Hello everyone,
A wink and another year gone. Yes, it’s that time of the year again, when everyone bid a due to a year that passed by and prepares to welcome the year that will be. We at Bizdom have tried to collate all the events and the happenings that earmarked our lives in 2010.So let’s sit back and enjoy at the events and happening of 2010.
January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened
January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on record.
February 12–28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
February 27 – An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing 497. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history.
March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.
April 1 – The Indian government initiates The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to provide free and compulsory education to all children aged between 6 and 14 years, making education a fundamental right for millions of children.
April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.
May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.
June 11 – July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain
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July 8 – The first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse
August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns
September 28 – Seven people are reported to have been killed and around 100 are missing after a landslide in Oaxaca, Mexico
September 29 – India launches a national identity scheme aimed at reducing fraud and improving access to state benefits
September 30 – Sixty years after it first went to court, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has pronounced judgment in the Ayodhya title suit, saying Hindus and Muslims are joint title holders.
October 3 - XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leave hundreds missing
November 11–12 – The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit
November 17 – Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter
November 28 – WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential"
December 5 – 20-year-old Nicole Faria from Bangalore, Miss India, wins the Miss Earth 2010 crown in Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam.
December 10 – Indian cricket team completed a 5-0 whitewash over New Zealand in their one-day series.First time ever that Indian team completed an official clean sweep in a 5 match series over any side.
....and 2011 the year that hopefully would be J
April 2 , 2011 – INDIA WINS THE WORLD CUP!!!!
Wish you a very happy new year.
Team Bizdom
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