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10 March 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 March 2012 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2012
- The Irish chart song for 2012 was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye ft. Kimbra.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 March 2012 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 March
- 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.
- 2024 2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.
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 2012 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Government stopped paying expenses to former taoisigh (prime ministers), while sweeping price increases for goods and services, and in value added tax (VAT), affected consumers when decisions announced in Budget 2012 came into effect.
- 21 February – President Michael D. Higgins began his first official trip abroad when he went to London for three days, accompanied by his wife, Sabina.
- 27 March – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore announced the date of the referendum on the fiscal compact as Thursday 31 May.
Life in Ireland in 2012
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.58/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.42
Average House
€165,000
Weekly Wage
€400
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