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10 February 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 February 2012 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Bestselling Novel of 2012
- “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E. L. James was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2012.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2012–13 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 February 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 February 2012 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 February
- 1996 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
- 2003 France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- 2016 South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
- 2021 The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2021 Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts.
Famous people born on February 10
- Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer and manager (born 1980)
- Bob Iger, American media executive (born 1951)
- Emma Roberts, American actress (born 1991)
- Megan Skiendiel, American singer, dancer and actress (born 2006)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 2 – Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is released in theaters.
- March 20 – John Carter records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedown and chairman Rich Ross to resign.
- May 4 – The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is released by Marvel Studios as the sixth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the final film in its "Phase One" slate.
Life in the US in 2012
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.68
Loaf of Bread
$1.84
Average House
$256,900
Weekly Wage
$757
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