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14 April 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 April 2010 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “This Ain't a Love Song” by Scouting for Girls.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 April 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 April 2010 was New Moon.
On this day: 14 April
- 2002 Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
- 2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
- 2005 The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
- 2016 The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva is struck by two anti-ship missiles and sinks into the Black Sea.
Famous people born on 14 April
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress (born 1977)
- Anthony Michael Hall, American actor (born 1968)
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (1906–1975)
- Baker Mayfield, American football player (born 1995)
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
Gordon Brown
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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