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21 July 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 July 2010 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Airplanes” by B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 July 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 July 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 21 July
- 2008 Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal.
- 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
- 2011 NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
- 2012 Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
- 2019 Yuen Long attack or "721 incident" in Hong Kong. Triad members indiscriminately beat civilians returning from protests while police failed to take action.
Famous people born on 21 July
- Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (1951–2014)
- Erling Haaland, Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
- Juno Temple, English actress (born 1989)
- Josh Hartnett, American actor (born 1978)
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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