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{{*mp|March 20}} In [[rugby union]], [[France national rugby union team|France]] win the '''[[2010 Six Nations Championship]]''' with a [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=351195549 2010 Six Nations Championship] (User:Tariqabjotu)</ref> |
{{*mp|March 20}} In [[rugby union]], [[France national rugby union team|France]] win the '''[[2010 Six Nations Championship]]''' with a [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=351195549 2010 Six Nations Championship] (User:Tariqabjotu)</ref> |
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{{*mp|March 22}} The [[United States House of Representatives]] approves both the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and the [[Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010]], the main '''[[Health care reform in the United States|health care reform]]''' measures.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=351303059 Health care reform in the United States] ([[User:The ed17]])</ref> |
{{*mp|March 22}} The [[United States House of Representatives]] approves both the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and the [[Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010]], the main '''[[Health care reform in the United States|health care reform]]''' measures.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=351303059 Health care reform in the United States] ([[User:The ed17]])</ref> |
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{{*mp|March 24}} [[Google]] '''[[Google China|redirects]]''' its [[.cn]] domain to [[Hong Kong]] servers and stops censoring its search results within the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=351725669 Google China] (User:Smashville)</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:03, 2 April 2010
(Archive begins here and is to be continued from [ here] forward).
- The 2010 Winter Olympics conclude in Vancouver, after victory in men's ice hockey gives host nation Canada a Winter Olympic record 14 gold medals.[1]
- A cyclonic storm brings flooding and winds up to 230 km/h (140 mph) across Western Europe, killing more than 50 people.[2]
- Heavy rains result in a landslide on Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, destroying 85 homes and killing an estimated 100 people.[3]
- A series of suicide bombings in Baqubah, Iraq kills 33 people and injures at least 55 more.[4]
- More than sixty people are killed during a stampede at a temple in Kunda, Uttar Pradesh, India.[5]
- Vladislav Ardzinba, the first President of the Republic of Abkhazia, dies in Moscow at the age of 64.[6]
- A panel of 41 scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference confirms that the K–T extinction event, which killed off the dinosaurs, was caused by an asteroid impact.[7]
- Icelanders reject a referendum to pay the United Kingdom and the Netherlands €3.8 billion as compensation for the collapse of Icesave bank.[8]
- Hundreds of townspeople are killed in inter-religious attacks just outside Jos, Nigeria.[9]
- The Hurt Locker wins six Academy Awards including Best Picture and the first female Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow.[10]
- An earthquake in Turkey's Elâzığ Province kills more than 50 people and injures at least 50.[11]
- A series of storms passes through Victoria, Australia, leading to flash flooding and 5-cm (2-in) hail in Greater Melbourne.[12]
- Egypt's foremost Islamic cleric Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy dies at the age of 81 during a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[13]
- Mykola Azarov is appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, formally replacing Yulia Tymoshenko.[14]
- Carlos Slim (pictured) becomes the first Mexican to top the Forbes rich list of billionaires.[15]
- The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Paralympics is held in Vancouver, Canada. A selection of 506 top athletes from 44 nations will compete in 5 sports.[16]
- A series of bomb attacks in Lahore, Pakistan kill at least 72 people.[17]
- At least 35 people are killed and over 1000 evacuated after a dam bursts in Kazakhstan.[18]
- As much as ninety percent of Chile's population loses power in a massive blackout.[19]
- Kasubi Tombs, the tombs of of Uganda's Bugandan kings and a World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.[20]
- The first Millennium Prize is awarded to Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture.[21]
- The estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music sign the biggest recording deal in history, which includes future album deals of his unreleased material.[22]
- Former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala dies at the age of 85.[23]
- Pope Benedict XVI issues a pastoral letter to Catholics in Ireland apologizing for sexual abuse of children by clergy.[24]
- In rugby union, France win the 2010 Six Nations Championship with a Grand Slam.[25]
- The United States House of Representatives approves both the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, the main health care reform measures.[26]
- Google redirects its .cn domain to Hong Kong servers and stops censoring its search results within the People's Republic of China.[27]
References
- ^ 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Xynthia (storm) (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 2010 Uganda landslide (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 3 March 2010 Baqubah bombings (User:Dumelow)
- ^ 2010 Pratapgarh stampede (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Vladislav Ardzinba (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Icelandic debt repayment referendum, 2010 (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 2010 Jos riots (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 82nd Academy Awards (User:Tone)
- ^ 2010 Turkey earthquake (User:Smashville)
- ^ 2010 Victorian storms (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (User:Tone)
- ^ Mykola Azarov (User:Tone)
- ^ Carlos Slim (User:Dumelow)
- ^ 2010 Winter Paralympics (User:Zanimum)
- ^ March 2010 Lahore bombings (User:Dumelow)
- ^ Kyzyl-Agash dam (User:Tone)
- ^ March 2010 Chile blackout (User:Tone)
- ^ Kasubi Tombs (User:Tone)
- ^ Millennium Prize Problems (User:Dumelow)
- ^ List of unreleased Michael Jackson material (User:Tone)
- ^ Girija Prasad Koirala (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland#Pastoral Letter from Pope Benedict (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 2010 Six Nations Championship (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Health care reform in the United States (User:The ed17)
- ^ Google China (User:Smashville)