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9 April 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 April 2010 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “This Ain't a Love Song” by Scouting for Girls.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 April 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 April 2010 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 9 April
- 2003 Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
- 2009 In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
- 2014 A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
- 2020 Soyuz MS-16 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Expedition 62/63 crew to the International Space Station.
- 2021 Soyuz MS-18 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying three members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station.
Famous people born on 9 April
- Kristen Stewart, American actress (born 1990)
- Elle Fanning, American actress (born 1998)
- Dennis Quaid, American actor (born 1954)
- Joey Pollari, American actor (born 1994)
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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