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13 January 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 January 2010 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Tik Tok” by Kesha.
- Top Film of 2010
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2010 was Toy Story 3.
- Bestselling Novel of 2010
- “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest” by Stieg Larsson was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2010.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2010–11 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 January 2010 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 January 2010 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 13 January
- 1998 Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
- 2003 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.
- 2018 A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
- 2020 The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.
- 2021 Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.
Famous people born on January 13
- Orlando Bloom, English actor (born 1977)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1961)
- Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1990)
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver (born 1966)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2010 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2010 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- April 5 – Adventure Time premieres on Cartoon Network.
- May 7 – Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau, is released by Marvel Studios as the third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the direct sequel to 2008's Iron Man.
- June 18 – Pixar Animation Studios' eleventh feature film, Toy Story 3, the sequel to 1999's Toy Story 2, is released in theaters, surpassing 2003's Finding Nemo as the studio's biggest financial success.
Life in the US in 2010
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.78
Loaf of Bread
$1.64
Average House
$222,900
Weekly Wage
$718
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