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2010
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2010 January February March April May June July August September October November December <p>2010 (<a href="/facts/Roman_numerals/7BA8nn78">MMX</a>) was a <a href="/facts/Common_year_starting_on_Friday/n2zabt7p">common year starting on Friday</a> of the <a href="/facts/Gregorian_calendar/axJfTXV1">Gregorian calendar</a>, the 2010th year of the <a href="/facts/Common_Era/e5DpqUoe">Common Era</a> (CE) and <i><a href="/facts/Anno_Domini/NmQwnQNj">Anno Domini</a></i> (AD) designations, the 10th year of the <a href="/facts/3rd_millennium/MYuG4Hzd">3rd millennium</a> and the <a href="/facts/21st_century/0v01MLms">21st century</a>, and the 1st year of the <a href="/facts/2010s/qUX1pjJD">2010s</a> decade. </p> <p>The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the <a href="/facts/2010_Haiti_earthquake/fffulr9x">2010 Haiti earthquake</a>, the <a href="/facts/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill/UAe9QqEW">Deepwater Horizon oil spill</a>, and the <a href="/facts/2010_Chile_earthquake/7fqWXRFV">2010 Chile earthquake</a>. The <a href="/facts/2009_swine_flu_pandemic/UuwhjR9c">swine flu pandemic</a> which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the <a href="/facts/OECD/CI9W2zGv">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)</a> gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the <a href="/facts/IPad/Ql67x0Dw">iPad</a>, the public launch of <a href="/facts/Instagram/33s91jnV">Instagram</a>, and the first successful trapping of <a href="/facts/Antimatter/NvpGDLof">antimatter</a>. </p><p>2010 was designated as: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Year_of_Biodiversity/hz9CXKG5">International Year of Biodiversity</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Year_of_Youth/sSEp5G6x">International Year of Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2010_European_Year_for_Combating_Poverty_and_Social_Exclusion/byr6Lfc7">2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion</a></li> <li>International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures</li></ul>