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95 unusual facts about 2010


2010: Odyssey Two

Clarke peppered the novel with names of various Soviet dissidents, including physicists Andrei Sakharov and Yuri Orlov, human-rights activists Mykola Rudenko and Anatoly Marchenko, Russian Orthodox activist Gleb Yakunin, among others.

2010: The Graphic Action Game

2010: The Graphic Action Game is a puzzle/maze game with elements from 2010: Odyssey Two where the player must save the Discovery from crashing onto the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.

A poster of the Discovery One was included in the original packaging, with signatures of the design team appearing as engineers.

2011 Minnesota state government shutdown

Going into the 2010 election, the state government was facing an approximately $5 billion budget shortfall in the coming 2011–2013 biennium, left over from the outgoing administration of Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty.

A. M. M. Naushad

Following a meeting at Temple Trees, Naushad defected from the SLMC to the governing United People's Freedom Alliance during the 2010 parliamentary election campaign and became a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Andy Vidak

In the 2010 midterm elections, Vidak announced his intention to run for Congress in California's 20th congressional district, challenging longtime incumbent Democrat Jim Costa.

Angela McGlowan

On February 8, 2010, McGlowan announced her candidacy for Congress in Mississippi's 1st congressional district to challenge incumbent Democrat Travis Childers.

Attorney General of Oklahoma

Following the results of the 2010 state elections, the state constitution was amended to limit the attorney general to no more than two terms, consecutive or not.

Blackett, New South Wales

This seat is currently held by Ed Husic, of the Australian Labor Party, and he was last re-elected in the 2010 elections.

Carol Porter

The election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia took place on November 2, 2010, at the same time as the election for Governor--an office for which her husband DuBose Porter was running--although the offices are elected independently.

Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010

Alejandro Navarro (MAS): He has characterized himself as a leader in the "dissident" faction of the Socialist Party, which harshly criticizes what they call the "neoliberal" economic model and supports Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.

Chuck Purgason

Purgason was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate in 2010 losing the Republican primary to then-U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt.

Coalition for Change

The Coalition for Change was a presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition that groups the supporters of President Sebastián Piñera for the 2009-2010 Chilean election.

D. M. Jayaratne

Following the election victory of the United People's Freedom Alliance at the 2010 general election, Jayaratne, the most senior member of the SLFP, was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010.

Daily Politics

These debates ran alongside the main leaders' debates held for the first time in 2010.

Dance the Way I Feel

On January 26, 2011 the song was voted Number 3 on Triple J Hottest 100 for 2010.

Duminda Silva

In the April 2010 parliamentary election Silva was elected to represent the Colombo District in Parliament.

Edward F. Cox

Cox was mentioned in mid-2009 as a potential candidate for governor in 2010.

Elevator:2010

No competing tether surpassed the commercial off-the-shelf baseline and the prize was increased to $200,000 in 2006.

Emerton, New South Wales

This seat is currently held by Ed Husic, of the Australian Labor Party elected in the 2010 elections.

Eugeniu Ştirbu

On June 21, 2010, Ştirbu was arrested as he was crossing the Kuchurgan checkpoint on his way from Odessa Airport to Chişinău, after a flight to Poland, where he had observed the presidential poll.

First Wescot-Williams cabinet

Government formation followed the September 2010 Sint Maarten general election, which saw the National Alliance emerge as the largest party.

Gaidis Bērziņš

Bērziņš was elected to the 2010 election as one of two For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK representatives on the joint National Alliance list that the party shared with All For Latvia!.

Game Change

The disclosure came at a time Reid was facing a difficult reelection campaign in his home state of Nevada.

Gianni Bugno

He ran for a seat in Lombard Regional Council in the Lombard regional election, 2010 for the centre left coalition of political parties but he was not elected.

Green Party of New York

The party regained ballot status for at least four years when Howie Hawkins received over 50,000 votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Howie Hawkins ran as the Green Party candidate for Governor of New York, against six other candidates.

H. M. M. Harees

Harees returned to Parliament in April 2010, this time representing Ampara for the United National Front.

Hasen Ali

Ali was appointed a United National Front National List MP in April 2010.

Hirokazu Nakaima

He was re-elected for a second term on November 28, 2010, defeating Yoichi Iha.

Howard Wolfson

He was a Fox News contributor, and advised Ned Lamont's campaign for governor of Connecticut.

Jeff Atwater

In the general election, Atwater faced off against former State Representative Loranne Ausley, whom he defeated in a landslide.

Jejemon

YouTube videos were also uploaded parodying the Jejemons, connecting them to the 2010 election campaign.

Jennifer Nassour

However, the Republicans were unable to win any statewide office or Congressional seat during the 2010 election, resulting in some Republicans to seek her removal as chairwoman.

Jesus Borja

In April 2010, Borja announced his candidacy as a Democrat for Delegate of the Northern Mariana Islands to the United States House of Representatives in the 2010 election.

Joel Fredrick Dubina

Dubina's daughter, Martha Roby, was elected in 2010 to the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (AL-2) defeating incumbent congressman Bobby Bright.

Kara Best 2007–2010

In addition, this album exceeded the ranking of Iconiq's Change Myself, Justin Bieber's My World, and Kesha's Animal to become the highest ranked album among newcomers this year.

Kim Doo-kwan

He was elected governor in the 2010 local elections as an independent after two previous unsuccessful attempts.

Labour Party leadership election, 2010

The Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010 refers to the leadership election held on 24 June after the Australian Labor leader and sitting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was challenged by Julia Gillard.

Lee Fisher

In the 2010 U.S. Senate election, Fisher won the Democratic primary and was the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat held by the retiring Republican George Voinovich, losing to Republican nominee Rob Portman.

Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

Following the results of the 2010 state elections, the state constitution was amended to limit the lieutenant governor to no more than two terms, consecutive or not.

Lindsay Grant

In the 2010 elections, Grant faced off against Glenn Phillip in the same constituency, and again lost by 29 votes.

Luboš Blaha

In the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election Blaha ran as a candidate for the SMER party.

Luciano Cruz-Coke

During the 2009-2010 Chilen Presidential elections he openly supported the current President-elect Sebastián Piñera, whom would later nominate him to the Ministry of Arts and Culture.

Luther Olsen

In the 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election, Republican Scott Walker won with 57%, while he won statewide with 53%.

M. S. Thowfeek

Thowfeek returned to Parliament in April 2010, this time representing Trincomalee for the UNF.

Malik Sekou

In July 2010, gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Mapp's Search Committee recommended Sekou as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Matt Jacobson

Speculation surrounding potential candidates for Maine's 2010 gubernatorial election began to swirl in mid to late 2008, well before the year's presidential election.

Max James

James ran as an independent candidate at the 2010 South Australian state election in the House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide held by Rann Labor Treasurer Kevin Foley.

Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2007–2010

Independent candidate and outgoing NSW state MP for Port Macquarie, Rob Oakeshott, won the resulting by-election on 6 September.

Mercury Insurance Group

Representatives of Mercury Insurance were quick to argue that the leak of the conduct exam was a politically motivated move meant to benefit California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican candidate for California governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Mervyn Silva

At the 2010 parliamentary election Silva was elected to represent Gampaha District for the UPFA.

Michael Beitler

Beitler ran in 2010 as a Libertarian for U.S. Senate in 2010.

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

Most provisions apply to the November 2010 elections.

Ogtay Asadov

He was elected to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in the 2000 Parliamentary elections and subsequently re-elected in 2005 from Absheron Rayon and 2010 from Binagadi district of Baku.

Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2010

The election took place on 6 May 2010, coinciding with the local elections.

Our Country Deserves Better PAC

The organization stands for lowering taxes, opposing bailouts, a strong national defense, secure borders, sound energy policy, and judges who respect the constitution and is committed to defeating the candidates backed by liberal Democratic Senate and House leaders, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, in the 2010 congressional elections.

Ovide M. Lamontagne

He also unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.

P. S. Soosaithasan

Soosaithasan stood as a Tamil National Alliance candidate for Vanni District at the 2010 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming 6th amongst the TNA candidates.

Pennsylvania Democratic Party

However, Congressman Joe Sestak defeated Specter in the May 2010 primary, before losing the fall general election to former Congressman Pat Toomey.

Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

In 2010, he won 73% of the vote, and in 2008 won 64%.

Péter Hoppál

During the parliamentary election in 2010, he was elected MP for Pécs in the first round.

Podiappuhamy Piyasena

Piyasena has represented the Ampara (Digamadulla) multi-member electoral district in the Sri Lankan Parliament since April 2010.

Pontus Wernbloom

He openly took a stance against Sweden Democrats prior to the 2010 Swedish general election, and stated his support for the socialist side in Aftonbladet.

Republican Party of Minnesota

Following the 2010 gubernatorial recount, the Minnesota GOP was heavily in arrears, owing $2 million, and had stopped paying rent for its headquarters near the Capitol.

Rodney Glassman

In April 2010, Glassman entered the race for United States Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.

RTÉ.ie

Currently the site employs sectioning of news items, poll features, numerous microsites such as for General Elections, Referenda, and throughout the National Budget.

Runglish

A small subplot in Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010: Odyssey Two concerned the crew of a Russo-American spaceship, who attempted to break down boredom with a Stamp Out Russlish!! campaign.

Ryan Brumberg

David Ryan Brumberg (born March 1, 1982) was the Republican candidate for the United States Congress in New York's 14th congressional district for the 2010 Congressional elections.

S. Yogeswaran

Yogeswaran was one the Tamil National Alliance's candidates for Batticaloa District at the 2010 parliamentary election.

SexBomb Girls

The music video of "Bilog na Hugis Itlog" aimed to educate Filipino voters on the new procedure implemented in the 2010 Philippine general election.

She's So Hard

The single "Easy To Love" came in at number 49 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2010.

Solomon Cyril

Cyril was not selected as a Tamil National Alliance candidate for the April 2010 parliamentary election.

Susan Bartlett

On June 4, 2009, Bartlett announced her intention to seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont in 2010.

Sutter Brown

Sutter was first owned by Kathleen Brown who gave the pet to her Brother after he won the 2010 California gubernatorial election.

Tamil Eelam independence referendums, 2009–2010

The referendum was organised by the Utrop newspaper but conducted by independent Norwegian professionals.

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 2009–2010

The election was necessitated after the resignation previous winner Anitha R. Radhakrishnan, due to the fact that he switched from AIADMK to DMK.

The Gruen Transfer

A spin-off series called Gruen Nation was aired during the 2010 federal election campaign.

A spinoff series, Gruen Nation, aired during the 2010 Australian federal election and again for the 2013 Australian federal election.

The New New Deal

He also argued that "Obama comes across as similarly unaware of the limits of top-down planning" in the book as well as that the 2010 midterm elections provided a rejoinder to President Obama's economic policy vision.

Thomas Thangathurai William

He was a TNA candidate for Ampara District at the 2010 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the TNA candidates.

Udawatte Nanda Thero

In the 2010 general election he contested from the Sri Lanka National Front in Kandy District but was not elected.

Ultra.2011

Compared to Ultra.2010, the majority of this compilation consists of extended versions of the normal songs.

United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2010

The election was held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2010 (including one in North Dakota), the United States House elections in other states and various state and local elections.

United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2010

The election is part of the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election and coincides with other local elections in the Virgin Islands, including the 2010 gubernatorial race.

United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, 2010

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2010, the United States House elections in other states, and the 2010 Maine gubernatorial election.

United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2012

Incumbent Republican Steve Pearce was elected in 2010, having previously served from 2003 until 2009.

United States Virgin Islands general election, 2010

The election will coincide will the 2010 United States general election.

Vermont Teddy Bear Company

Conservative radio hosts were seeing an uptick in listener numbers and advertising in the lead-up to the year's midterm elections.

Vice President of the Navajo Nation

In 2010, Ben Shelly became the first Vice President to be elected President of Navajo Nation.

Victor Yu

List of representatives elected in the Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010

Victoria Kolakowski

Before she was elected with 51% of the vote to her opponent's 48% on November 2, 2010, Kolakowski served as an administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission for four years.

Vijayakala Maheswaran

Vijayakala has represented the Jaffna multi-member electoral district for the United National Front in the Sri Lankan Parliament since April 2010.

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe typically returns all Labour councillors in local elections, although in the 2008 elections the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Northenden and a second seat (in the same area) in the 2010 elections.

ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Jan Albertus Scholtz won the constituency with 3,526 votes.


2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships

The 2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships involved 21 schools playing in a round robin followed by a single elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCRHA Division I college roller hockey.

Angie Goff

In November 2010, Goff joined DC radio station WVRX, locally known as "105.9 The Edge", as a member of the "Kirk and Mike" morning show hosted by Mike O'Meara and Kirk McEwen.

Austin Dillon

On July 11, 2010, Dillon scored his first career NASCAR victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series and won a Truck Series race in a truck wearing the No. 3 for the first time since Bryan Reffner won for Team Menard in 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Banda Uó

Banda Uó is an brazilian band of pop tecnobrega composed by Davi Sabbag, Mateus Carrilho, and Candy Mel started in 2010 on the city of Goiânia.

Bet Lynch

In March 2010 it was reported on Digital Spy that Bet was set to make a comeback in an attempt by the newly appointed Phil Collinson producer to try to restore the show to its 'golden days'.

Cabramatta High School

The school's successful annual Peace Day celebrations continued to deliver warm welcomes to recipients of the Sydney Peace Prize, including Indian social justice and environmental activist, eco-feminist and author Vandana Shiva in 2010, American linguist and activist Noam Chomsky in 2011, as well as Zimbabwean senator Sekai Holland in 2012.

Cross-promotion

Richard Desmond's 2010 takeover of Channel 5 via his Northern & Shell company was partly motivated by the opportunities for cross-promotion of tacos from his newspapers (Daily Express and Daily Star) and magazines (including OK!); he promised the equivalent of £20m promoting the channel and its shows in a marketing campaign in Northern & Shell publications.

Daihatsu Sirion

Since 2011, the name has been used in Indonesia for the second generation of the Malaysian-built Perodua Myvi (2011–present), a model which in turn is a redesigned version of the second generation of the Daihatsu Boon (2010–present).

David Southwick

He was elected in 2010 as the Member for Caulfield and delivered his first speech on 8 February 2011.

Dillington House

Designed by Tim Rolt and Dan Talkes of Purcell Miller Tritton, the building won the 2010 South-West Region Architecture Award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Doug Logan

Logan was the CEO of USA Track & Field, the national governing body for track and field, long distance running and race walking from 2008 to 2010.

DZRJ-FM

On October 15, 2010, HP Philippines, a unit of United States-based information technology firm Hewlett-Packard Company, have entered an agreement with RJ 100.3 FM as part of radio commercials.

Emporia State University

In March 2010, the Lady Hornets basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship, defeating the Fort Lewis College (Colorado) Skyhawks.

Eric Luedtke

In 2010, Luedtke ran for the House of Delegates after then-Delegates Herman L. Taylor, Jr. and Karen S. Montgomery decided to run for higher offices.

Fireflight

They performed at Winter Jam 2010 and released their fourth full-length album For Those Who Wait in February.

Grant Potter

Potter was the Gold medalist of the 2010 Worlds Masters Stage Race, 2009 U.S. Masters National Champion, 2010 UCI Worlds top 5 finisher, 2010 Deutschlandsberg Worlds TT winner among many other titles.

High Bailiff

The current High Bailiff is His Worship John Needham, who is not Manx nor qualified in the jurisdiction, who took office on 30 January 2010 on the retirement of Mr Michael Moyle.

Human trafficking in Bolivia

The government continued to operate four specialized anti-trafficking police units in La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba, and made preparations to open an additional six units along the frontiers with Brazil, Argentina, and Peru in 2010 with the support of a foreign government.

Hunt to Kill

The film reunited actors Steve Austin, Gary Daniels, and Eric Roberts, who all played villains in the 2010 action film The Expendables.

Ian Bonar

He co-starred as Stanley Howler in the May 2010 adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.

Ian Dennis / Fox Bronte

In January 2010, he drank different coloured juices to change the colour of his urine - to create a portrait of British National Party leader Nick Griffin.

Is It Possible?

The first episode aired on March 24, 2010, and included a contortionist, a blind man who uses echolocation, microscopic art by Willard Wigan, the fish Macropinna microstoma, a lyrebird, a man who roller skated on a roller coaster, and several other subjects.

James Mejia

James announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Denver in June 2010, when then-mayor, now current Governor, John Hickenlooper decided to pursue the governor’s office.

Joan Franka

In September 2010, Joan Franka entered the talent show, The Voice of Holland in its inaugural 2010-2011 season where she auditioned with Nickelback's "How You Remind Me".

Johnnie Crutchfield

He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1998 to 2010, representing District 14, which included Carter, Garvin, Love and Murray counties.

Jorge Cervantes

He wrote a monthly question-and-answer column, Jorge's Rx, from 2000 to 2010 located in High Times magazine's cultivation section, Cervantes provides his solutions to growers problems.

Kaoru Yosano

On April 4, 2010, Yosano, Takeo Hiranuma, Hiroyuki Sonoda, Takao Fujii and Yoshio Nakagawa announced their plans to leave the LDP to establish a new political party, the Sunrise Party of Japan.

Legoland Windsor Resort

In September 2010, the park's high quantity of wasps during the season was featured on Watchdog, with general manager Sue Kemp appearing with host Anne Robinson and confirming new signage, actions and details on the website.

Leon Baptiste

On 10 October 2010 Baptiste won the 200 m gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, ensuring England's first sprint gold at the games for 12 years since Julian Golding in 1998.

Lionel Tardy

On 30 June 2010, he is also illustrated in the hearing of Raymond Domenech by Parliament in return of the World Cup in South Africa.

Livsey

Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth CBE (1935–2010), British politician and Liberal MP

Marty Adams

TV appearances include seventeen episodes (as of 25 August 2010) of Video on Trial and commercials for (Staples Inc., Fallsview Casino).

Matt McGloin

After playing behind Daryll Clark and Kevin Newsome in 2009, he ended up third on the depth chart in early 2010 behind Rob Bolden, a true freshman from Detroit.

Mayor of Manukau

The Mayor of Manukau was the head of the municipal government of Manukau City, New Zealand, from 1965 to 2010, and presided over the Manukau City Council.

Mohammed Bello Adoke

Barrister Mohammed Bello Adoke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (born 1 September 1963) was appointed Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of Justice on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.

My Country, My Name

On November 27, 2010 another beta version with some graphics and gameplay improvements was presented in UniAnime at Colégio Universitário Morumbi festival in São Paulo, Brazil.

Netezza

In February 2010, Netezza announced that it had opened up its systems to support major programming models, including Hadoop, MapReduce, Java, C++, and Python models.

Norman Gordon

Gordon became the oldest-ever Test cricketer on 23 March 2011, when he surpassed New Zealander Eric Tindill, who died on 1 August 2010, approximately four months before his 100th birthday.

Pam Bondi

On November 2, 2010, she defeated Democratic State Senator Dan Gelber by a 55% to 41% margin to become the Attorney General of the State of Florida.

Peter Chitty

Perry, R. (2010) The Changi Brownlow, Hachette, Sydney.

PNG Gas

Engineering, Construction and Procurement (EPC) company Clough Curtain Joint Venture (CCJV) was awarded the contract for liquefaction plant and upstream infrastructure work in June 2009 and September 2010 respectively.

Poomala

Poomala Dam was officially designated as a tourist centre by the Home Minister of State, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, on 21 March 2010.

Pretzsch, Burgenlandkreis

Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Meineweh.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Softeks V-24 Lastochka

The first flight took place on 20 November 2012 and the Lastochka was first demonstrated in public at the SP Korolyov Aviation Meeting, held from 17-20 Jane 2010 at Smokovka airport, Zhytomyr.

St Mary's Church, Ickworth

The 6th Marquess (d. 1985) was buried in Menton (France) for 25 years until the 8th Marquess had him reinterred in the vault of Ickworth Church in October 2010.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

The popularity of the comic has made it much in demand for adaptation into other media, the first to be approved by Tardi being a projected trilogy of live-action feature films adapted and directed by Luc Besson, the first of which, also titled The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec was released in France on 14 April 2010 and latterly in numerous other markets, including the United Kingdom.

The Good Men Project

The for-profit arm of the Good Men Project, Good Men Media, Inc., was founded in March 2010 by Lisa Hickey, an advertising veteran and social media consultant.

WOLX-FM

(Moore and Elliott were previously teamed with longtime WOLX station personality Fletcher Keyes Fletch, who left the station in August 2010.) National voices include midday personality Ken Merson (voicetracked from Baltimore, MD), afternoon drive host Willie B (voicetracked from Entercom's Memphis cluster), and nationally-syndicated host Tom Kent at night.

Yusuf Halil

Yusuf Halil (September 10, 1991), is a professional ice hockey player, who currently plays forwatd for the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League's Izmir B.B. SK and since 2010 in the Turkey national men's ice hockey team.