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  • Major Events of 2010

     

    Sports

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    • MLB: 2010 World Series
      New York Yankees win 4-2 against the Philadelphia Phillies

    - Oct 28& x2026; Philadelphia 6 at New York 1

    - Oct 29& x2026; Philadelphia 1 at New York 3

    - Oct 31& x2026; New York 8 at Philadelphia 5

    - Nov 1& x2026;New York 7 at Philadelphia 4

    - Nov 2& x2026; New York 6 at Philadelphia 8

    -Nov 4& x2026; Philadelphia  3 at New York 7

    • NFL: Super Bowl XLIII
      Pittsburgh Steelers win 27-23 against the Arizona Cardinals

    -Super Bowl Box Score:
    Pittsburgh& x2026; 3 14 3 7= 27

    Arizona& x2026;& x2026;0 7 0 16= 23

    Professional Golf
    Men's Majors winners

    - The Masters: Angel Cabrera& x2026; 68-68-69-71=276

    - US Open: Lucas Glover& x2026; 67-65-70-76=278

    - British Open: Stewart Cink& x2026; 4-3-4-3=14 in the playoffs

    - PGA Championship: Yang Yong-eun& x2026;73& 150;70& 150;67& 150;70=280

    Women's Majors winners
    - Kraft Nabisco Championship: Brittany Lincicome& x2026; 66-74-70-69= 279

    - US Women's Open: Eun-Hee Ji& x2026;284
    - LPGA Championship: Anna Nordqvist& x2026;273
    - Weetabix Women's British Open: Catriona Matthew& x2026;285

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    Popular Songs

    1 Ke$ha TiK ToK
    2 Lady Antebellum Need You Now
    3 Train Hey, Soul Sister
    4 Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg California Gurls
    5 Usher feat. will.i.am OMG
    6 B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams Airplanes
    7 Eminem feat. Rihanna Love The Way You Lie
    8 Lady Gaga Bad Romance
    9 Taio Cruz Dynamite
    10 Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris Break Your Heart

    Popular Movies

    •       Black Swan

      ·      The King’s Speech

      ·      True Grit

      ·      The Fighter

      ·      Inception

      ·      127 Hours

      ·      Love and Other Drugs

      ·      The Social Network

      ·      The Town

      ·      Tangled

      ·      Despicable Me

      ·      Toy Story 3

       

     

    52nd Grammy Awards

    • Record of the Year: “Use Somebody”- Kings of Leon
    • Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”- Beyonce
    • Album of the Year: Fearless- Taylor Swift
    • Best New Artist: Zac Brown Bang

     

     

    78th Academy Awards

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        • Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
        • Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
        • Best actor in a leading role: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
        • Best actress in a leading role: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
        • Best actor in a supporting role: Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastards
        • Best actress in a supporting role: Mo’Nique for Precious

     

    Nobel Prizes

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    • •  Peace: Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"

      •  Physiology or Medicine: Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization"

      •  Economic Sciences: Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions"

      •  Chemistry: Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"

      •  Literature: Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"

       

    Pulitzer Prizes

    • • Peace: Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"
      • Physiology or Medicine: Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization"
      • Economic Sciences: Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions"
      • Chemistry: Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"
      • Literature: Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"