallas went 57-25 under Rick Carlisle, swept the Lakers, beat Oklahoma City 4-1, and won the franchise's only NBA title by defeating the Miami Heat 4-2, with Dirk Nowitzki as Finals MVP.

2010–11 FC Barcelona season

2010-11 FC Barcelona season: Pep Guardiola's third campaign, winning the Spanish Super Cup, a third straight La Liga title, and the Champions League by beating Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley, with 69% possession in the final.

2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's season

The 2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's season ran 33 races from Soelden, Austria, in October 2010 to the Lenzerheide finals, with Maria Riesch and Lindsey Vonn dueling for the overall title.

2010–11 Haitian general election

Haiti's 2010-11 general election: presidential and legislative vote held 28 November 2010 and 20 March 2011 after the January earthquake. Michel Martelly beat Mirlande Manigat 67.57% to 31.74% after an OAS-verified tabulation revision.

2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, the Essent ISU long-track speed skating series: eight senior events from Heerenveen (Nov 2010) to the Heerenveen final (Mar 2011); Netherlands led with 15 golds; Jenny Wolf and Shani Davis among leaders.

2010–11 La Liga

2010-11 La Liga (Liga BBVA), the 80th Spanish top-flight season: FC Barcelona won with 30 wins, four points over Real Madrid; Ronaldo scored 41; Real Madrid won the Copa 1-0 aet; Deportivo and Almería were relegated.

2010–11 Liverpool F.C. season

2010-11 Liverpool F.C. season: 119th season; Roy Hodgson then Kenny Dalglish as managers, New England Sports Ventures takeover in October 2010, sixth-place Premier League finish, League Cup exit to Northampton, Europa League qualifying wins, record signings Suarez and Carroll.

2010–11 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United's 2010-11 season: record 19th English league title won with 80 points under Sir Alex Ferguson, plus a 3-1 Champions League final loss to Barcelona at Wembley.

2010–11 Miami Heat season

2010-11 Miami Heat season: first Big Three season of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh; 58-24, Eastern Conference champions, lost 2011 NBA Finals 4-2 to Dallas Mavericks.

2010–11 NBA season

2010–11 NBA season: the 65th NBA season, in which LeBron James joined Miami and the Dallas Mavericks won their first championship, beating the Heat 4–2; Derrick Rose (Bulls, 62–20) was MVP.

2010–11 NFL playoffs

The 2010–11 NFL playoffs: the 12-team, four-round postseason of the 2010 NFL season, won by the 10-6 Green Bay Packers over Pittsburgh 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV, featuring the 7-9 Seahawks' historic playoff win and the first use of the new playoff overtime rule.

2010–11 Premier League

2010–11 Premier League: Manchester United won a record 19th English title with 80 points, nine clear of Chelsea and Manchester City (both 71); Tevez and Berbatov scored 20 goals each.

2010–11 Serie A

The 2010–11 Serie A was the 109th season of Italy's top football league, won by AC Milan, whose 18th title ended Inter's run of five championships.

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2010–11 UEFA Champions League, won by FC Barcelona, who beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley on 28 May 2011 for a fourth European crown; Pedro, Messi, and Villa scored; 355 goals in 250 matches.

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

2010-11 UEFA Europa League, second edition of the renamed UEFA Cup; 194 clubs from 53 countries. FC Porto beat SC Braga 1-0 in Dublin on 18 May 2011, Falcao heading the winner, his 17th goal of the campaign.

2010–2011 Ivorian crisis

The 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis was a five-month political and armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire after Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede the 2010 election to Alassane Ouattara, ending with his arrest in April 2011.

2010–2012 La Niña event

The 2010–2012 La Niña event was a strong double-peaked La Niña, the cool phase of ENSO, bringing record Australian floods, East African drought, and a 5 mm drop in global sea level.

2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides

The 2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides: Bruce McArthur, a landscaper, killed eight gay or bisexual men tied to Toronto's Gay Village; arrested 2018, sentenced 2019, and the subject of the Missing and Missed review.

2010: Odyssey Two

2010: Odyssey Two is Arthur C. Clarke's 1982 science fiction novel, the second Space Odyssey book, written as a sequel to Kubrick's 2001 film rather than the novel. It follows a joint US-Soviet Jupiter mission with HAL 9000, Floyd, Chandra, Bowman, Europa, and Jupiter ignited into a mini-sun; filmed by Peter Hyams in 1984.

2010: The Year We Make Contact

2010: The Year We Make Contact is Peter Hyams' 1984 MGM/UA sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, adapted from Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two, starring Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, and Keir Dullea in a joint Soviet-American Jupiter mission.

2010s

The 2010s, also known as the twenty-tens, is the Gregorian decade from 2010 to 2019, defined by smartphones, social media, the warmest temperatures on record, and rising political polarization.

2010s in fashion

2010s in fashion: the decade when Instagram influencers, athleisure (over $138 billion), streetwear-luxury collabs like Louis Vuitton x Supreme, normcore, mom jeans, and post-Rana Plaza sustainability debates reshaped dress after the celebrity-led 2000s.

2010s in music

The 2010s in music, the decade 2010-2019, when streaming replaced sales, hip-hop and R&B overtook rock in the US in 2017, and K-pop and Latin pop went global.