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7 January 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 January 2010 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 January 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 January 2010 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 7 January
- 1991 Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
- 1993 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.
- 1993 Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
- 1999 The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
- 2023 The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Famous people born on 7 January
- Andy Burnham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1970)
- Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver (born 1985)
- Nicolas Cage, American actor (born 1964)
- Jeremy Renner, American actor (born 1971)
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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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