Timeline November 2010

Events in November 2010 6

• 1926 – 2010 Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010) Died 28 November 2010, aged 84 Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor who became a comedy icon in his later career with roles in Airplane! and the Naked Gun films, after decades as a dramatic actor. His deadpan delivery made him one of the most recognizable comic performers of his generation. He died of complications from pneumonia.
• 2010 Grand Slam tour and Achilles injury Peak form disrupted by injury Carter starred as the All Blacks completed another Grand Slam tour of the UK and Ireland in 2010, but the year was also marked by a serious Achilles tendon injury that curtailed his season. The recurring pattern of brilliance followed by injury became a defining, frustrating feature of his career.
• 2010 General Motors returns to the stock market IPO follows 2009 bankruptcy and bailout General Motors relisted on the New York Stock Exchange in one of the largest initial public offerings in US history, roughly eighteen months after emerging from bankruptcy. The offering allowed the US Treasury to begin recouping funds from its 2009 bailout of the automaker. It was seen as a milestone in the American auto industry's recovery from the financial crisis.
• 2010 Bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island North Korea shells South Korean island North Korean artillery struck the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing four people and setting homes ablaze in the first attack on civilian territory since the Korean War armistice. South Korea returned fire and raised its military alert status. The exchange was among the most serious inter-Korean incidents in decades.
• 2010 Ivorian election crisis begins Disputed presidential vote splits the country A presidential runoff election in Ivory Coast produced rival claims to victory, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refusing to concede to challenger Alassane Ouattara despite international recognition of Ouattara's win. The standoff plunged the country into a political crisis that escalated into armed conflict the following year. It ended Ivory Coast's decade of post-civil-war stability only temporarily.
• 2010 WikiLeaks Cablegate release Quarter-million US diplomatic cables published WikiLeaks began releasing over 250,000 confidential US State Department cables, exposing candid diplomatic assessments of foreign leaders and governments worldwide. The disclosure strained US diplomatic relations and intensified international pressure on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. It followed earlier leaks of Iraq and Afghanistan war logs the same year.