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1 October 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 October 2010 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” by Bruno Mars.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 October 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 October 2010 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 1 October
- 2003 The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
- 2009 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 2015 The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
- 2016 The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
- 2017 An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
Famous people born on 1 October
- Julie Andrews, English actress and singer (born 1935)
- Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (1924–2024)
- Fernando Mendoza, American football player (born 2003)
- Brie Larson, American actress (born 1989)
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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