At A Glance
10 October 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 October 2016 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2016
- The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 October 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 October 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 10 October
- 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
- 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Famous people born on 10 October
- Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
- Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California (born 1967)
- Dan Stevens, English actor (born 1982)
- Geno Smith, American football player (born 1990)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2016 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 26 February – The 2016 general election was held.
- 10 March – The 32nd Dáil met for the first time. Talks on government formation began and continued until 6 May.
- 27 March – (Easter Sunday) – The Easter Rising centenary parade took place in Dublin.
Life in Ireland in 2016
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.28/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.52
Average House
€230,000
Weekly Wage
€460
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