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16 March 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 March 2010 was a Tuesday.
- 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 16 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 March 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 March 2010 was New Moon.
On this day: 16 March
- 2002 Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern is premiered, together with her earlier Johannes-Passion, at Hamburg's Michaeliskirche, performed by soloists, choir and orchestra from the Mariinsky Theatre combined with NDR choir and orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
- 2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
- 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
- 2012 Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
- 2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
Famous people born on 16 March
- Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada (born 1965)
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress (born 1986)
- Lauren Graham, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Alan Tudyk, American actor (born 1971)
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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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