8th » With the COTS Demo Flight 1 or second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
8th » The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
15th » A boat carrying 90 Refugee Asylum seekers or asylum seekers 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster known as crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
17th » Mohamed Bouazizi Self-immolation known as sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
18th » Anti-government protests begin in Tunisia, heralding the Arab Spring.
19th » Sachin Tendulkar scores a record-breaking 50th Century in Test cricket against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, Gauteng.
19th » Rahul Dravid crosses the 12000 runs milestone in Test cricket against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, Gauteng.
23rd » A monsoonal trough crosses the northeastern coast of Australia from the Coral Sea, bringing 2010–11 Queensland floods or mass flooding across Queensland.
28th » Arab Spring: 2010–2012 Algerian protests e.g Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government.
13th » Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1947)
14th » Timothy Davlin, American politician, List of mayors of Springfield, Illinois e.g Mayor of Springfield (b. 1957)
14th » Neva Patterson, American actress (b. 1920)
14th » Dale Roberts (footballer born 1986) or Dale Roberts, English footballer (b. 1986)
15th » Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
15th » Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
15th » Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (b. 1940)
16th » Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
17th » Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
17th » Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
17th » Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)
18th » Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
18th » Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913)
18th » Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (b. 1921)
18th » Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, List of Italian Ministers of Economy and Finances e.g Italian Minister of Economy and Finances (b. 1940)
18th » James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925)
19th » Anthony Howard (journalist) called Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (b. 1934)
19th » Trudy Pitts, American pianist and singer (b. 1932)
20th » Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (b. 1949)
20th » Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
20th » James Robert Mann (South Carolina) called James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
20th » K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
21st » Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
22nd » Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)
23rd » Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
23rd » K. Karunakaran, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)
24th » Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)
24th » Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
24th » Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th List of Governors of São Paulo or Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)
24th » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930)
25th » Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th List of Presidents of Venezuela e.g President of Venezuela (b. 1922)
26th » Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
26th » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)
28th » Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)