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10 October 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 October 2012 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “One More Night” by Maroon 5.
- 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 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 October 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 October 2012 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 10 October
- 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- 2009 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
- 2022 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Famous people born on October 10
- Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
- Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California (born 1967)
- Dan Stevens, English actor (born 1982)
- Geno Smith, American football player (born 1990)
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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