The news stories that mattered the year 2010 started on a somber note, with a catastrophic earthquake in haiti. The bp oil spill dominated headlines from april through september. The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 haiti earthquake, the deepwater horizon oil spill, and the 2010 chile earthquake.

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An explosion and fire aboard the deepwater horizon oil drilling rig in the gulf of mexico, approximately 50 miles off the louisiana coast, kills 11 people and triggers the largest What happened and who was famous in 2010? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 2010. April 20, 2010 - a british petroleum deep water oil rig explodes in the gulf of mexico, causing the largest oil spill in the history of the united states, killing eleven workers, and devastating the.

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