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10 September 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 September 2022 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)” by Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 September 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 September 2022 was Full Moon.
On this day: 10 September
- 2000 Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
- 2001 During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
- 2002 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
- 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
- 2024 Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Famous people born on 10 September
- Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1968)
- Jack Grealish, English footballer (born 1995)
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer (born 1974)
- Colin Firth, English actor and producer (born 1960)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
- 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
- 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.
Life in 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£4.50
Loaf of Bread
£1.80
Average House
£283,615
Weekly Wage
£975.00
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