At A Glance

10 March 2002 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2002 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Anything Is Possible / Evergreen” by Will Young.
Top Film of 2002
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2002 was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2002 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2002 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 10 March

  • 1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988.
  • 1991 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
  • 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
  • 2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • 2017 The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.

Famous people born on 10 March

  • Olivia Wilde, American actress and director (born 1984)
  • Jon Hamm, American actor and director (born 1971)
  • Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director (born 1962)
  • Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (1940–2026)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2002 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2002 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 March – The animated series of Mr. Bean premieres on ITV1. It is based on Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean.
  • 11 March – BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC Radio station in decades, is launched.
  • 24 May – Falkirk Wheel boat lift opens in Scotland, also marking the reopening of the Union Canal for leisure traffic.

Life in 2002

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.00

Loaf of Bread

76p

Average House

£117,748

Weekly Wage

£506.00

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