At A Glance

10 January 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
10 January 2023 was a Tuesday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Unholy” by Sam Smith and Kim Petras.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2023
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2023 was the Ford Ranger.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 January 2023 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 January 2023 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 10 January

  • 1984 Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
  • 1985 Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
  • 1990 Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
  • 2003 North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty.
  • 2007 A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.

Famous people born on 10 January

  • Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure (born 1981)
  • Sarah Shahi, American actress (born 1980)
  • Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter (born 1945)
  • George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (1949–2025)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 6 February – A Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and serving as a firefighting air tanker crashes in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia.
  • 25 March – New South Wales State election elected the 58th Parliament. Chris Minns won after 12 years in opposition for Labor.
  • 13 April – Cyclone Ilsa crosses the Western Australia coast between Port Hedland and Bidyadanga as a category 5 system just before midnight local time.

Life in Australia in 2023

Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese

Monarch

King Charles III

Petrol (per litre)

$1.80

Loaf of Bread

$4.30

Average House

$770,000

Weekly Wage

$1,900.00

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