At A Glance

16 September 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
16 September 2010 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Start Without You” by Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan.
Top Film of 2010
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
Star sign
The star sign for 16 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 September 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 September 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 16 September

  • 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • 2004 Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
  • 2005 The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
  • 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
  • 2021 Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

Famous people born on 16 September

  • Alexis Bledel, American actress (born 1981)
  • Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1992)
  • Henry V of England (1386–1422)
  • Chase Stokes, American actor (born 1992)

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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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