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Everything about 2010 totally explained » This article is about the year 2010. For other uses, see 2010 (disambiguation).
2010 ( MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday
of the Gregorian calendar. It will be the first year of the 2010s decade.
Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years » See also: Year pronunciation
There is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say " two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post– 1999, it's often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative " twenty X" option.
Academics suggest that since former years such as 1805 and 1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year 2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five". Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Y2K hype, as well as the way " 2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, .
Many people, including linguistic and academic experts, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a time frame as to when this change will occur often differs. The year 2010 is suggested by many, while 2011
June 30 — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will end her nine-year term as President of the Philippines as the 15th Congress of the Philippines begins.
July
July — Japanese House of Councillors Election.
July 1 - Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain.
July 9 — The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-133, will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
July 11 — Total solar eclipse (visible only in the South Pacific (esp. Easter Island) and southern South America).
July 11 — Final Match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup scheduled to play at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.
July 11 — Opening of the XII WCTR (World Conference on Transportation Research), held by Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
July 13 — Support will be cancelled for Microsoft Windows 2000, which was put on extended support in 2005.
July 13 — The 81st Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
August
August 1 — Lisa Simpson's predicted wedding to Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield to be scheduled for 1:00 PM this day
August 14–26 — The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics will be celebrated in Singapore.
August 16 — FIBA World Basketball Championships will be held in Turkey.
August 19–27 — The 26th International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad, India.
September
September 11 — "Freedom Tower," the office building replacing the World Trade Center after its destruction on September 11, 2001 in New York, NY, will be completed.
September 19 — Sweden general election, 2010: Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
September 22 — Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 53' south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
October
October 1 — Census in Japan
October 3 — Brazilian presidential and parliamentary elections.
October 3–14 — The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi, India.
All-Russia population census.
November
November 2 — Elections for the United States Congress
November 19 - Publication date for the film version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
December
December 21 — Total lunar eclipse
Unknown dates
The Space Shuttle program will be retired by NASA and replaced by Project Constellation. This project will include new space vehicles called Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, as well as the Orion capable of traveling to the Space Station, to the Moon, and eventually to Mars. (Sources: National Geographic, October 2007; Scientific American, October 2007.)
NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover, to Mars
JAXA PLANET-C orbiter to Venus
The Chicago Spire will be completed. It will be the tallest building and freestanding structure in North America.
Australia, Austria, Germany, Malta and Spain will cease analog television broadcasts.
Australia will have phased out the incandescent light bulb.
A general election will be held in Australia.
General Motors will produce a commercially viable model of its concept car, the Hy-wire.
Israel will complete its Security Barrier and will use it as the basis for the definitive border between Israel and a Palestinian state, according to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as reported March 10 2006 by the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers and other news media. All Israeli settlements not protected by the barrier will have been evacuated.
Olmert's term in office ends in 2010 (if not earlier), and new elections will be held.
The UK's analog TV Signal will be switched off in this year in favor of digital TV with HTV West and STV being the areas to switchover.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be deorbited.
The World Lacrosse Championship will take place in Manchester, England
The International Space Station will be completed.
Croatia will join the European Union this year.
1300 year anniversary of transfer capital to Heijō-kyō, with anniversary festival at Nara, Japan.
Central Florida Commuter Rail will begin operation, with full completion expected by 2013.
MS Queen Elizabeth, a ship ordered by Cunard Line October 2007 will be finished. It will act as sister ship to MS Queen Victoria.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame will be completed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Major religious holidays
February 1 — Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places)
March 20 — Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara
April 4 — Easter
May 1 — Beltane, a Cross-quarter day
August 1 — Lammas, a Cross-quarter day
September 23 — Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon
November 1 — Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year
November 16 - Eid al-Adha, a religious festival in Islam
December 25 — Christmas
2010 in fiction and popular culture
Computer and video games
, also known as Ace Combat: Squadron Leader (2004): War breaks out between Yuktobania and Osea in September, ending on New Year's Eve.
Set in 2010: Uplink (2001)
Set in 2010: (2006)
Set in 2010 (mostly): (2008), the first level of the game is set in 2005
Set in 2010: Psychic Force (1996)
Set in 2010: Street Fighter 2010 (1990)
Set in 2010: Mega Man III
Set in 2010: Dino Crisis 2 (2000)
Film
Set in 2010: 2010 (1984)
The target destination of Doc Brown in the original Back to the Future film.
Set in 2010: The 2004 film Thunderbirds
Literature
Set in 2010: (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
Set in 2010: In The Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.
Set in 2010: The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
Music
Pearl Jam's song "Do the Evolution" references the world in this year: "I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher. 2010, watch it go to fire."
Bad Religion have a song titled "Ten in 2010" about this year on their album, The Gray Race.
The Mint Chicks have a song titled "2010", which is their first song recorded as a 3 piece after the departure of bassist Mike in 2007. It is the b-side to the Walking Off A Cliff Again 7" vinyl, and will only feature on that format.
Television
Eureka ("Once in a Lifetime," 2006): Stark is given the opportunity to investigate "the Artifact." After it's tested, time is warped to 2010 and the town is a very different place.
Macross: The surface of the Earth is decimated in 2010 by the Zentradi in a final attack by the Zentradi, that also ends in the defeat of the Zentradi fleet due the operation Minmay Attack done as a counterattack by the humans.
seaQuest DSV: In this show, the Florida Marlins win the World Series in 2010. Lucas Wolenczak wears a Marlins jersey with this notation during the show.
The Simpsons : 2010 is the predicted death for Seymour Skinner. It is also the year that Lisa's Wedding takes place.
Set in 2010:
Further Information
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