At A Glance

27 February 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
27 February 2010 was a Saturday.
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 27 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 February 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 February 2010 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 27 February

  • 1988 Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
  • 1991 Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
  • 2002 Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.
  • 2007 Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
  • 2019 Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.

Famous people born on February 27

  • Kate Mara, American actress (born 1983)
  • Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (1932–2011)
  • John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (1902–1968)
  • Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (272–337)

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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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