21st century

==== 2010 ====
* [[February 25]] – [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]] becomes the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
* [[April 10]] – [[President of Poland|Polish President]] [[Lech Kaczyński]] dies in an [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|airplane crash]] near the city of [[Smolensk]], Russia, along with his wife and 94 other people on board.
* [[June 11]] – [[July 11]] – [[South Africa]] becomes the first country in [[Africa]] to host the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]].
* [[June 24]] – [[Julia Gillard]] becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of Australia]].
* [[October 3]] – [[Dilma Rousseff]] is [[2010 Brazilian presidential election|elected]] as the first female [[president of Brazil]]. She serves as the president until [[Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff|her impeachment]] and removal from office on [[August 31]], 2016.
* [[November 13]] – [[Burma|Burmese]] opposition leader and [[Nobel Peace Prize|1991 Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] is released from house arrest, after being incarcerated since 1989.
* [[December 17]] – The [[Arab Spring]], a [[revolutionary wave]], begins [[Tunisian Revolution|in Tunisia]], and eventually spreads across the [[Middle East]] and the [[Arab world]], with widespread [[protest]]s, [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstration]]s, [[riot]]s and [[civil war]]s for [[free elections]] and [[human rights]].