At A Glance

10 May 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
10 May 2015 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Top-Rated TV Show
“NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2015–16 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 May 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 May 2015 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 10 May

  • 2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
  • 2013 One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
  • 2017 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.
  • 2022 Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.
  • 2024 Start of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.

Famous people born on May 10

  • Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (1899–1987)
  • Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist (born 1960)
  • Kenan Thompson, American actor and comedian (born 1978)
  • Richarlison, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2015 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 12 – A federal judge rules that South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and immediately stays the ruling.
  • January 18 – K.C. Undercover and Star vs. the Forces of Evil debuts on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • February 22 – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hold the 87th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The telecast garners nearly 37.3 million viewers.

Life in the US in 2015

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$2.43

Loaf of Bread

$1.98

Average House

$294,000

Weekly Wage

$818

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