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1926 – 2010Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)Died 28 November 2010, aged 84Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor who became a comedy icon in his later career with roles in Airplane! and the Naked Gun films, after decades as a dramatic actor. His deadpan delivery made him one of the most recognizable comic performers of his generation. He died of complications from pneumonia.
2010Ivorian election crisis beginsDisputed presidential vote splits the countryA presidential runoff election in Ivory Coast produced rival claims to victory, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refusing to concede to challenger Alassane Ouattara despite international recognition of Ouattara's win. The standoff plunged the country into a political crisis that escalated into armed conflict the following year. It ended Ivory Coast's decade of post-civil-war stability only temporarily.
2010WikiLeaks Cablegate releaseQuarter-million US diplomatic cables publishedWikiLeaks began releasing over 250,000 confidential US State Department cables, exposing candid diplomatic assessments of foreign leaders and governments worldwide. The disclosure strained US diplomatic relations and intensified international pressure on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. It followed earlier leaks of Iraq and Afghanistan war logs the same year.