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2 July 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 July 2010 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “California Gurls” by Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 July 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 July 2010 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 2 July
- 1976 End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- 1986 Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case.
- 1997 The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
- 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.
- 2005 The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
Famous people born on 2 July
- Jerry Hall, American model and actress (born 1956)
- Olav V, Norwegian king, 1957–1991 (1903–1991)
- Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer (born 1990)
- Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer (born 1986)
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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