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23 June 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 June 2010 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “California Gurls” by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg.
- 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 23 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 June 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 June 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 23 June
- 2005 American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
- 2012 Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
- 2013 Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
- 2014 The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
- 2016 Brexit: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
Famous people born on June 23
- Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (1894–1972)
- Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (1912–1954)
- Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager (born 1972)
- Joel Edgerton, Australian actor (born 1974)
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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