At A Glance

10 March 2009 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2009 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Right Round” by Flo Rida ft. Kesha.
Top Film of 2009
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2009 was Avatar.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2009 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2009 was Full Moon.

On this day: 10 March

  • 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.
  • 2022 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
  • 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.

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 2009 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2009 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 22 February – At the 81st Academy Awards, British film Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. British actress Kate Winslet wins the Best Actress award for her role in The Reader.
  • 27 February – Lloyds Banking Group announces that their HBOS subsidiary made annual losses of £10.8 billion in 2008. The Lloyds TSB division of the group made a profit of £807 million, down 80% on 2007.
  • 16 April – Horrible Histories premieres on CBBC.
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Life in 2009

Prime Minister

Gordon Brown

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.75

Loaf of Bread

£1.20

Average House

£154,452

Weekly Wage

£686.00

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