Wikipedia:ITN archives/2010/March
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- 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]
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)