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15 August 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 August 2010 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem featuring Rihanna.
- 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 15 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 August 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 August 2010 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 15 August
- 2005 Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
- 2005 The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia is signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
- 2013 The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
- 2015 North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
- 2020 Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
Famous people born on August 15
- Napoleon, French general and emperor (1769–1821)
- Ben Affleck, American actor and filmmaker (born 1972)
- Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer (born 1990)
- Joe Jonas, American singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1989)
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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