At A Glance

10 March 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2011 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 2011
The Irish chart song for 2011 was “Someone Like You” by Adele.
Top Film of 2011
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2011 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 10 March

  • 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
  • 2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • 2017 The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
  • 2022 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
  • 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.

Famous people born on 10 March

  • Olivia Wilde, American actress and director (born 1984)
  • Jon Hamm, American actor and director (born 1971)
  • Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director (born 1962)
  • Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (1940–2026)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2011 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 25 January – Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin was elected party leader.
  • 25 February – A general election was held. There were party reverses and gains on a historic scale with support for the outgoing government parties Fianna Fáil and the Green Party collapsing.
  • 9 March – The members of the 31st Dáil convened for the first time and elected Enda Kenny as Taoiseach by a vote of 117–27.

Life in Ireland in 2011

Taoiseach

Enda Kenny

Petrol (per litre)

€1.48/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.40

Average House

€175,000

Weekly Wage

€408

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