At A Glance

29 March 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
29 March 2010 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rude Boy” by 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 29 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 March 2010 was Full Moon.

On this day: 29 March

  • 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • 2004 The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.
  • 2014 The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
  • 2015 Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.
  • 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Famous people born on March 29

  • Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor (born 1955)
  • Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager (born 1962)
  • Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1943)
  • N'Golo Kanté, French footballer (born 1991)

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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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