Explore 3883 historical events from 2010–2019.
Richard Barrett was an American white nationalist, lawyer and self-proclaimed leader in the nationalist Skinheadz movement. Barrett was a speaker and editor of the All The Way mont…
Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943)
Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political,…
The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and…
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first…
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English–Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and…
The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing…
WikiLeaks is a non-profit media organisation and publisher of leaked documents. It is funded by donations and media partnerships. It has published classified documents and other me…
WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military…
Airblue Flight 202 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight departing from Karachi en route to Islamabad. On 28 July 2010, the Airbus A321 jet airliner serving the flight crashed …
Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is…
Peter Neville Frederick Porter OAM was a British-based Australian poet.
Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (born 1929)
Alan Sillitoe FRSL was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He…
Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)
Urs Felber, a pioneer of furniture design, was the CEO of Vitra USA. Felber was also the board director for several companies including Swissflex and was chairman and principal sha…
Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (born 1942)
Avigdor Arikha was a Romanian-born French–Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian.
Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929)
Helen Losee Wagner was an American actress.
Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)
The 2010 Kasai River ferry capsizing took place on July 29, 2010, when an overloaded passenger ferry capsized on the Kasai River in the Bandundu Province, east of Kinshasa, in the …
An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
The 2010 Karachi riots started on August 3, 2010, after the assassination of Parliament member Raza Haider, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party, on the night o…
Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85…
A mining accident began on 5 August 2010 with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in n…
The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69…
The International Assistance Mission (IAM) is the longest continually serving non-profit organisation in Afghanistan. They are a well-respected NGO working to improve lives and bui…
Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa…
The 2010 Ladakh floods occurred on 6 August 2010 across a large part of Ladakh, then part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 71 towns and villages were damaged, including the main …
Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
Lynn Rachel Redgrave was a British and American actress. During a career that spanned five decades, she won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Academy Awards, four B…
Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (born 1943)
Joseph Roy Carrier Sr., known professionally as Roy Carrier, was an American Zydeco musician. He was the father of Chubby and Dikki Du Carrier, who followed their father into Zydec…
Roy Carrier, American accordion player (born 1947)
Peter O'Donnell was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also a got…
Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (born 1920)
Günter F. Wendt was a German-born American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American …
Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (born 1923)
The 2010 China floods were floods in China that began in early May 2010. Three hundred and ninety-two people died, and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30, 201…
China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
AIRES Flight 8250 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that on 16 August 2010 crashed on landing at night in poor weather on the Colombian island of San Andrés, killing two of…
AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia,…
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition, which…
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident, took place in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010. A tourist bus carrying 25 …
The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the…