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28 February 2010 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 February 2010 was a Sunday.
- 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 28 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 February 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 February 2010 was Full Moon.
On this day: 28 February
- 1993 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
- 1997 A Turkish military memorandum results in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.
- 2001 The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in southern Puget Sound, damages the Seattle metropolitan area.
- 2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so voluntarily since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
- 2024 Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.
Famous people born on February 28
- Ali Larter, American actress and model (born 1976)
- John Turturro, American actor and director (born 1957)
- Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (1942–1969)
- Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player (born 1999)
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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