Editing 2010 (section)

===April===
* [[April 3]] – The [[iPad (1st generation)|first]] [[iPad]] was released.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/05/ipad.apple.release/index.html|title= Apple's iPad to be released April 3|website= [[CNN]]|access-date= December 2, 2021|archive-date= December 2, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211202063105/http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/05/ipad.apple.release/index.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[April 5]] – [[Julian Assange]] [[News leak|leaks footage]] of a 2007 [[airstrike]] in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] titled "[[July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike|Collateral Murder]]" on the website [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bumiller|first=Elisabeth|date=2010-04-06|title=Video Shows U.S. Killing of Reuters Employees (Published 2010)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519180629/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] – [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] President [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] flees the country amid fierce [[Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010|anti-government riots]] in the capital, [[Bishkek]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tumult-in-kyrgyzstan-as-opposition-claims-power-1.889544 | work=CBC News | title=Tumult in Kyrgyzstan as opposition claims power | date=April 7, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101203024904/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tumult-in-kyrgyzstan-as-opposition-claims-power-1.889544| archive-date=December 3, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – The [[President of Poland]], [[Lech Kaczyński]], is among 96 killed when their airplane [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|crashes]] near [[Smolensk]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/10/poland-president-lech-kaczynski-killed | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Luke | last=Harding | title=Polish president Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash | date=April 10, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110419214318/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/10/poland-president-lech-kaczynski-killed| archive-date=April 19, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Polish-President-Lech-Kaczynski-Killed-When-Plane-Crashed-On-Approach-To-Smolensk-Airport-In-Russia/Article/201004215598482?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15598482 |title= The Latest News from the UK and Around the World|website=news.sky.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427014728/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Polish-President-Lech-Kaczynski-Killed-When-Plane-Crashed-On-Approach-To-Smolensk-Airport-In-Russia/Article/201004215598482?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15598482 |archive-date=April 27, 2011}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – [[Volcanic ash]] from one of [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|several eruptions]] beneath Mount [[Eyjafjallajökull]], an [[ice cap]] in [[Iceland]], begins to [[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption|disrupt air traffic]] across northern and western Europe.<ref name="NASInfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.norwegian.com/en/landingssider/cancellations-due-to-volcanic-ash-in-the-air/ |title=Cancellations due to volcanic ash in the air |date=2010-04-15 |publisher=[[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] |access-date=2010-04-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100418203624/http://www.norwegian.com/en/landingssider/cancellations-due-to-volcanic-ash-in-the-air/ |archive-date=April 18, 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/15/bloomberg1376-L0WS531A74E9-1.DTL |title=Iceland Volcano Spewing Ash Chokes Europe Air Travel |date=2010-04-15 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=2010-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821063035/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2010%2F04%2F15%2Fbloomberg1376-L0WS531A74E9-1.DTL |archive-date=August 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="BBC8622438">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8622438.stm|title=Live: Volcanic cloud over Europe|work=BBC News|access-date=2010-04-15 | date=April 15, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507122114/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8622438.stm| archive-date=May 7, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – The [[Deepwater Horizon explosion|Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], killing 11 workers. The resulting [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|Horizon oil spill]], one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of [[offshore drilling]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/21/oil.rig.explosion/index.html | work=CNN | title=At least 11 missing after blast on oil rig in Gulf | date=April 22, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100721121741/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/21/oil.rig.explosion/index.html| archive-date=July 21, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Wardell">{{cite web|last=Wardell|first=J.|year=2010|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37815518|title=Nations rethink offshore drilling|work=NBC News|access-date=2010-09-06|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072339/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37815518|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[Standard & Poor's]] [[Economy of Greece#2010 debt crisis|downgrades]] Greece's [[Sovereign rating|sovereign credit]] rating to [[High-yield debt|junk]] 4 days after the activation of a [[Euro|€]]45-billion [[European Union|EU]]–[[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] bailout, triggering the decline of [[stock market]]s worldwide and of the [[euro]]'s value,<ref name="BBC 2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8647441.stm |title=Greek bonds rated 'junk' by Standard & Poor's |work=BBC News |date= April 27, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100429143628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8647441.stm| archive-date=April 29, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm |title=Greece crisis: Euro markets hit again |work=BBC News |date= April 28, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100429031203/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm| archive-date=April 29, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/28/greece.euro.markets/index.html?hpt=T1 |title=Greece crisis deepens on global market sell-off |publisher=CNN |date= April 28, 2010|access-date=2010-04-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100501141307/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/28/greece.euro.markets/index.html?hpt=T1| archive-date=May 1, 2010| url-status= dead}}</ref> and furthering a [[European debt crisis|European sovereign debt crisis]].