In 2010, as part of a series called The Britannica Guide to the World's Most Influential People, Torvalds was listed among The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time ( ISBN 9781615300037 ).

In November 2010, she became an American citizen.

At the beginning of 2010 Rohr became a suburb of Aarau.

In 2010, Lamo became embroiled in the WikiLeaks scandal involving Bradley Manning, who was arrested after Lamo reported to federal authorities that Manning had leaked hundreds of thousands of sensitive U. S. government documents .< ref >

Steinsaltz completed his Hebrew edition of the entire Babylonian Talmud in November 2010, at which time Koren Publishers Jerusalem became the publisher of all of his works, including the Talmud.

In May 2010, Chile became the first South American nation to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD.

With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became an entirely UK-wide TV channel for the first time.

On 17 September 2010, it became the world's longest-running TV soap opera in production, after the United States soap opera As the World Turns ended.

They became engaged on Valentine's Day in 2009, and were married on June 15, 2010, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In 2010, American Idiot became the first punk rock opera to make it to Broadway where it has garnered two Tony Awards.

In May 2010, a team of scientists led by Venter became the first to successfully create what was described as " synthetic life ".

On 13 December 2010, Mark Weston became the first person to be retried and found guilty of murder by a jury ( Dunlop having confessed ).

After the 2010 season, the Marlins continued their string of dealing players when their contracts became too much to bear, dealing power-hitting second basemen Dan Uggla to the Atlanta Braves after his insistence on an extra year in his possible contract extension went nowhere with the front office.

With a new stadium on the horizon, the 2010 offseason marked a change in direction for the franchise, as they it became a buyer all over in anticipation of a higher payroll and more revenue.

Although the automaker announced two days later that it had been approached with new offers, by April 2010, any sale became unlikely, as inventory was depleted and Hummer dealerships began shutting down.

One report in 2010 suggested that international trade was increased when a country hosted a network of immigrants, but the trade effect was weakened when the immigrants became assimilated into their new country.

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

In 2010, Andre Geim became the first person to receive both the Nobel and an individual Ig Nobel prize.

* 2010 – Avatar became the first film to gross over $ 2 billion worldwide.

In 2010, Major became a key loyalist to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, and said that he hoped for a " liberal conservative " alliance beyond 2015, and has criticised Ed Miliband and the Labour Party, for " party games " rather than helping in the national interest.

In March 2010 the koto received widespread international attention when a video linked by the Grammy Award-winning hard rock band Tool on its website became a viral hit.

The association with Carlsberg ended at the start of the 2010 – 11 season, when Standard Chartered Bank became the club's sponsor.

* Team Lotus, a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season

This became public knowledge after official papers were leaked in September 2010.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

* 2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

And in the year 2010, Forbes listed Ann Arbor as one of the most liveable cities in the United States of America.

In 2010, spending on advertising was estimated at $ 142. 5 billion in the United States and $ 467 billion worldwide

In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, and after the 2010 earthquake he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

The United States Secret Service acquired two in 2010 for transporting dignitaries needing special protection.

It is estimated that over 450, 000 businesses in the United States were involved in barter exchange activities in 2010.

In 2010, Budweiser launched an international entertainment property called Bud United.

Bud United ’ s first efforts were centered around the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Berkeley had a population of 112, 580.

Love toured Europe, Japan, and the United States promoting the album in the spring and summer of 2010, ending the tour at Seattle's Bumbershoot festival in September.

According to the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 105, 162.

" Reflections on the ' New Qing History ' School in the United States ," Chinese Studies in History, Winter 2009 / 2010, Vol.

The United States National Research Council released its latest Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs in 2010, and 23 of the 24 graduate programs of Caltech were ranked within the top four programs in the nation in their size quartile as determined by both the R95 and S95 rankings.

In late October 2010, University of Michigan biologist Barry O ' Connor concluded that all of the ' chupacabras ' reports in the United States were simply coyotes infected with the parasite Sarcoptes scabiei, the symptoms of which would explain most of the features of the chupacabras: they would be left with little fur, thickened skin, and rank odour.

As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per capita income, Human Development Index ( 0. 962 ), and median household income in the United States.

Fulham recorded four record attendances in the 2009 – 2010 season, in their 0 – 1 loss to Arsenal and their 3 – 1, 3 – 0 and 2 – 1 victories over Liverpool, Manchester United and Hamburg SV respectively, each of which drew full capacity crowds.

The United States produced in 2010, and the UK in 2008.

In May 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court provided an opinion after it was asked to certify a question referred by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington: “ Whether a public library, consistent with Article I, § 5 of the Washington Constitution, may filter Internet access for all patrons without disabling Web sites containing constitutionally-protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron .” The Washington State Supreme Court ruled that NCRL ’ s internet filtering policy did not violate Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.

In 2010, the United States Census Bureau paid $ 2. 5 million to have a television commercial directed by Guest shown during television coverage of Super Bowl XLIV.

When asked if the WikiLeaks of 2010 would damage American relations with other countries, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted that " governments deal with the United States because it's in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can keep secrets.

The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Delaware was 907, 135 on July 1, 2011, a 1. 02 % increase since the 2010 United States Census.

In 2010 the United Nations declared September 15 the International Day of Democracy.