2010

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and fouled the Gulf of Mexico in history's worst marine oil spill, a catastrophic earthquake flattened Haiti, and trapped Chilean miners were dramatically rescued after sixty-nine days underground.

A Year in Review

Major Events of 2010

2 events

Elana Kagan Fourth Female Supreme Court Justice US Role in Iraq Ends

Sports Highlights

Champions of 2010

Champions

MLB2010 World Series New York Yankees win 4-2 against the Philadelphia Phillies - Oct 28& x2026; Philadelphia 6 at New York 1 - Oct 29& x2026; Philadelphia 1 at New York 3 - Oct 31& x2026; New York 8 at Philadelphia 5 - Nov 1& x2026;New York 7 at Philadelphia 4 - Nov 2& x2026; New York 6 at Philadelphia 8 -Nov 4& x2026; Philadelphia 3 at New York 7

NFLSuper Bowl XLIII Pittsburgh Steelers win 27-23 against the Arizona Cardinals -Super Bowl Box Score: Pittsburgh& x2026; 3 14 3 7= 27 Arizona& x2026;& x2026;0 7 0 16= 23 Professional Golf Men's Majors winners - The Masters: Angel Cabrera& x2026; 68-68-69-71=276 -

US OpenLucas Glover& x2026; 67-65-70-76=278 - British Open: Stewart Cink& x2026; 4-3-4-3=14 in the playoffs - PGA Championship: Yang Yong-eun& x2026;73& 150;70& 150;67& 150;70=280 Women's Majors winners - Kraft Nabisco Championship: Brittany Lincicome& x2026; 66-74-70-69= 279 - US Women's Open: Eun-Hee Ji& x2026;284 - LPGA Championship: Anna Nordqvist& x2026;273 - Weetabix Women's British Open: Catriona Matthew& x2026;285

Top Music of 2010

The year on the charts

Top Songs

1 Ke$ha TiK ToK 2 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 3 Train Hey, Soul Sister 4 Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg California Gurls 5 Usher feat. will.i.am OMG 6 B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams Airplanes 7 Eminem feat. Rihanna Love The Way You Lie 8 Lady Gaga Bad Romance 9 Taio Cruz Dynamite 10 Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris Break Your Heart

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

Black Swan · The King’s Speech · True Grit · The Fighter · Inception · 127 Hours · Love and Other Drugs · The Social Network · The Town · Tangled · Despicable Me · Toy Story 3 52nd Grammy Awards Record of the Year: “Use Somebody”- Kings of Leon Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”- Beyonce Album of the Year: Fearless - Taylor Swift Best New Artist: Zac Brown Bang

Academy Awards

Honoring 2010

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker Best actor in a leading role: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart Best actress in a leading role: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side Best actor in a supporting role: Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastards Best actress in a supporting role: Mo’Nique for Precious

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Peace

Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" •

Physiology or Medicine

Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization" • Economic Sciences: Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions" •

Chemistry

Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" •

Literature

Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"