Massachusetts in 2010

Events from the year 2010 in Massachusetts, USA.

Events

January

  • January 19 - Republican Scott Brown wins U.S. Senate seat
  • Unemployment rate reaches 9.5

April

  • April 19 - Boston Marathon
  • April 27 - 2010 U.S. census completed (door-to-door)
  • April 28 - U.S. Interior Department approves the Cape Wind 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.
  • August 27 - Barack Obama golfs with Michael Bloomberg and Vernon Jordan in Edgartown

September

  • September 28 - Four people killed in Mattapan shooting

November

  • November 2 - Elections for governor, U.S. House of Representatives
  • November 12 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, dedicates new building, designed by Foster + Partners

See also

  • 2010 in the United States