Timeline June 2010

Events in June 2010 10

• 1917 – 2010 Robert Byrd (1917-2010) Died 28 June 2010, aged 92 Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia who served longer than any other senator in American history, spanning more than 50 years in office. He was a leading advocate for Senate procedure and constitutional authority. He died in office of natural causes.
• 1922 – 2010 José Saramago Nobel in Literature The only Portuguese-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 2010 Breaking Bad season 3 13 episodes Walt takes the superlab, the cousins come north and Gale is killed.
• 2010 French Open 2010 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Francesca Schiavone
• 2010 Galaxy S — first flagship smartphone The original Samsung Galaxy S launches in June 2010 — Samsung's first serious flagship smartphone, featuring a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and 1GHz processor. It sells 10 million units, establishing the Galaxy S as Samsung's answer to the iPhone. The Galaxy S line will grow into the world's best-selling smartphone series.
• 2010 Bhopal disaster verdict delivered Indian court convicts former Union Carbide executives An Indian court convicted seven former executives of Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary of criminal negligence over the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, more than 25 years after the disaster. The defendants received two-year sentences, a punishment widely criticized as too lenient given the tens of thousands killed. The verdict reignited debate over corporate accountability for the world's worst industrial disaster.
• 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 Stuxnet computer worm discovered Cyberweapon targets Iranian nuclear centrifuges Security researchers identified Stuxnet, a highly sophisticated computer worm that had been sabotaging centrifuges at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility. It was later widely reported to be a joint US-Israeli operation, making it one of the first known cyberweapons to cause physical damage. Its discovery marked a turning point in the public understanding of state-sponsored cyberwarfare.
• 2010 Toy Story 3 #1 film of 2010 — $1.07bn worldwide Directed by Lee Unkrich at Pixar. Andy is leaving for college and the toys are accidentally delivered to a daycare centre.