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201 | Andrei Voznesensky | | The Soviet and Russian poet and writer Andrei Voznesensky dies at home at the age of 77. 2 June | | | June 2010 |
202 | Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic | | Nigerian health authorities announce that a series of lead poisonings in Zamfara State have killed at least 163 people since March. 4 June | | | June 2010 |
203 | 2010 Kandahar wedding bombing | | A suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Arghandab District, Afghanistan, kills 40 people and wounds 77 others. 10 June | | | June 2010 |
204 | 2010 Chihuahua shootings | | At least 39 people are killed in a shooting in Chihuahua, northern Mexico. 11 June | | | June 2010 |
205 | Bloody Sunday Inquiry | | The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday finds the British Army guilty of shooting 27 civilians who were later discovered to be innocent. 15 June | | | June 2010 |
206 | Nauruan parliamentary election, June 2010 | | A parliamentary election in Nauru results in a hung parliament. 19 June | | | June 2010 |
207 | Graeme McDowell | | In golf, Graeme McDowell, of Northern Ireland, wins the US Open, the first European to win the tournament since 1970. 20 June | | | June 2010 |
208 | Colombian presidential election, 2010 | | Juan Manuel Santos from the Party of the U is elected President of Colombia. 20 June | | | June 2010 |
209 | 2010 Yanga train derailment | | At least 60 people are killed after a train derails in the Republic of the Congo. 21 June | | | June 2010 |
210 | 2010 northeastern Brazil floods | | Floods cause the deaths of at least 44 people and the disappearance of hundreds more in northeastern Brazil. 22 June | | | June 2010 |
211 | Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2010 | | A new constitution is approved in a referendum in Kyrgyzstan. 28 June | | | June 2010 |
212 | Leviathan melvillei | | The discovery of fossilised remains of Leviathan melvillei, an extinct species of physeteroid whale, is announced. 30 June | | | July 2010 |
213 | Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké | | Senegal begins eight days of national mourning upon the death of Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, Grand Marabout of the Mourides. 1 July | | | July 2010 |
214 | Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah | | Islamic scholar Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah dies at the age of 74. 4 July | | | July 2010 |
215 | Olufemi Terry | | Sierra Leonean writer Olufemi Terry wins the Caine Prize for his short story "Stickfighting Days". 5 July | | | July 2010 |
216 | Same-sex marriage in Argentina | | Argentina legalises same-sex marriage, becoming the first Latin American country to do so. 15 July | | | July 2010 |
217 | Assassination of Sokratis Giolias | | Greek investigative journalist Sokratis Giolias is assassinated in Athens; the first such assassination in Greece for 25 years. 20 July | | | July 2010 |
218 | 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump | | A Dutch court finds British commodities trader Trafigura guilty of dumping toxic waste off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire in 2006. 23 July | | | July 2010 |
219 | Summer 2010 Russian wildfires | | Wildfires kill 48 people and cause evacuation of thousands in western Russia. 5 August | | | August 2010 |
220 | Guido de Marco | | Former President of Malta and President of the United Nations General Assembly Guido de Marco dies suddenly. 13 August | | | August 2010 |
221 | 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final | | In Gaelic football, Cork defeat Down to win their seventh All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. 22 September | | | September 2010 |
222 | Robert G. Edwards | | Robert Geoffrey Edwards wins the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his development of in vitro fertilisation. 4 October | | | October 2010 |
223 | Norman Wisdom | | Comedy actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95. 4 October | | | October 2010 |
224 | 2010 strikes in France | | Strikes continue in France as millions of people demonstrate against government attempts to raise the retirement and pension ages. 16 October | | | October 2010 |
225 | Green Party (Ireland) | | The Irish Green Party (leader, John Gormley, pictured) withdraws from the country's coalition government, leaving it without an overall majority. 24 January | | | January 2011 |
226 | 2010–2011 Haiti cholera outbreak | | Haitian cholera outbreak reaches South America, as at least 111 Venezuelans contract cholera brought from Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic. 29 January | | | January 2011 |
227 | Sumo | | The Japan Sumo Association cancels a Grand Tournament for the first time in 65 years after a match-fixing controversy. 5 February | | | February 2011 |
228 | Chevron Corporation | | Chevron is fined $8.6 billion for Texaco's pollution of the Amazon region of Ecuador over a twenty-year period. 15 February | | | February 2011 |
229 | Belo Monte Dam | | Preliminary construction of the controversial Belo Monte Dam in Brazil is allowed after the previous ruling is overturned by a higher court. 6 March | | | March 2011 |
230 | Dera Ghazi Khan bombings | | Double suicide bombings at a Sufi shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan leave 50 people dead and 120 wounded. 4 April | | | April 2011 |
231 | Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland | | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom makes the first-ever state visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland. 17 May | | | May 2011 |
232 | John Banville | | Irish writer John Banville wins the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize. 27 May | | | May 2011 |