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4 March 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 March 2010 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “In My Head” by Jason Derulo.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 March 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 March 2010 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 4 March
- 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
- 1990 Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo.
- 1994 Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.
- 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
- 2020 Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
Famous people born on 4 March
- Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian (1954–2026)
- Patricia Heaton, American actress (born 1958)
- Patsy Kensit, English model and actress (born 1968)
- Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1965)
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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