At A Glance

10 September 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
10 September 2007 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Big Girls Don't Cry” by Fergie.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Bestselling Novel of 2007
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 September 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 September 2007 was New Moon.

On this day: 10 September

  • 2000 Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
  • 2001 During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
  • 2002 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
  • 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
  • 2024 Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Famous people born on September 10

  • Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1968)
  • Jack Grealish, English footballer (born 1995)
  • Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer (born 1974)
  • Colin Firth, English actor and producer (born 1960)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2007 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
  • June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
  • July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.

Life in the US in 2007

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.80

Loaf of Bread

$1.28

Average House

$313,600

Weekly Wage

$676

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