At A Glance

4 February 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
4 February 2010 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 2010
The Irish chart song for 2010 was “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem ft. Rihanna.
Top Film of 2010
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
Star sign
The star sign for 4 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 February 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 February 2010 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 4 February

  • 2000 The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • 2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • 2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
  • 2008 Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
  • 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

Famous people born on 4 February

  • Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
  • Hunter Biden, American attorney and lobbyist (born 1970)
  • Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1975)
  • Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (1913–2005)

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Events of 2010 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2010 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 January – Met Éireann said Ireland was experiencing its most extreme cold spell of weather since 1963.
  • 3 February – a fireball was seen across Ireland when a meteoroid explodes at an altitude of 100 miles, and fragments entered the atmosphere. Public excitement caused Astronomy Ireland's website to crash.
  • 15 April – Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupted air traffic across northern and western Europe, including Ireland.

Life in Ireland in 2010

Taoiseach

Brian Cowen

Petrol (per litre)

€1.22/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.38

Average House

€195,000

Weekly Wage

€415

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