At A Glance
10 June 2001 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 June 2001 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Lady Marmalade” by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink.
- Top Film of 2001
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2001 was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Bestselling Novel of 2001
- “Desecration” by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2001.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Friends” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2001–02 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 June 2001 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 June 2001 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 10 June
- 1996 Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
- 1999 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- 2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- 2002 The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
- 2003 The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Famous people born on June 10
- Kate Upton, American model and actress (born 1992)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
- Judy Garland, American actress and singer (1922–1969)
- Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer (born 1965)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2001 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 15 – Wikipedia is launched.
- March 24 – Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X next-generation operating system, with version 10.0. It goes on to be the second-most used desktop operating system with a market share of roughly 10 percent.
- May 18 – Shrek is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2001
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.46
Loaf of Bread
$1.10
Average House
$175,200
Weekly Wage
$580
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