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Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar, was a Spanish Catholic priest and a proponent of interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in…
Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (born 1918)
Antonius Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championships, a feat he accomplished in 1961 and 1965. He…
Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (born 1934)
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon. Over her 22-year career, she wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation, Ext…
Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to hi…
William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (born 1919)
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling f…
An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in hi
Sir Stephen Creswell Timms is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham, formerly Newham North East, since 1994. A member of the Labour Party, he…
British politician Stephen Timms survived a murder attempt by an Islamic extremist during a constituency surgery
The Royal Thai Armed Forces are the armed forces of Thailand.
In Bangkok, the Thai military (pictured) concluded a week-long crackdown on widespread protests by forcing the surrender
The Agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, widely referred to as the Kharkiv Pact or Kharkov Accords, was a treaty between Ukraine and Russia where…
Ukraine and Russia signed the Kharkiv Pact, extending the Russian lease on naval facilities in Crimea
Janice Kay Brewer is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to this, Brewer was a member of…
Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law the controversial anti–illegal immigration bill SB 1070, much of which was l
Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani-American man who was arrested for the attempted May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On June 21, 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, he co…
Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, New York City, but it failed to explode
Neanderthals are an extinct group of archaic humans who inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Neanderthal extinction occurred roughly…
A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that today's humans have Neanderthal ancestors
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Until 2015, he led the…
David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the
The Nagahan wedding bombing was a suicide bombing on a wedding party, which occurred on 9 June 2010 at around 21:00 local time in the village of Nagahan in Arghandab District of Ka…
A child suicide bomber attacked a wedding in Nadahan, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 70 o
Abigail Jillian Sunderland is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the
The Spain national football team has represented Spain in men's international football competition since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governin…
Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the…
James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the…
Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a c
Tripoli International Airport is a closed international airport built to serve Tripoli, the capital city of Libya. The airport is located in the area of Qasr bin Ghashir, 24 kilome…
On arrival at Tripoli International Airport, Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashed into the ground at a speed of 262 kn (
Jessica Rose Watson is an Australian sailor who was awarded The Medal of the Order of Australia after attempting a solo circumnavigation at the age of 16 from 18 October 2009 to 15…
Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted aroun
Mangaluru, formerly called Mangalore, is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the…
Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the
On 28 May 2010, a Jnaneshwari Express train with WAP-4 electrified locomotive derailed at about 1 a.m. in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. It was disputed as to w…
A train derailment and collision in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India, caused the deaths of at least 148
This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flight…
In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of…
MV Sun Sea was a Thai cargo ship that brought 492 Sri Lankan Tamils into British Columbia, Canada in August 2010. Following their arrival, the passengers—seeking refuge in Canada a…
After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil…
The Cumbria shootings were a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, taxi driver Derrick Bird, killed twelve people and injured eleven oth…
A gunman carried out a shooting spree in Cumbria, England, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others before committing su
The wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place on 19 June 2010 in Stockholm Cathedral. It had been described as "Europe's biggest royal wedding s…
The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral