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8 April 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 April 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 8 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 April 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 April 2010 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 8 April
- 2002 The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.
- 2005 A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
- 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.
- 2014 Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.
- 2020 Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.
Famous people born on 8 April
- Patricia Arquette, American actress and director (born 1968)
- Chris Kyle, American sniper and memoirist (1974–2013)
- Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer (born 1966)
- Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter (born 1963)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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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