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10 January 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 January 2012 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 January 2012 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 January 2012 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 January
- 1984 Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
- 1985 Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
- 1990 Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
- 2003 North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty.
- 2007 A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
Famous people born on 10 January
- Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure (born 1981)
- Sarah Shahi, American actress (born 1980)
- Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter (born 1945)
- George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (1949–2025)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 4 February – The Met Office issues a severe weather warning as heavy snow falls across much of the UK, disrupting road and air travel.
- 6 February – Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking sixty years on the throne; only the second British monarch to do so.
- 29 March – 2012 Bradford West by-election: Respect Party candidate George Galloway wins, taking the seat from the Labour Party with a majority of 10,140 votes.
Life in 2012
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.05
Loaf of Bread
£1.35
Average House
£162,637
Weekly Wage
£723.00
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