At A Glance

27 January 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
27 January 2010 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Fireflies” by Owl City.
Top Film of 2010
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 January 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 January 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 27 January

  • 2010 The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
  • 2010 Apple announces the iPad.
  • 2011 Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa.
  • 2011 Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.
  • 2014 Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Famous people born on 27 January

  • Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor (born 1965)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (1756–1791)
  • Bridget Fonda, American actress (born 1964)
  • Mimi Rogers, American actress (born 1956)

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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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