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February 15, 2010

On February 15, 2010, two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people. The year's #1 song was "Tik Tok" by Kesha. Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Sophia Reid-Gantzert would arrive in the same year.

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2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.

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On February 15, 2010

  1. 2010 Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.

    2010 Belgian train wreck

    The Halle train collision was a collision between two NMBS/SNCB passenger trains carrying a combined 250 to 300 people in Buizingen, in the municipality of Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, on 15 February 2010. 5 mi) from Brussels between P-train E3678 from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte and IC-train E1707 from Quiévrain to Liège. A third train was able to come to a stop just in time.

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Jeanne M. Holm United States Air Force general

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Sophia Reid-Gantzert 2010– Canadian actress and dancer
Tanitoluwa Adewumi 2010– Nigerian-American chess player
Sophia Reid-Gantzert 2010– Canadian actress and dancer
Tanitoluwa Adewumi 2010– Nigerian-American chess player
Sophia Reid-Gantzert 2010– Canadian actress and dancer
Tanitoluwa Adewumi 2010– Nigerian-American chess player

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