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10 April 2009 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 April 2009 was a Friday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Love Story” by Taylor Swift.
- Top Film of 2009
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2009 was Avatar.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2009
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2009 was the Holden Commodore.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 2009 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 April 2009 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 April
- 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
- 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
- 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
- 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
- 2016 An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
Famous people born on 10 April
- Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
- Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
- Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
- Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
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Events of 2009 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2009 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 4 January – Torrential downpours in north western Queensland cause flooding in Cloncurry and Mount Isa.
- 3 February – Justice Virginia Bell is sworn in as a puisne judge of the High Court of Australia, replacing Justice Michael Kirby who retired the previous day.
- 14 March – The Victorian bushfires are officially declared contained.
Life in Australia in 2009
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.10
Loaf of Bread
$2.80
Average House
$395,000
Weekly Wage
$1,185.00
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