At A Glance

10 October 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
10 October 2021 was a Sunday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Stay” by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2021
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2021 was the Toyota HiLux.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 October 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 October 2021 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 10 October

  • 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
  • 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
  • 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
  • 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
  • 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Famous people born on 10 October

  • Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
  • Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California (born 1967)
  • Dan Stevens, English actor (born 1982)
  • Geno Smith, American football player (born 1990)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2021 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The words of the Australian national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair", are changed for the first time since 1984, amending the line "For we are young and free" to "For we are one and free".
  • 15 February – 142,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Australia.
  • 13 March – The 2021 Western Australian state election is held with the incumbent McGowan Labor government winning with an increased majority.

Life in Australia in 2021

Prime Minister

Scott Morrison

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.45

Loaf of Bread

$3.90

Average House

$720,000

Weekly Wage

$1,770.00

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