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14 March 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 March 2010 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Pass Out” by Tinie Tempah.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 March 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 March 2010 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 14 March
- 1991 Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.
- 1995 Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- 2006 The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
- 2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.
- 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.
Famous people born on 14 March
- Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (1879–1955)
- Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Michael Caine, English actor (born 1933)
- Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)
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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