Events in the year 2010 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

) *

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

) * Chief Justice:

John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a Moderate conservatism, moderate conservative judicial philosophy, thoug ...

(

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

) * Speaker of the House of Representatives:

Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( ; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who was the List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 an ...

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

) *

Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as chief spokespersons for their respective political parties, holding the ...

Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

) *

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

: 111th

Demographics

Events

January

January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...

Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

becomes legal in

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

. **

' ban on

texting while driving Texting while driving, also called texting and driving, is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages on a mobile phone while driving, operating a motor vehicle. Texting while driving is considered traffic safety, extremely dangerous ...

goes into effect. Additionally, cellular telephone use is banned entirely while driving through a highway construction or school speed zone in Illinois. *

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...

–

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

bans smoking in bars,

restaurant A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery (commerce), food delivery services. Restaurants ...

public place A public space is a place that is open and accessible to the general public. Roads, pavements, public squares, parks, and beaches are typically considered public space. To a limited extent, government buildings which are open to the public, su ...

s, and vehicles. The new law exempts cigar bars, private clubs, and some

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

motel A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the Parking lot, parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central Lobby (room), lo ...

s. *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...

– A 6.5 Eureka earthquake shakes the north coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (''Strong''), causing $21.8–43 million in losses and 35 injuries. *

January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the ra ...

Google Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...

announces that they were the target of a

cyber attack A cyberattack (or cyber attack) occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content. The rising dependence on increasingly complex and inte ...

from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. The incident prompts the company to consider pulling out of China. ** The U.S. Department of State confirms 104

American people Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Law of the United States, U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with Race (hu ...

are among the victims of the

2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (departm ...

, including at least four people directly affiliated with the U.S. government. ** U.S. President

holds a press conference discussing the operations of the U.S. government organizations such as

USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian United States foreign aid, foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 19 ...

and the

U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising the six U.S. armed services: the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, t ...

in the response to the

. *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

– U.S. President

commits $100,000,000 to help Haiti recover from the 2010 earthquake, while calling on former presidents

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he i ...

and

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

to assist

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. *

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...

– U.S. Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...

and

Director Rajiv Shah travel to Haiti. *

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...

– The U.S. special election is held in

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

to elect a new Senator to take the vacant seat held by the late

Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...

. Republican Scott Brown beats

State Attorney General The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states, of the District of Columbia, federal district, or of any of the Territories of the United States, territories is the chief legal advisor to the State governments of the United States, sta ...

Martha Coakley Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and former politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. She is most notable for having lost a race for the United States Senate in what was ...

, who had earlier been considered a certain winner. *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded wh ...

– '' Citizens United vs. FEC'': The

Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...

rules that the

First Amendment First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

prohibits restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations, associations, and unions. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dyn ...

– U.S. President

hosts the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

at the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...

for winning the

2009 NBA Finals The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2008–09 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. A best-of-seven playoff series starting on June 4 and concluding on June 14, 2009, ...

. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

– U.S. President

in his first State of the Union Address emphasizes the nation's economy, job creation, putting an end to the

don't ask, don't tell "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on Sexual orientation in the United States military, military service of homosexual people. Instituted during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, the pol ...

policy in the military, and restated his commitment for healthcare reform in the nation. *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...

– U.S. President

travels to

MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assig ...

Tampa Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and t ...

, Florida, where he met with crew helping with the humanitarian response to the

, before holding a town hall meeting at the

University of Tampa The University of Tampa (UTampa, UT or Tampa U) is a private university in Tampa, Florida. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. UTampa offers more than 200 programs of study, including 19 master's degrees and a br ...

February

* February – The job market hits a post-recession bottom of 129,655,000 payroll employees, a decline of 8,710,000 from the peak in December 2007. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

– Japanese car company

Toyota is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...

announces a fix for car accelerator problems and recalls cars in the United States. *

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...

– The

Air Force Academy An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air forc ...

Colorado Springs Colorado Springs is the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous c ...

opens a worshipping site for earth-centered religions on their campus promoting

religious tolerance Religious tolerance or religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for other religions to exist, even though the latter are looked on with disapproval as inferior, ...

. *

February 5 Events Pre-1600 * *2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate. *AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...

** The

Tea Party movement The Tea Party movement was an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party that began in 2007, catapulted into the mainstream by Congressman Ron Paul's presidential campaign. The movement expanded in resp ...

, which gained momentum in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

during the national healthcare debate, host their first convention in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

. ** 14-year-old student, Hammad Memon, killed 14-year-old Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School as classes were changing. The shooting was possibly related to gang activity. In May 2013, Memon pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to thirty years of prison. After Memon is released from prison, he is likely to be deported to his native Pakistan. *

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...

** A gas line explodes at a

Middletown, Connecticut Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (25.749504 km) south of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. Middletown is the largest city in the L ...

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

under construction, killing 5 people. **

Super Bowl XLIV Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) c ...

is played at

Sun Life Stadium Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Southeastern United States, located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the Universit ...

Miami Gardens, Florida Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of Miami and located north of Greater Downtown Miami, downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from Interstate 95 in Florida, I-95 and N ...

, between the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. Since 1975, the team ...

and the

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. Since the 2008 India ...

. The Saints carried a 31–17 victory over the Colts and won their first world championship. The featured half-time show performance was given by

The Who The Who are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. Considered one of th ...

. *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...

– The 100th anniversary of the

Boy Scouts of America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...

. *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...

– Mentally disabled woman Jennifer Daugherty is tortured and stabbed to death by six people in

Greensburg, Pennsylvania Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,976 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a part of the Greater Pittsbu ...

. The perpetrators become known as "The Greensburg Six". *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...

** 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting ** Amy Bishop, a biology professor at the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of ...

, opens fire at the Huntsville campus, killing at least three people. When she was 21, Bishop fatally shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth Bishop, on December 6, 1986, at their home in

Braintree, Massachusetts Braintree () is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor-council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The populat ...

. The incident was initially classified as an "

accident An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not deliberately caused by humans. The term ''accident'' implies that the event may have been caused by Risk assessment, unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Many researchers, insurers ...

" by Braintree police. On June 16, 2010, Bishop was charged with first degree murder in her brother's death nearly 24 years after his shooting. ** The single "

We Are the World 25 for Haiti "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" is a charity single recorded by the supergroup (music), supergroup Artists for Haiti in 2010. It is a remake of the song "We Are the World", which was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Rich ...

" was released and debuted on 12 February 2010 during an opening ceremony of the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

. *

– 28 – The

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

compete at the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

, and win 9 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze medals. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

** Three employees of

Tesla Motors Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from hom ...

are killed when the small aircraft they were flying crashes into a house in a residential neighborhood. **

frees most of the members of an Idaho Baptist missionary group who were charged with

child trafficking Trafficking of children, also known as child trafficking, is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of a child" for the purpose of slavery, forced labour, and ...

and

kidnapping Kidnapping or abduction is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will, and is a crime in many jurisdictions. Kidnapping may be accomplished by use of force or fear, or a victim may be enticed into confinement by frau ...

in the wake of the

. *

February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...

**The Women's Medical Society abortion clinic in

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

is raided by the FBI in an investigation into suspected illegal drug prescription use. The raid uncovers extreme unsanitary operations, use of untrained staff, and eventually leads to charges against a number of staff members for murdering babies at the clinic. **After setting fire to his home, Andrew Joseph Stack commits suicide by flying his private plane directly into an

IRS The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting Taxation in the United States, U.S. federal taxes and administerin ...

building in

Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ...

. ** U.S. President

issues Executive Order 13531, establishing the

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (often called Simpson–Bowles or Bowles–Simpson from the names of co-chairs Alan K. Simpson, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; or NCFRR) was a bipartisan Presidential Commission (Unite ...

. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone o ...

– The

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

officially announces that it will end its ban of women in

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

s. *

February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...

– Incident at SeaWorld Orlando: A SeaWorld employee in

Orlando, Florida Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...

, is killed by a

killer whale The orca (''Orcinus orca''), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus '' Orcinus'', it is recognizable by its black-and-white-patterned body. A cosmopolit ...

during a live performance. *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 320 – Chandragupta ...

– New York Governor

David Paterson David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to ...

announces that he will not be a candidate in the Democratic primary for the November gubernatorial election.

March

* March ** U.S. tomato shortage, which lasts until April, begins. ** First section of

Brooklyn Bridge Park Brooklyn Bridge Park is an park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City. Designed by landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the park is located on a plot of land from Atlantic Avenue in the south, un ...

opens in New York. *

March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 ...

– The

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

law goes into effect. *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Easte ...

– Former

Jefferson County, Alabama Jefferson County is the List of counties in Alabama, most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, located in the central portion of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 674,721. Its county seat i ...

, commission president and mayor of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

Larry Langford is sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting bribes related to municipal bond swaps. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cobl ...

– The

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, hosted by

Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama. He has received List of awards and nominations received by A ...

and

Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for Steve Martin filmography, his work in comedy films, television, and #Discography, recording, he has received List of awards a ...

, are held at

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Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...

Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most i ...

's ''

The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. T ...

'' wins six awards out of nine nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, with Bigelow the first female to win the latter. The film is tied in nominations with

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's ''

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''. The telecast garners over 41.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched Oscar broadcast since 2005. The awards are marked by the reintroduction of the Best Picture award featuring 10 nominees, the first occurrence since 1944. *

March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...

– ''Friendly Fire: The Illusion of Justice'' memoir is published. *

March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...

–

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

announces that 2010 will likely become the warmest year on record due to

global warming Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes ...

, based on an analysis of

temperature record Global surface temperature (GST) is the average temperature of Earth's surface. More precisely, it is the weighted average of the temperatures over the ocean and land. The former is also called sea surface temperature and the latter is called ...

data from the

Goddard Institute for Space Studies The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is a laboratory in the Earth Sciences Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center affiliated with the Columbia University Earth Institute. The institute is located at Columbia University in Ne ...

. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...

– The

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

passes the

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health ...

and its companion, the

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, pai ...

by votes of 219–212 and 220–211, respectively. *

March 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. * 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...

** U.S. President

signs the

into law, aiming to insure 95% of Americans. ** 14 states (

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

, Washington,

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

, and

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) announce plans to sue the federal government over the

. *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...

– ''

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'' is released in theaters. *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...

–

World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...

holds

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at University of Phoenix Stadium in

Glendale, Arizona Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Located about nine miles northwest of the state capital Phoenix, Glendale is known for State Farm Stadium, which is the home of the Arizona Cardinals football team. The city al ...

, drawing a crowd of 72, 219. *

– 30 – Nine people thought to be Hutaree

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members are arrested in

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

, and

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

for their alleged involvement in a plot to kill police officers and possibly civilians using explosives and/or firearms.

April

Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...

– Official tabulation of the 2010 US Census begins. *

April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...

– Apple releases the first

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in the U.S. *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &nd ...

– The 7.2 Baja California earthquake occurred on

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with a moment magnitude a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time south of

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Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

, Mexico. The 89-second quake was widely felt throughout the Western United States, some southern states, and northwest Mexico and was also felt across a large swath of North America. It was also the strongest to rock

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...

in at least 18 years (since the

1992 Landers earthquake The 1992 Landers earthquake occurred on Sunday, June 28 with an epicenter near the town of Landers, California, in San Bernardino County. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). Earthquak ...

, M 7.3). Most of the damage occurred in the twin cities of

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali, Cale ...

and Calexico on the

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. There were at least two fatalities in Mexicali, one of which was caused by a collapsed house. Major damage to irrigation systems occurred, severely impacting over 80,000 acres of agriculture in the Mexicali Valley. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...

** A coal mine owned by

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in Montcoal, West Virginia, explodes, killing at least 25 miners. **

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

joins the 14 other states suing the federal government over the

. ** ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'' premieres on

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. *

– 20 – STS-131: Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' delivers a

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module A Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is a large pressurized container that was used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Two MPLMs made a dozen trips in the Shuttle cargo bay and initi ...

to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...

. *

April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. * ...

–

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

becomes the 16th state to sue the federal government over the

. *

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. * 1139 – ...

– The

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The Penguins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), E ...

play the final regular season game at Civic Arena with a 7-3 victory over the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (N ...

the arena will be torn down to make way for

PPG Paints Arena PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). It previously was the home of the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football Leagu ...

which will open next season. The last game ever is a 5-2 playoff loss to the Montreal Canadiens on May 12. *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...

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becomes the 17th state to sue the federal government over the

. ** NewsTilt – A news website for independent professional journalists is launched. *

April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...

– President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on the future of NASA's human spaceflight program. He commits to increasing NASA funding by $6 billion over five years and completing the design of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015 and to begin construction thereafter. He also predicts a U.S. crewed orbital Mars mission by the mid-2030s. *

April 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroy ...

** An

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occurs on BP's ''

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'' oil rig, killing 11 workers, causing the rig to sink two days later and initiating a massive offshore oil spill in the

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; this environmental disaster is now considered the largest in U.S. history. **

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

becomes the 18th state to sue the federal government over the

. *

April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil ( discovery of Brazil). * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zara ...

– A Boeing X-37B is launched from

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on mission USA-212. *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in so ...

– Arizona Governor

Jan Brewer Janice Kay Brewer (''née'' Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Prior to this, Brewer ...

signs the

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, which is the broadest and strictest anti-

illegal immigration Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country without the legal right to do so. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upward, wi ...

measure in decades. It receives national and international attention and has spurred considerable controversy. *

April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the '' ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes ...

– Network administrator Terry Childs is found guilty of network tampering.

May

May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 & ...

–

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fails to go off in

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New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. *

May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...

– The "

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" occurs at the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the List of stock exchanges, largest stock excha ...

, temporarily depleting 1,000 points off of the

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. It is the largest intra-day fall ever. *

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...

– ''

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'', directed by

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, is released by

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as the third film in the

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(MCU) and the direct sequel to 2008's ''

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''. *

May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...

– The

play their final game at Civic Arena a 5-2 loss to the

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in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France Robert II ( 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious () or the Wise (), was List of French monarchs, King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Juni ...

– Three states (

, and

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) join the other 18 states that are suing the federal government over the

. *

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose h ...

– Two police officers are murdered by a father and son during a routine stop in

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. Joseph Kane and Jerry Kane Jr. were later killed after a shootout with pursuing officers.

June

* June 4 – Kyron Horman disappeared from Skyline Elementary School in

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

, during a science fair. *

June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860), Byzantine� ...

** The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act is introduced in the

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. **

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' eleventh feature film, ''

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'', the sequel to 1999's ''

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'', is released in theaters, surpassing 2003's ''

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'' as the studio's biggest financial success. * June 19 –

announces it will raise the yuan against the

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after the

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announces it will penalize China unless it does so, causing widely imported Chinese goods to the United States to become more expensive, and to raise demand for US goods. *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong o ...

– '' Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project'' is decided in the

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: "a criminal prohibition on advocacy carried out in coordination with, or at the direction of, a foreign terrorist organization is constitutionally permissible". *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 *1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha, Kerbogha of Mosul at the Battle of Antioch (1098), battle of Antioch. *1360 – Muhammed VI, Sultan of Granada, Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid dynasty, Nas ...

– The

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rounds up 10 suspects alleged to have participated in the

Illegals Program The Illegals Program (so named by the United States Department of Justice) was a network of Russian sleeper agents under unofficial cover. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) culminated in the arrest of ten agents on ...

, a multi-year effort by the

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n Foreign Intelligence Service to infiltrate the U.S.

July

* July – MapHook, a location-based journal and social networking application is launched. *

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and ...

** Swell art survey exhibit opens to the public. **

Texting while driving Texting while driving, also called texting and driving, is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages on a mobile phone while driving, operating a motor vehicle. Texting while driving is considered traffic safety, extremely dangerous ...

bans go into effect in

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Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

, and

. *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army ...

–

: Ten people uncovered by the

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n spies plead guilty in court to conspiracy to act as foreign agents. *

July 9 Events Pre-1600 * 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodo ...

: The Russian spies are deported from the United States in exchange for four people imprisoned for alleged contact with Western intelligence bodies. ** ''Despicable Me'' is released in theaters. *

July 15 Events Pre-1600 * 484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 &ndas ...

– The BP Oil Spill is stopped for the first time, 86 days after oil started leaking into the

. *

July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouran ...

**First (test)

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posts made by co-developers

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and

Kevin Systrom Kevin Systrom (born December 30, 1983) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger. Systrom was included on the list of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 2016. Under Systrom as CE ...

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

; the service launches publicly on October 6. ** ''

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'' is released in theaters to critical acclaim and box office success, grossing $825 million in its initial run. *

July 21 Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became th ...

– The

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is signed into law by

. * July 24 – A dam in Delhi, Iowa, collapses due to stress following heavy rain causing massive flooding along the Maquoketa River and in the city of Manchester, Iowa.

August

* August 3 – Omar Thornton goes on a killing spree at a Hartford Distributors plant in

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, killing eight before committing suicide. *

August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...

** Forty U.S.

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s announce plans to give half of their wealth to

charitable organization A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

s. **

Proposition 8 Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage. It passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned by the ...

, the voter initiative amendment to the

California Constitution The Constitution of California () is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of California, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of California. California's constitution was drafted in both English ...

that eliminated "the right of same sex couples to marry", is ruled unconstitutional by Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The case, '' Perry v. Schwarzenegger'', eventually reached the Supreme Court under the name ''

Hollingsworth v. Perry ''Hollingsworth v. Perry'' was a series of United States federal court cases that reinstated same-sex marriage in the state of California. The case began in 2009 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which found that ...

''. * August 7 – Former Solicitor General of the United States

Elena Kagan Elena Kagan ( ; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination ...

is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. *

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. * 29 BC – Octavian ...

– '' Land of Opportunity'', an urban documentary film is screened at the New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC). *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 * 295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later kno ...

–

Iraq War The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with 2003 invasion of Iraq, the invasion by a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition, which ...

: The last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq. *

August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one ye ...

–

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declares an end to combat operations in Iraq.

September

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. *1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of A ...

– James J. Lee takes three hostages at the

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headquarters in

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. The standoff ends when Lee is fatally shot. None of the hostages are harmed. *

September 2 Events Pre-1600 * 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of ...

** Another oil rig explodes and catches fire in the

. Thirteen workers that were on the rig were rescued from the water. The rig was not in production of oil or natural gas at the time of the explosion and no hazardous materials entered the waters of the Gulf. ** U.S. launches direct negotiations between

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

and the

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, ...

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, United States. *

September 6 Events Pre-1600 * 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. *1492 – Christopher Co ...

– The Fourmile Canyon Fire, the most costly

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state history, begins west of

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. *

September 9 Events Pre-1600 *337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. * 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. * 1141 &ndas ...

– A

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natural gas line explosion in San Bruno, California, destroys 53 homes and damages 120 others. Eight people die and 58 are injured. * September 11 ** The

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is awarded to a living recipient for the first time since the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

; U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta received the medal for his actions during the

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. ** Pastor Terry Jones says that the Dove World Outreach Center will not burn the

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. * September 16 – A severe storm in the New York City area drenches the city streets, uproots trees, and spawns two tornadoes. A woman is killed by a falling tree in

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. *

September 21 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. * 1170 – Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Anglo-Norman invaders. * 1217 – Livonian Crusa ...

– The

strikes down a bill that would end the controversial

with a vote of 56–43, almost completely along party lines. * September 23 – The United States and other western nations including

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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

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Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

and

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

walk out of the

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following claims by the

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...

that the "majority of the American people as well as most nations and politicians around the world" say that the

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were the work of the

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trying to protect

. *

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture thei ...

–

bans text messaging for all drivers. Massachusetts is the 29th U.S. state to enact a text messaging while driving ban. Violators may be fined $100.

October

October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to E ...

–

Rahm Emanuel Rahm Israel Emanuel (; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician, advisor, diplomat, and former investment banker who most recently served as List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan, United States ambassador to Japan from 2022 ...

resigns as

White House Chief of Staff The White House chief of staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a position in the federal government of the United States. The chief of staff is a Political appointments in the United States, politi ...

to run for

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. Senior Advisor Pete Rouse takes over his duties temporarily until a permanent replacement is announced. *

October 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. * 1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. * 1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes ...

– The Vox 4 smartphone is introduced. * October 6 –

, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. *

October 10 Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to ...

– ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' premieres on the Hub. The same day that Discovery Kids was relaunched as The Hub Network, before the show’s debut. *

October 13 Events Pre-1600 * 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina. * 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the ...

– US Federal Judge Virginia Phillips declares "

" unconstitutional and temporarily ends the policy. The

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immediately appeals the ruling as is required when a federal judge rules on a national law. * October 19 – A US Federal Judge strikes down the appeal of the Department of Justice. The US Military begins accepting applications for gay service members. "

Don't ask, don't tell "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on Sexual orientation in the United States military, military service of homosexual people. Instituted during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, the pol ...

" temporarily ends. *

October 20 Events Pre-1600 *1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. * 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the r ...

–

's administration announces it will also appeal the judge's ruling on the constitutionally of "

" even though Obama announced earlier in the year that he wished to end the policy. *

October 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. * 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally ...

– A U.S. federal judge orders

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to shut down after they ruled that the website's ability to share music for free was illegal and violated copyright laws. *

October 29 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand '' adventus'' in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber ...

– President

confirms that two packages sent to the US from

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were filled with explosives. *

October 31 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. * 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. * 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Consp ...

– '' The Walking Dead'' debuts on

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. * October – Boutique Week bi-annual shopping event is launched.

November

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freisin ...

** The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals stays Judge Virginia Phillips' injunction on "

" pending appeal. ** The

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defeat the Texas Rangers to win their first

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in 56 years. *

November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. * 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in t ...

–

Midterm elections Apart from general elections and by-elections, a midterm election refers to a type of election where the people can elect their representatives and other subnational officeholders (e.g. governor, members of local council) in the middle of the te ...

: The Democrats keep control of the

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, but the Republicans gain 6 seats, reducing the Democrats' majority. The Republicans gain control of The House with a gain of at least 64 seats, making it the largest seat change for any party since the 1948 election and the largest for any midterm since the 1938 midterm elections. Republicans also win a majority of Governorships, adding 12 to the other 11 who won their reelection bids, and a majority of State Legislatures. *

November 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1354 – War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza. * 1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Jo ...

– The U.S. Federal Reserve announces it will buy $600 billion in bonds to encourage economic growth. *

November 8 Events Pre-1600 * 960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. * 1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dyn ...

– An unexplained plume, seemingly from a "mystery missile", near

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, makes national headlines. It is later determined to be the

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of a commercial jet as similar photos appear the next day coinciding with daily commercial flights. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1180 – The Battle of Fujigawa: Minamoto forces (30,000 ...

** The

Board of Supervisors bans

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toys served by

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, on obesity concerns. ** A

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makes an emergency landing in

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, after smoke was reported in the cabin. *

November 10 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. * 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Y ...

** Washington and

ban the alcoholic energy drink Four Loko. New York bans it a few days later. ** The chairmen of the

issue a controversial draft report proposing cuts in funding, tax increases, and other changes to reduce the federal deficit. *

November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. * 1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. ...

– The

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refuses to intervene on the controversial "

" policy while it is on appeal in the

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. *

November 16 Events Pre-1600 * 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. *1272 – W ...

– Eighteen year-old Joshua Wilkerson is murdered in Pearland, Texas, by Hermilo Moralez, an illegal immigrant to the United States from

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. *

November 17 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November. * 1183 &nd ...

–

: Republican incumbent

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wins the Alaska Senate race, defeating the tea party favorite, Joe Miller, and becoming the first Senate

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winner since 1954. *

November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: ca ...

–

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returns to trading on the

after declaring

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in July 2009, 16 months earlier. *

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle ...

– Darvocet, a common pain medication, is removed from the market at the request of the U.S.

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. *

November 24 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Theodosius I makes his '' adventus'', or formal entry, into Constantinople. * 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. * 1221 – Genghis Khan ...

–

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' 50th feature film, ''

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'', is released in theaters. The most expensive animated film of all time, it receives critical acclaim and commercial success - the studio's best performance in both fields since the

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. *

November 28 Events Pre-1600 * 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. * 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt ...

–

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publicly releases the first of thousands of confidential documents sent by U.S. diplomats. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 *1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of t ...

–

holds a ceremony at its Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant to introduce the first

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plug-in hybrid electric vehicle off the assembly line.

December

* December – The unemployment rate ends the year at 9.3%. *

December 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon. *1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900 *1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren follow ...

– The

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passes that extends tax cuts for families making under $250,000, but raises taxes on those making over that amount with a 234–188 vote. *

December 3 Events Pre-1600 * 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601–1900 * 1775 – American Revolution: becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the " St ...

– USA-212 lands at

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, completing the first mission of the Boeing X-37B. * December 4 – The

rejects with a vote of 53–36. *

December 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake, Jordan Rift Val ...

– President

begins negotiating with Republicans and comes up with a bill that would let all

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remain in effect for two years and extends

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for another 13 months. *

December 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 ...

– A

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rules that parts of the

, specifically the individual mandate that would require all Americans to get

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by 2014, is

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. *

December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes P ...

** The

passes the Obama-GOP tax compromise with a vote of 81–19. ** The

passes a stand-alone bill that repeals the controversial "

" policy with a vote of 250–175. *

December 16 Events Pre-1600 * 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. * ...

announces he will not have enough votes to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would fund the federal government for fiscal year 2011. ** The

passes the Obama-GOP tax compromise with a vote of 277–148. *

December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison. * 920 – Romanos I ...

– President Obama signs the tax compromise bill, known as the

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. *

December 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1118 – The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid. * 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia an ...

** The

rejects discussion of the controversial

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from reaching the Senate floor with a vote of 55–45. ** The

votes to repeal the controversial

policy with a vote of 65–31. * December 21 ** The results of the 2010 US Census are released. The US population grows by 9.7% to 310 million, the smallest percentage increase since the Great Depression. ** The Federal Communications Commission passes new net neutrality laws with a 3–2 vote. ** The

passes a spending bill that will keep the federal government running through March 4, 2011. * December 22 ** President

signs the

repeal into law. ** The

passes the START Treaty with

and a bill that would give free healthcare to 9/11 first responders. * December 31 – The

's ban on smoking in

s goes into effect.

Ongoing

* War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) *

(2003–2011)

Births

– Willis Gibson, gamer * March 2 – Hailey Dawson, notable user of a 3D printing, 3D-printed Robotics, robotic hand, first person to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums * May 28 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy, son of Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou * November 11 – Lisa Irwin, notable missing person *

– Side Eyeing Chloe, subject of internet meme *

– Sophie Cruz, activist

Deaths

January

– Lhasa de Sela, singer and songwriter, died in Montreal, Quebec (b. 1972 in the United States, 1972) *

– Deborah Howell, journalist, died in New Zealand (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941) * January 3 – Mary Daly, feminist (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) * January 4 – Lew Allen, USAF general (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925) * January 5 ** Beverly Aadland, actress (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942) ** Kenneth Noland, abstract painter (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924) ** Murray Saltzman, Russian-American rabbi and activist (b. 1929 in the United States, 1929) * January 6 – James von Brunn, criminal (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) * January 7 ** Stephen Huneck, wood carver (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948) ** Jim White (wrestler), Jim White, wrestler (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942) ** Hardy Williams, politician (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931) * January 8 – Art Clokey, animator (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) * January 10 – Jayne Walton Rosen, singer and actress (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917) * January 11 – Dennis Stock, journalist and photographer (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) * January 12 – Ann Prentiss, Actress (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) *

** Teddy Pendergrass, singer and songwriter (b. 1950 in the United States, 1950) ** Jay Reatard, American musician (b. 1980) * January 15 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) *

** Carl Smith (musician), Carl Smith, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1927) ** Glen Bell, American businessman, founder of Taco Bell (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) * January 17 – Erich Segal, American author, screenwriter, and educator (b. 1937) * January 18 – Robert B. Parker, writer (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) *

** Jennifer Lyon, actress and television personality (b. 1972 in the United States, 1972) ** Ida Mae Martinez, American wrestler (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931) ** William Vitarelli, educator and architect (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910) * January 22 ** James Mitchell (actor), James Mitchell, actor and dancer (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) ** Johnny Seven (actor), Johnny Seven, actor (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) ** Jean Simmons, British-American actress (b. 1929 in the United Kingdom, 1929) * January 23 – Earl Wild, pianist (b. 1915 in the United States, 1915) * January 24 – Pernell Roberts, actor (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) *

** J. Dawson Addis, South Carolina politician (b. 1922) ** Lee Archer (pilot), Lee Archer, American Air Force pilot (b. 1919)"Former Tuskegee Airman, 90, dies in NYC"
''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', January 28, 2010. ** Betty Lou Keim, actress (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) ** Zelda Rubinstein, actress (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933) ** J. D. Salinger, author (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919) ** Howard Zinn, historian (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) * January 29 – Tom Brookshier, American football player, coach and sportscaster

February

– Justin Mentell, actor (b. 1982 in the United States, 1982) *

– Frank Fasi, politician (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) * February 3 – Frances Reid, actress (b. 1914 in the United States, 1941) * February 4 – Phillip Martin, Native American political leader (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) *

– Janie Lou Gibbs, serial killer (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) * February 9 – Walter Frederick Morrison, Walter Morrison, inventor (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) * February 10 ** Frederick Weyand, army general (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916) ** Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson, naval officer and Texas politician (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933) *

** Arthur H. Hayes Jr., Commissioner of the

(b. 1933 in the United States, 1933) ** Caroline McWilliams, actress (b. 1945 in the United States, 1945) ** Marvin Stein, American comics artist, animator and illustrator (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925) *

– Leroy Nash, murderer (b. 1915 in the United States, 1915) * February 14 – Doug Fieger, singer and songwriter (b. 1952 in the United States, 1952) * – Andrew Koenig, American actor, director, editor, writer, activist, and son of Walter Koenig (b. 1968) *

– Kathryn Grayson, actress and opera soprano (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) * February 19 – Jamie Gillis, pornographic actor (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943) * February 20 ** Alexander Haig, 59th United States Secretary of State from 1981 till 1982 and army General (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924) ** Sandy Kenyon, actor (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) * February 24 – Dawn Brancheau, animal trainer (b. 1969 in the United States, 1969) * *

** Violet Barclay, illustrator (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) ** Richard Devon, actor (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) * February 27 – Jonathan May, cellist (b. 1958 in the United States, 1958)

March

* March 1 ** Barry Hannah, American novelist (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942) ** Ruth Kligman, American artist (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) * March 4 – Nan Martin, American actress (b 1927 in the United States, 1927) *

** Hal Trumble, American hockey administrator and referee (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) ** Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist (b. 1906 in the United States, 1906) * March 6 – Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter (b. 1962) * March 9 – Richard Edwin Parris Jr., American musician (b. 1963 in the United States, 1963) * March 10 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor, died in Burbank, California (b. 1971 in Canada, 1971) * March 11 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940) * March 14 – Peter Graves, actor and brother of James Arness (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) * March 17 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950) * March 18 – Fess Parker, actor (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924) * March 20 – Liz Carpenter, journalist and author (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) *

– Midge Costanza, social and political activist (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) * March 24 – Robert Culp, actor (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) *

** Fred Ascani, air force General (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917) ** Dan Duncan, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933) ** Herb Ellis, jazz guitarist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) ** June Havoc, Canadian-born American actress and sister of Gypsy Rose Lee (b. 1912 in Canada, 1912) ** John Purdin, baseball player (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942) * March 30 – David Mills (TV writer), David Mills, journalist, television writer and producer (b. 1961 in the United States, 1961)

April

– John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918) * April 2 ** Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1937) ** Chris Kanyon, wrestler (b. 1970 in the United States, 1970) ** Thomas J. Moyer, lawyer and judge (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) *

– Jim Pagliaroni, baseball player (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937) *

– Clifford Hardin, politician (b. 1915 in the United States, 1915) *

– Luigi Waites, jazz drummer (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927) * April 7 – Christopher Cazenove, British actor (b. 1945 in the United Kingdom, 1945) * April 10 – Dixie Carter, American actress (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) * April 14 – Peter Steele, singer (b. 1962 in the United States, 1962) *

** Michael Pataki, American voice actor (b. 1938) ** Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) * April 16 – Daryl Gates, police chief for Los Angeles,

(b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) * April 19 – Guru (rapper), Guru, rapper (b. 1961 in the United States, 1961) *

– Dorothy Height, civil rights activist (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912) * April 21 – Whitney Robson Harris, attorney (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912) *

– Ambrose Olsen, fashion model (b. 1985 in the United States, 1985) * April 24 – Willard Wirtz, politician (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912) * April 25 – Dorothy Provine, actress (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935) * April 29 – Walter Sear, recording engineer (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) * April 30 – Owsley (musician), Owsley, musician (b. 1966 in the United States, 1966)

May

** Danny Aiello III, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor (b. 1957) ** Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918) * May 2 – Lynn Redgrave, British-born American actress (b. 1943 in the United Kingdom, 1943) * May 3 – Jack Friedman, American businessman (b. 1939) * May 4 – Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918) * May 5 – Joseph Kearney, American athletic director (b. 1927) *

– Robin Roberts (baseball), Robin Roberts, American baseball player (b. 1926) *

** Wally Hickel, 2nd Governor of Alaska from 1966 till 1969 and from 1990 till 1994. (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919) ** Adele Mara, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) * May 9 – Lena Horne, singer and actress (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917) * May 10 – Frank Frazetta, artist (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) * May 11 – Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and actress (b. 1904) * May 16 **Ronnie James Dio, singer and songwriter (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942) ** Hank Jones, pianist (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918) * May 22 – Martin Gardner, science writer (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914) * May 24 – Paul Gray (American musician), Paul Gray, bassist and songwriter (b. 1972 in the United States, 1972) * May 26 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-born American television variety host (b. 1912 in Canada, 1912) * May 28 – Gary Coleman, actor (b. 1968 in the United States, 1968) * May 29 – Dennis Hopper, actor, director, and writer (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936) * May 30 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, R&B singer (The Temptations) (b. 1951 in the United States, 1951) * May 31 ** William A. Fraker, cinematographer (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) ** Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculptor (b. 1911 in France, 1911)

June

* June 1 – William H. Ginn Jr., general (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) * June 3 – Rue McClanahan, actress (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934) * June 4 – John Wooden, basketball player and coach (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910) * June 6 – Marvin Isley, singer-songwriter and bass player (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley) (b. 1953 in the United States, 1953) * June 12 – Les Richter, American football player (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) * June 13 – Jimmy Dean, country music singer, television and film actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) *

– Ronnie Lee Gardner, murderer (b. 1961 in the United States, 1961) * June 19 **Manute Bol, Sudanese-born American basketball player (b. 1962 in the Sudan, 1962) **Paul Thiebaud, art dealer (b. 1960 in the United States, 1960) *

– Robert Byrd, United States Senator from West Virginia from 1959 till 2010. (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917) * June 30 – Elliott Kastner, film producer (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)

July

– Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (b. 1929) * July 5 – Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965 in Canada, 1965) * July 11 ** Bob Sheppard, American football and baseball public address announcer (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910) ** Walter Hawkins, pastor and gospel music singer (b. 1949 in the United States, 1949) * July 12 – Harvey Pekar, comic book writer (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) * July 13 – George Steinbrenner, American baseball owner (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) *

– Hank Cochran, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935) *

– James Gammon, actor (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940) * July 19 – Lorenzen Wright, professional basketball player (b. 1975 in the United States, 1975) *

– Ralph Houk, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919) * July 22 – Phillip Walker (musician), Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937) * July 23 – Daniel Schorr, journalist (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916) * July 27 ** Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (b. 1949 in the United States, 1949) ** Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948) * July 28 – George P. Lee, American religious leader (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943) * July 31 – Mitch Miller, record producer, classical musician, and singer (b. 1911 in the United States, 1911)

August

Patricia Neal in The Fountainhead trailer

* August 3 – Bobby Hebb, American musician and songwriter (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) * August 8 – Patricia Neal, actress and wife of Roald Dahl (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926) * August 9 * Ahna Capri, actress (b. 1944 in Hungary, 1944) * George DiCenzo, actor (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940) * Ted Stevens, United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 till 2009. (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) * August 13 ** Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981) ** Edwin Newman, journalist, died in Oxford, England (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919) *

** Abbey Lincoln, singer and actress (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) ** Gloria Winters, actress (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931) * August 16 – Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American baseball player (b. 1923 in the United Kingdom, 1923) * August 20 – Jack Horkheimer, astronomy television show host (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) * August 26 – William B. Lenoir, engineer and astronaut (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) * August 27 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler (b. 1962 in the United States, 1962) * August 29 – Peter Lenz, amateur motorcycle racer (b. 1997 in the United States, 1997) * August 30 – Lynn Turner (murderer), Lynn Turner, poisoner convicted of the murder of two of her husbands (b. 1968 in the United States, 1967)

September

– Cammie King, child actress (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934) * September 3 ** Noah Howard, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1943) ** Robert Schimmel, comedian (b. 1950 in the United States, 1950) * September 4 – Paul Conrad, American political cartoonist (b. 1924) * September 7 – Glenn Shadix, actor (b. 1952 in the United States, 1952) * September 8 ** Rich Cronin, singer and songwriter (b. 1974 in the United States, 1974) ** John Kluge, German-American entrepreneur (b. 1914) * September 11 ** Kevin McCarthy (actor), Kevin McCarthy, actor (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914) ** Harold Gould, actor (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) * September 16 – Donald Zilversmit, Dutch-American nutritional biochemist, researcher, and educator (b. 1919) * September 20 – Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987 in the United States, 1987) * September 22 – Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928) * September 26 – Gloria Stuart, actress (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910) * September 27 ** George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927) ** Sally Menke, film editor (b. 1953 in the United States, 1953) * September 28 – Arthur Penn, film director (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) * September 29 ** Greg Giraldo, comedian (b. 1965 in the United States, 1965) ** Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925) *

– Stephen J. Cannell, television writer and producer (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941)

October

– Solomon Burke, singer and songwriter, died in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940) * October 14 ** Simon MacCorkindale, British actor and husband of Susan George (actress), Susan George (b. 1952 in the United Kingdom, 1952) ** Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-born French and American mathematician (b. 1924 in Poland, 1924) * October 15 – Johnny Sheffield, American child actor (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931) * October 16 – Barbara Billingsley, actress (b. 1915 in the United States, 1915) * October 19 – Tom Bosley, actor (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927) *

** W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b. 1944) ** Bob Guccione, pornographer (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930) * October 23 – Fran Crippen, long-distance swimmer, died in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (b. 1984 in the United States, 1984) * October 27 – Lisa Blount, actress and producer (b. 1957 in the United States, 1957) * October 28 – James MacArthur, actor (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937) *

– George Hickenlooper, documentary producer (b. 1963 in the United States, 1963) *

** Maurice Lucas, basketball player (b. 1952) ** John Selfridge, mathematician (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927) ** Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer, speechwriter (b. 1928)

November

** Charlie O'Donnell, radio and television announcer (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) ** Shannon Tavarez, actress (b. 1999 in the United States, 1999) *

– Sparky Anderson, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934) * November 5 – Jill Clayburgh, actress (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944) *

– Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer and husband of Silvana Mangano, died in

(b. 1919 in Italy, 1919) * November 13 – Ken Iman, American football player and coach (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939) * November 15 ** Larry Evans (chess grandmaster), Larry Evans, chess grandmaster (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932) ** Ed Kirkpatrick, baseball player (b. 1944) ** William Edwin Self, actor, director, and producer (b. 1921) *

** Ronni Chasen, publicist (b. 1946 in the United States, 1946) ** Donald Nyrop, businessman (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912) * November 21 – David Nolan (libertarian), David Nolan, political activist (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943) *

– Annie Lee Cooper, American civil rights activist (b. 1910) * November 25 – C. Scott Littleton, anthropologist and academic (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933) * November 27 – Irvin Kershner, film director (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923) *

– Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1926 in Canada, 1926)

December

– Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940) *

– Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938) * December 7 – Elizabeth Edwards, lawyer and wife of John Edwards (b. 1949 in the United States, 1949) * December 10 ** John Bennett Fenn, Nobel chemist (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917) ** MacKenzie Miller, horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) * December 11 – Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) *

– Richard Holbrooke, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1999 till 2001. (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941) *

– Blake Edwards, film director, screenwriter, producer, and husband of Julie Andrews (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922) *

– Captain Beefheart, singer and songwriter (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941) * December 20 ** Steve Landesberg, actor and comedian (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936) ** James Robert Mann (South Carolina), James Robert Mann, politician (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920) ** Magnolia Shorty, rapper (b. 1982 in the United States, 1982) * December 22 – Fred Foy, radio and television announcer (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) * December 24 – Roy Neuberger, banker and philanthropist (b. 1903 in the United States, 1903) * December 26 – Teena Marie, singer and songwriter (b. 1956 in the United States, 1956) * December 28 ** Billy Taylor, pianist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921) ** Terry Peder Rasmussen, Terry Rasmussen, serial killer (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943) *December 29 – Bill Erwin, actor (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)

Undated

* Fred E. Luborsky, physical chemist (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)National Academy of Engineering,Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 (2011),Fred E. Luborsky;by Harvey W. Schadler
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