At A Glance
10 April 2003 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 April 2003 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “In da Club” by 50 Cent.
- Top Film of 2003
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2003 was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
- Bestselling Novel of 2003
- “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2003.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2003–04 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 2003 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 April 2003 was First Quarter.
On this day: 10 April
- 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
- 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
- 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
- 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
- 2016 An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
Famous people born on April 10
- Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
- Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
- Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
- Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2003 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2003 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 23 – The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Steve Martin, is held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Rob Marshall's Chicago wins six awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture (the first musical to win the award since 1968's Oliver!).
- April 9 – Iraq War: U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein.
- April 18 – Holes, directed by Andrew Davis is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2003
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.59
Loaf of Bread
$1.17
Average House
$195,000
Weekly Wage
$603
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