At A Glance

10 October 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
10 October 2019 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 October 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 October 2019 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 October

  • 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
  • 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
  • 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
  • 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
  • 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Famous people born on 10 October

  • Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
  • Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California (born 1967)
  • Dan Stevens, English actor (born 1982)
  • Geno Smith, American football player (born 1990)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2019 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 April – London's Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into effect.
  • 12 April – Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage launches the Brexit Party.
  • 18 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (Tel Aviv): The United Kingdom, represented by Michael Rice, finishes in last place, with a score of 11.

Life in 2019

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.85

Loaf of Bread

£1.53

Average House

£230,776

Weekly Wage

£865.00

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