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29 January 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 January 2010 was a Friday.
- 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 29 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 January 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 January 2010 was Full Moon.
On this day: 29 January
- 2001 Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
- 2005 The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
- 2008 An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
- 2009 Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
- 2014 Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Famous people born on 29 January
- Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman (born 1945)
- Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions (born 1954)
- Katharine Ross, American actress and author (born 1940)
- William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (1843–1901)
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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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