At A Glance

23 March 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
23 March 2010 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Telephone” by Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé.
Top Film of 2010
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
Star sign
The star sign for 23 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 March 2010 was First Quarter.

On this day: 23 March

  • 2003 Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
  • 2008 Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India.
  • 2010 The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
  • 2014 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
  • 2018 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.

Famous people born on 23 March

  • G. D. Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (1893–1974)
  • Keri Russell, American actress (born 1976)
  • Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976)
  • Perez Hilton, American blogger (born 1978)

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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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