At A Glance

10 March 2006 at a glance

Day of the week
10 March 2006 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Check on It” by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug.
Top Film of 2006
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Bestselling Novel of 2006
“For One More Day” by Mitch Albom was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2006.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2006–07 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 March 2006 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 March 2006 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 March

  • 1991 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
  • 2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
  • 2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • 2017 The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
  • 2022 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.

Famous people born on March 10

  • Olivia Wilde, American actress and director (born 1984)
  • Jon Hamm, American actor and director (born 1971)
  • Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director (born 1962)
  • Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist (1940–2026)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2006 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 19 – NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft in a 9-year, 3 billion mile space mission, to flyby and observe the dwarf planetary system of Pluto/Charon and possibly other Kuiper belt objects.
  • March 6–20 – The first World Baseball Classic is held in San Diego, California.
  • March 16 – The Blu-ray disc format is released in the United States.

Life in the US in 2006

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.59

Loaf of Bread

$1.25

Average House

$305,900

Weekly Wage

$656

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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s

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