| Event Description | Event |
| January 4: this tallest man made structure is officially opened | |
| January 12: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocks this country | |
| February 12-28: Winter olympics are held in this city | |
| February 12: Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of this country dies in a practice run after flying off the track | |
| February 18: President Tandja Mamadou of this African nation is overthrown | |
| February 27: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits very near this capital, and triggering a tsunami, killing 497 people | |
| March 26: South Korea blames this country for the sinking of the ROKS Cheonen | |
| April 10: President Lech Kaczynski of this country dies in a plane crash | |
| April 20: This oil platforms explodes causing one of the worst oil spills ever recorded | |
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| May 2: this country receives a ยข110 billion bailout | |
| June 11: The World Cup starts off with a goal scored by Tshabalala of this African nation | |
| July 25: This organization leaks over 90,000 internal reports about the US war in Afghanistan | |
| August 10: The World Health Organization declares this pandemic over | |
| September 3: The oldest person in this country, Annie Turnbull died at age 111 | |
| October 13: Miners in this country return to ground level after being trapped for 69 days in a mining accident | |
| November 17: Researchers at this science lab trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter. | |
| December 10: The United Nations conference in Cancun about this topic ends. Hint Kyoto Protocol | |
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