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27 April 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 April 2010 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Once” by Diana Vickers.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 April 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 April 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 27 April
- 2005 Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
- 2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
- 2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
- 2007 Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
- 2012 At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
Famous people born on 27 April
- Arch Manning, American football player (born 2004)
- Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (1822–1885)
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands (born 1967)
- Jenna Coleman, English actress (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
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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