At A Glance

22 January 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
22 January 2010 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Replay” by Iyaz.
Top Film of 2010
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
Star sign
The star sign for 22 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 January 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 January 2010 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 22 January

  • 1998 Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • 1999 Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
  • 2006 Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
  • 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
  • 2024 Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.

Famous people born on 22 January

  • Caitlin Clark, American basketball player (born 2002)
  • Diane Lane, American actress (born 1965)
  • Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (1960–1997)
  • Gabriel Macht, American actor (born 1972)

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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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