At A Glance

7 April 2010 at a glance

Day of the week
7 April 2010 was a Wednesday.
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 7 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 April 2010 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 April 2010 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 7 April

  • 2003 Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later.
  • 2005 First release of Git distributed version control system.
  • 2009 Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
  • 2011 The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.
  • 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.

Famous people born on April 7

  • Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
  • Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor (born 1964)
  • Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
  • James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (1928–2014)

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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