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13 August 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 August 2010 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Beautiful Monster” by Ne-Yo.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 August 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 August 2010 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 13 August
- 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 1977 Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- 1997 The animated TV comedy South Park airs its very first episode.
- 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
- 2020 Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
Famous people born on 13 August
- Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor (born 1982)
- Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (1899–1980)
- Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (1926–2016)
- Sridevi, Indian actress (1963–2018)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2010 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2010 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 15 April – A cloud of volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland causes the closure of airspace over the United Kingdom and northern and western Europe.
- 7 May – 2010 general election: The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats begin negotiations to reach either a parliamentary agreement, or to create a coalition government with a House of Commons majority.
- 29 July – Metro Bank opens its first branch, in Holborn, London, the first wholly new high street bank for more than a century.
Life in 2010
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£2.85
Loaf of Bread
£1.25
Average House
£167,469
Weekly Wage
£699.00
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