Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashes in Afghanistan's Shakardara District, killing 44. Date: May 17, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. Date: May 15, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135. Date: May 14, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 2010…
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board. Date: May 12, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War. Date: May 11, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
In just 36 minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash. Date: May 6, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis. Date: May 5, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off. Date: May 1, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014. Date: April 21, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this…
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that lasted six months. Date: April 20, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)