2010
2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.
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Gregorian calendar | 2010 MMX |
Ab urbe condita | 2763 |
Armenian calendar | 1459 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 6760 |
Baháʼí 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) 4707 or 4500 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4708 or 4501 |
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 |
2010 by topic |
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The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The swine flu pandemic which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the iPad, the public launch of Instagram, and the first successful trapping of antimatter.
2010 was designated as:
- International Year of Biodiversity
- International Year of Youth
- 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
- International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures