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10 July 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 July 2020 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 July 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 July 2020 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 July
- 2011 Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
- 2012 The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
- 2016 Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
- 2017 Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
- 2019 The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Famous people born on 10 July
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (1856–1943)
- Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer (born 1972)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor (born 1977)
- Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (1943–1993)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announce that they plan to "step back as senior members" of the United Kingdom's royal family, and divide their time between the UK and North America.
- 6 March – COVID-19 in the UK: The Prime Minister announces £46 million in funding for research into a COVID-19 vaccine and rapid COVID-19 testing.
- 4 April – 2020 Labour Party leadership election: Keir Starmer is elected as the leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn, and Angela Rayner is elected as deputy leader of the party.
Life in 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.95
Loaf of Bread
£1.55
Average House
£239,196
Weekly Wage
£890.00
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