2010 in the United States

2010
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events in the year 2010 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Demographics

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Events

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January

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January 16: U.S. President Barack Obama (center) in the White House with two former presidents, Bill Clinton (right) and George W. Bush (left), discussing the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
January 19: Supporters of Republican candidate Scott Brown in Massachusetts' special election. Brown's victory in Massachusetts continued a pattern of conservative victories for public office and gave the GOP their 41st senator.

February

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March

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March 23: Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House.

April

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April 20: The blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon

May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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September 9: 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion

October

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November

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November 28: Julian Assange's WikiLeaks begins releasing confidential U.S. diplomatic documents

December

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Ongoing

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Births

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Hailey Dawson

Deaths

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January

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Teddy Pendergrass
Jean Simmons
Pernell Roberts
J. D. Salinger

February

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Kathryn Grayson
Alexander Haig

March

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Corey Haim
Robert Culp

April

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John Forsythe
Dixie Carter

May

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Lynn Redgrave
Lena Horne
Dennis Hopper

June

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Rue McClanahan

July

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Harvey Pekar

August

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Patricia Neal

September

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Gloria Stuart
Tony Curtis

October

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Solomon Burke
Tom Bosley

November

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Jill Clayburgh
Leslie Nielsen

December

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Blake Edwards
Captain Beefheart
Teena Marie

Undated

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See also

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References

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