Massachusetts in 2010
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January

  • January 19 - Republican Scott Brown
    Scott Brown
    Scott Brown is a United States senator.Scott Brown may also refer to:-Sportsmen:*Scott Brown , American college football coach of Kentucky State...

     wins U.S. Senate seat
    United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010
    The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a special election held on January 19, 2010, in order to fill the Massachusetts Class I United States Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2013...

  • Unemployment rate reaches 9.5

April

  • April 19 - Boston Marathon
    Boston Marathon
    The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...

  • April 27 - 2010 U.S. census completed (door-to-door)
  • April 28 - U.S. Interior Department approves the Cape Wind
    Cape Wind
    The Cape Wind Project is an approved offshore wind farm, on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, proposed by a private developer, Cape Wind Associates, the brainchild of Jim Gordon and a Limited Liability Company set up as a joint business venture...

     project, clearing the way for the first offshore wind power in the USA

July

  • July 8 - Judge Joseph L. Tauro of U.S. District Court in Boston topples U.S. rejection of gay unions

August

  • August 19 - Wonderland Greyhound Park closes
  • August 20 - Obamas begin 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard
    Martha's Vineyard
    Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....

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  • August 27 - Barack Obama golfs with Michael Bloomberg
    Michael Bloomberg
    Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...

     and Vernon Jordan in Edgartown
    Edgartown, Massachusetts
    Edgartown is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Dukes County. Edgartown has the largest population and area in the entire Dukes County and Martha's Vineyard.- History :In 1642....


November

  • November 2 - Elections for governor
    Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010
    The Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term. Also competing were the Republican Party nominee, businessman Charlie Baker; independent candidate and State Treasurer Tim Cahill; and...

    , U.S. House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2010
    The 2010 congressional elections in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 2010, to determine who would represent the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives. Massachusetts has ten seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census...

  • November 12 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...

    , dedicates new building, designed by Foster + Partners

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