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23 November 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 November 2010 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Love You More” by JLS.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 November 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 November 2010 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 23 November
- 2003 Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
- 2004 The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
- 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
- 2011 Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
- 2015 Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
Famous people born on 23 November
- Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)
- Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer (born 1966)
- Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1962)
- Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
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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