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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 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) John Gormley 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