At A Glance

10 March 2005 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2005 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Dakota” by Stereophonics.
Top Film of 2005
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2005 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2005 was New Moon.

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)

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Events of 2005 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2005 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 March – The New Forest in Hampshire becomes England's twelfth national park.
  • 9 April – The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (who takes the title Duchess of Cornwall) in a twenty-minute ceremony at Windsor Guildhall is followed by a blessing at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • 5 May – 2005 general election: The Labour Party is returned to power for a third term, but with a greatly reduced majority of 66 seats. The Liberal Democrats win the most seats for any third party since 1923, with 62 MPs.
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Life in 2005

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.30

Loaf of Bread

82p

Average House

£167,711

Weekly Wage

£587.00

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