At A Glance

10 March 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2011 was a Thursday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “S&M” by Rihanna.
Top Film of 2011
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2011
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2011 was the Mazda3.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2011 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 10 March

  • 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
  • 2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • 2017 The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
  • 2022 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
  • 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.

Famous people born on 10 March

  • Olivia Wilde, American actress and director (born 1984)
  • Jon Hamm, American actor and director (born 1971)
  • Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director (born 1962)
  • Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (1940–2026)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2011 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 January – Major floods occur across much of western and central Victoria totally inundating the town of Carisbrook and causing evacuations in many others.
  • 27 January – Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces that her government proposes to introduce a Flood levy to assist in funding reconstruction works required as a result of major floods in Queensland and Victoria.
  • 3 February – Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi makes landfall at near Mission Beach, south of Innisfail, Queensland.

Life in Australia in 2011

Prime Minister

Julia Gillard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.35

Loaf of Bread

$3.00

Average House

$470,000

Weekly Wage

$1,305.00

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