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27 May 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 May 2010 was a Thursday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “OMG” by Usher featuring will.i.am.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2010
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2010 was the Holden Commodore.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 May 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 May 2010 was Full Moon.
On this day: 27 May
- 1996 First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
- 2014 The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
- 2016 Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
- 2017 Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Famous people born on 27 May
- Christopher Lee, English actor (1922–2015)
- Paul Bettany, English actor (born 1971)
- Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (1923–2023)
- João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2010 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2010 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 3 February – Following extensive public criticism, the South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson announces that controversial new electoral legislation will be repealed after the South Australian state election to be held on 20 March 2010.
- 20 March – State elections are held in South Australia and Tasmania.
- 22 March – A storm featuring torrential rain and large hailstones caused flash flooding, structural damage and loss of power to 150,000 houses in Perth.
Life in Australia in 2010
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.20
Loaf of Bread
$2.90
Average House
$450,000
Weekly Wage
$1,250.00
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