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1 December 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 December 2010 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Heroes” by The X Factor Finalists 2010.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 December 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 December 2010 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 1 December
- 2005 As a result of the merger of the Perm Oblast and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, a new subject of the Russian Federation, the Perm Krai, was created.
- 2006 The law on same-sex marriage comes into force in South Africa, legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on the African continent.
- 2009 The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union.
- 2011 The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.
- 2018 The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
Famous people born on 1 December
- Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model (born 1988)
- Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper (born 1982)
- Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (1940–2005)
- Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality (born 2003)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2010 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2010 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 15 April – A cloud of volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland causes the closure of airspace over the United Kingdom and northern and western Europe.
- 7 May – 2010 general election: The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats begin negotiations to reach either a parliamentary agreement, or to create a coalition government with a House of Commons majority.
- 29 July – Metro Bank opens its first branch, in Holborn, London, the first wholly new high street bank for more than a century.
Life in 2010
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£2.85
Loaf of Bread
£1.25
Average House
£167,469
Weekly Wage
£699.00
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