Timeline July 2010

Events in July 2010 12

• 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill Worst marine oil spill in history The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and causing the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. Nearly 5 million barrels spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.
• 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup First in Africa Spain won their first title with a late extra-time goal by Andrés Iniesta. Winner: Spain.
• 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa First World Cup on African soil The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the first held in Africa. Spain won their first World Cup, defeating the Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg. Memorable for the vuvuzela.
• 2010 Album "Aphrodite" released Critically acclaimed dance-pop album with William Orbit Aphrodite, released in July 2010 with production from William Orbit, was met with strong critical acclaim and returned Minogue to the top of the UK Albums Chart. The lead single "All the Lovers" became one of the most enduring hits of her later career.
• 2010 Wimbledon 2010 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Serena Williams
• 2010 Russian heat wave and wildfires Record temperatures spark deadly smog crisis An extreme summer heat wave brought record temperatures to western Russia, sparking widespread peat and forest wildfires. Smog blanketed Moscow for weeks, and the combined heat and pollution were linked to tens of thousands of excess deaths. The heat wave also devastated grain harvests, prompting Russia to ban wheat exports.
• 2010 "The Decision" — joins Miami Heat In a nationally televised one-hour special, LeBron announces he is taking his talents to South Beach, joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami. The decision draws massive backlash in Cleveland.
• 2010 Spain Wins World Cup 2010 Iniesta Goal The Spanish national football team won its first World Cup title in South Africa.
• 2010 Inception Nolan's mind-bending thriller — $836m Directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. A thief who enters people's dreams is tasked with planting an idea into a CEO's mind.
• 2010 Marries Cindy Blackman Weds jazz and rock drummer on his birthday Santana married jazz and rock drummer Cindy Blackman on July 19, 2010, the eve of his 63rd birthday. Blackman Santana, known for her work with Lenny Kravitz and as a solo jazz artist, subsequently became the drummer in Santana's touring band. The couple has frequently collaborated on stage and in the studio in the years since.
• 2010 WikiLeaks releases the Afghan War Diary Leaked military logs expose war conduct WikiLeaks published over 75,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan, in coordination with major newspapers including The Guardian and The New York Times. The leak revealed previously unreported civilian casualties and details of the conflict. It was one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified material in US military history to that point.
• 2010 2010 Pakistan floods Monsoon flooding devastates the Indus basin Unusually heavy monsoon rains caused the Indus River to flood large areas of Pakistan, affecting an estimated 20 million people and killing close to 2,000. The disaster submerged roughly a fifth of the country's land area and destroyed crops, homes, and infrastructure on a massive scale. It was one of the worst floods in Pakistan's history.