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This Web Page Covers the Years 2010-2019.
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The 2010 Decade: 2010-Present
TOP: Boston Marathon Bombing (4/15/2013)
CENTER: President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Bottom: Orlando Nightclub Shooting (6/12/2016)
- YouTube Video: Top 10 Decade Defining Fashion Trends Of The 2010s
- YouTube Video: Nelson Mandela Speech* That Changed The World
- YouTube Video: Osama bin Laden killed as raid is watched live by Obama
TOP: Boston Marathon Bombing (4/15/2013)
CENTER: President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Bottom: Orlando Nightclub Shooting (6/12/2016)
The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand (and) tens") is the current decade in the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 2010, and will end on December 31, 2019.
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The Year 2010 including in the United States
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2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium, the 10th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade (see top of web page). 2010 was designated as:
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2010 in the United States:
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- (L) 2010 Haiti Earthquake: a 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 316,000, it is the tenth deadliest on record.
- (R) The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the April 20, 2010, explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (60 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and the deaths of 11 workers; 17 others were injured. The same blowout that caused the explosion also caused a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the world, and the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
- (L) Dennis Hopper was an American actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer and artist, who passed away on May 29, 2019. This picture is from the 1979 Movie "Apocalypse Now"
- (R) The International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days).
2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium, the 10th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade (see top of web page). 2010 was designated as:
- International Year of Biodiversity
- International Year of Youth
- 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
- International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
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The Year 2011 including in the United States
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2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium, the 11th year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade (see above).
2011 was designated as:
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2011 in the United States
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- (L) 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011, It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,896 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,537 people missing.
- (R) Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group
- (L) Space Shuttle Atlantis lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA's Space Shuttle program.
- (R): Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, against economic inequality
- (L) Elizabeth Taylor passed away on March 23, 2011.
- (R) Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, passed away on October 5, 2011
2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium, the 11th year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade (see above).
2011 was designated as:
- International Year of Forests
- International Year of Chemistry
- International Year for People of African Descent
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2011 in the United States
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TOP ROW: 2012 Summer Olympics:
2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium, the 12th year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
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2012 in the United States
TOP ROW: 2012 Summer Olympics:
- (L) Michael Phelps earned his 20th gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London, England.
- (R) Tennis player Serena Williams followed her sister's success by winning the gold medal in the women's tennis singles event.
- (L) Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.
- (R) Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 128,000 ft equaling 24 miles (39 km) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.
- (L) Whitney Houston American singer and actress.
- (R) Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand and New Year's Eve with Dick Clark
2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium, the 12th year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
2012 was designated as:
- International Year of Cooperatives
- International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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2012 in the United States
The Year 2013 including In the United States
- YouTube Video: Pope Francis Elected: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina to be New Leader of the Catholic Church
- YouTube Video Top 10 Best Sopranos Episodes by WatchMojo
- YouTube Video of the Boston Marathon Bombing (April 15, 2013)*
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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium, the 13th year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
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2013 in the United States
- (TOP) American scientists use a 3D printer to create a living lab-grown ear from collagen and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as transplants for human patients suffering from ear trauma or amputation.
- (BOTTOM) Prominent figures who passed away in 2013 include:
- (L) Stan Musial
- and (R) James Gandolfini (of The Sopranos TV Crime Drama)
2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium, the 13th year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
2013 was designated as:
- International Year of Water Cooperation
- International Year of Quinoa
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2013 in the United States
The Year 2014 including in the United States
YouTube Video: Google — Year In Search 2014
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YouTube Video: Google — Year In Search 2014
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- (L) 8/9/2014: The Shooting of Michael Brown sparks riots in Ferguson, MO
- (R) 11/3/14: One Trade Center opens
- (L) 1/27/14: Folk singer Pete Seeger dies
- (R) 8/11/2014: Robin Williams, comedian and actor, dies
2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium, the 14th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.
2014 was designated as:
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2014 in the United States
2014 was designated as:
- International Year of Crystallography
- International Year of Family Farming
- International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- International Year of Small Island Developing States
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2014 in the United States
- Incumbents
- Events by Calendar Month
- Elections
- Births
- Deaths by Calendar Month
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- 2014 in American soccer
- 2014 in American television
- List of American films of 2014
- History of the United States
- Outline of United States history
- Timeline of United States history
- Timeline of United States history (2010–present)
- United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
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2015 in the United States:
- On July 20, 2015, President Obama meets with President Castro in Panama.The Cuban thaw was a warming of Cuba–United States relations that began in December 2014 ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations. In March 2016, Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to visit Cuba since 1928.
- B.B. King, renown R&B singer, passes away May 14, 2015
- Yogi Berra, who passed away on on September 22, 2018, was a MLB catcher for New York Yankees and later the Manager for the "Amazing Mets": below, Yogi jumps into the arms of Don Larsen, who together were responsible for the only Perfect Game ever pitched in a World Series
- December 22, 2015: SpaceX lands an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.
2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
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2015 in the United States:
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- Predicted and scheduled events
- Elections
- Deaths by Calendar Month
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- 2015 in American music
- 2015 in American soccer
- 2015 in American television
- 2015 in science
- 2015 United States federal appropriations
- 2015 United States presidential budget request
- List of American films of 2015
- Timeline of United States history (2010–present)
- Media related to 2015 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
The Year 2016 including In the United States
YouTube Video: Here are the top 10 YouTube videos of 2016
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TOP: World Series 2016: Chicago Cubs' victory parade: Chicago enjoyed a jubilant victory party for long-suffering baseball fans, whose Cubs hadn’t won a World Series title in more than a century, with a parade through downtown on Friday, November 4, 2016.
BOTTOM: 2016 marked the passing of: Former First Lady Nancy Reagan (3/6/2016) and David Bowie (1/10/2016)
2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.
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The Year 2016 in the United States
2016 was designated as:
- International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).
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The Year 2016 in the United States
The Year 2017 including In the United States
YouTube Video: 10 World Changing Events That Happened In 2017
YouTube Video: 2017, in 7 minutes
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Top Row: 2017 Deaths include (L) Mary Tyler Moore and (R) Bill Paxton
Bottom Row: (L) Donald Trump being sworn in as President; (R): Women's March on Washington on March 21, 2017
2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
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The Year 2017 in the United States
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
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The Year 2017 in the United States
The Year 2018 including In the United States
TOP ROW: (L) Camp Wild Fire in California; (R) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day
BOTTOM ROW: (L) Renown Scientist Stephen Hawking passed away March 14. 2018; (R) Former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018
- YouTube Video: 2018 Breakthrough of the Year
- YouTube Video: You May Question Everything After Watching This..
TOP ROW: (L) Camp Wild Fire in California; (R) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day
BOTTOM ROW: (L) Renown Scientist Stephen Hawking passed away March 14. 2018; (R) Former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018
2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.
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The Year 2018 in the United States
2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.
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The Year 2018 in the United States
The Year 2019 including In the United States
- YouTube Video about the Year 2019 by Time Magazine
- YouTube Video: 2019 New Year's celebrations across the globe (CBS News)
- YouTube Video: Look Back At The Biggest Headlines Of 2019 On TODAY | TODAY
2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium, the 19th year of the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
2019 was designated as International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the United Nations General Assembly given that it coincides with the 150th anniversary of its creation by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.
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2019 was designated as International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the United Nations General Assembly given that it coincides with the 150th anniversary of its creation by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.
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- 2019 United States elections
- 2019 in politics and government
- 2019 in United States politics and government
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