Editing 2010 (section)

===October===
* [[October 3]] – [[Germany]] makes final reparation payment for [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/germany-makes-final-reparation-payments-world-war/story?id=11755920|title=Germany to Settle WWI Debt After 92 Years|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=October 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002073500/https://abcnews.go.com/International/germany-makes-final-reparation-payments-world-war/story?id=11755920|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 3]]–[[October 14|14]] – [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] takes place in [[Delhi]], [[India]].
*[[October 6]] – [[Instagram]] was launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/instagram-launch/|website=TechCrunch|date=October 6, 2010|access-date=December 1, 2021|title=Instagram Launches With The Hope Of Igniting Communication Through Images|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028025750/https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/instagram-launch/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – The [[Netherlands Antilles]] are [[Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles|dissolved]], with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.<ref name="time">{{cite web |url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2010-387.html |title=Besluit van 23 september 2010 tot vaststelling van het tijdstip van inwerkingtreding van de artikelen I en II van de Rijkswet wijziging Statuut in verband met de opheffing van de Nederlandse Antillen |publisher=Zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl |date=2010-09-23 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914012535/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2010-387.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[October 11]] – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will extend the settlement freeze if the Palestinian leadership recognizes Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinians quickly reject the offer.<ref>{{cite web | author=Jeffrey Heller | title=Israel makes settlement offer; Palestinians say no | website=[[Reuters]] | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSTRE69A31M20101011 | accessdate=October 11, 2010 | language=English | archive-date=May 16, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516181247/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSTRE69A31M20101011 | url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[October 12]] – The Finnish [[Yle TV2]] channel's ''[[Ajankohtainen kakkonen]]'' current affairs program featured controversial [[Homoilta|''Homoilta'' episode]] (literally "gay night"), which led to the resignation of almost 50,000 [[Finns]] from the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland|Evangelical Lutheran Church]].<ref>{{cite web | author=eroakirkosta.fi | title=Statistical Data | url=http://www.eroakirkosta.fi/media/tilastot | accessdate=October 18, 2010 | language=Finnish | archive-date=March 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307070230/http://eroakirkosta.fi/media/tilastot | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=eroakirkosta.fi | title=Resignations Today | url=http://www.eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ | accessdate=October 18, 2010 | language=Finnish | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101019134121/http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/| archivedate= October 19, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Eroa kirkosta | title=Erolaskuri | date=October 24, 2010 | url=http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ylea2.html | access-date=October 24, 2010 | language=fi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021200908/http://eroakirkosta.fi/static/ek-tilastot/ylea2.html | archive-date=October 21, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[October 22]] 
**The [[International Space Station]] surpasses the [[List of spaceflight records|record]] for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10661&lang=en|title=ISS Beats Mir Record|date=October 26, 2010|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Russian Federal Space Agency]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513040901/http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=10661&lang=en|archive-date=May 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=10&year=2010&hour=11&min=13&sec=0&p1=1927|title=Time is fixed on Friday, 22 October 2010, 11:13 Cheboksary time|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=Timeanddate.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429060045/http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=22&month=10&year=2010&hour=11&min=13&sec=0&p1=1927|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**The [[Iraq War documents leak|2010 Iraq War Documents leak]] occurs, being deemed the biggest [[Us government|US government]] [[News leak|leak]] in history. [[WikiLeaks]] being responsible for revealing [[Iraq War Logs|391832 documents]] concerning the [[Iraq War|2003 Iraq War]] which revealed approximately 60% of the [[Casualties of the Iraq War|Iraqi deaths]] were [[civilian casualties]], the [[Iraq Body Count project|Iraq War body count project]] showing the casualty percentage is closer to 80%.<ref>{{Cite news|last=SPIEGEL|first=DER|title=The WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: Greatest Data Leak in US Military History|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-wikileaks-iraq-war-logs-greatest-data-leak-in-us-military-history-a-724845.html|access-date=2021-03-12|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=October 22, 2010|language=en|archive-date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526225527/https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-wikileaks-iraq-war-logs-greatest-data-leak-in-us-military-history-a-724845.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-22|title=Iraq war logs: secret files show how US ignored torture|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks|access-date=2021-03-12|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730184021/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=June 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618183239/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8A2BB5AC-A330-4AF3-8ABA-7177872EC80F.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WikiLeaks website publishes classified military documents from Iraq|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/22/wikileaks.iraq/index.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.cnn.com|language=en|archive-date=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024055349/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/22/wikileaks.iraq/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-10-27|title=Wikileaks: Iraq war logs increase pressure for openness|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11613349|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514000756/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11613349|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Croft|first=Adrian|date=2010-10-23|title=WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-iraq-idUSTRE69L54J20101023|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612060602/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-iraq-idUSTRE69L54J20101023|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – In [[2010 G-20 Seoul summit preparations|preparation for the Seoul summit]], finance ministers of the [[G-20 major economies|G-20]] agree to reform the [[International Monetary Fund]] and shift 6% of the [[International Monetary Fund#Members' quotas and voting power, and board of governors|voting shares]] to [[developing nations]] and countries with [[emerging markets]].<ref name="G20 summit agrees to reform IMF">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Andrew |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11612701 |title=G20 summit agrees to reform IMF – BBC News |work=BBC News |date=October 23, 2010 |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102003120/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11612701 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 25]] – An [[2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami|earthquake and consequent tsunami]] off the coast of [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.<ref name="BBC News Major earthquake">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11621977|title=Major earthquake strikes off Indonesia|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2010-10-25|access-date=2010-10-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045356/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11621977| archive-date=October 26, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi|Repeated eruptions]] of [[Mount Merapi]] volcano in [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]], and accompanying [[pyroclastic flow]]s of scalding gas, pumice, and [[volcanic ash]] descending the erupting volcano kill 353 people and force hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flights resume to Indonesia as volcano spews ash |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_VOLCANO?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095840/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_VOLCANO?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |agency=Associated Press |last=Riyadi |first=Slamet |date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=November 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=guardian_toll>{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|author2=Tran, Mark |others=agencies|title=Mount Merapi death toll rises|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/05/mount-merapi-death-toll-rises|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=November 5, 2010|location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101107043458/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/05/mount-merapi-death-toll-rises| archive-date=November 7, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name=bknpb1>{{cite news|url=http://bnpb.go.id/irw/berita.asp?id=119 |title=(Death toll as of 15:00hrs 05/112010 stands at 122)-Korban Meninggal Akibat Letusan Merapi Mencapai 122 Orang |publisher=Badan Koordinasi Nasional Penanganan Bencana-Indonesian Disaster Management Office |author=BNPB |language=id |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427034631/http://bnpb.go.id/irw/berita.asp?id=119 |archive-date=April 27, 2011  }}</ref>
* [[October 28]] – [[Dilma Rousseff]] is elected, becoming the first (and, so far, the only) female president from [[Brazil]].
* [[October 31]] – [[Expo 2010]] concludes in [[Shanghai]], [[China]].