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8th of January, 2010

Here are some facts about this particular date:

• What Day: The 8th of January, 2010, fell on a Friday.
• Decade: 2010s.
• 8 years, 10 months and 8 days have passed since the 8th of January, 2010.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 01 of 2010.

• Day 8 of 2010.
• Leap Year: 2010 was NOT a leap year.
• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Capricorn.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2010 was the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
• Native American Zodiac: The 8th of January, 2010 falls under the Goose.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
• Age: Anyone born on the 8th of January, 2010, will be 8 years of age.
• American Format: 01-08-2010 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
• YMD Format: 2010-01-08. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "20100108" are easier to sort.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1262908800.

Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 8th of January, 2010:

• United States: Tik Tok - Kesha
• United Kingdom: Bad Romance - Lady GaGa

Movie Box Office

What movie was on top of the box office?

• The movie "Avatar" was at the top of the box office on this date.

News Topics, Fads & Culture

Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on the 8th of January, 2010.

• Cheryl Cole

  English singer Cheryl Cole is named as FHM's sexiest woman in 2009 and 2010.

• Time Person of the Year 2010

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is named as the Time Person of the Year for 2010.

Weather

Weather information for the 8th of January, 2010:

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 1.6 degrees Celsius. 1cm of snow fell. It was a mostly sunny day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 21.3 degrees Fahrenheit. -5.94 degrees Celsius. Snow was reported. Precipitation: 3.3cm.
• London, England: Temperature: -1.44 degrees Celsius.

US President

Who was the US President on this particular date?

• Barack Obama was the President of the United States on the 8th of January, 2010.

Conception Dates

Interesting facts about conception dates.

• A baby that was born on the 8th of January, 2010 was probably conceived around the 31st of March, 2009. (Rough Estimate).
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on the 8th of January, 2010 is the 18th of October, 2010. (Rough Estimate).

Around This Time...

Things that happened during this general period of time...

• 17th of December, 2009: Avatar (2009) is released.
• 20th of December, 2009: Actress Brittany Murphy dies.
• 25th of December, 2009: The movie Sherlock Holmes (2009) is released.
• 28th of December, 2009: American musician James Owen Sullivan (The Rev) dies from an overdose.
• 29th of December, 2009: Wrestler "Dr. Death" Steve Williams passes away at the age of 49 from throat cancer.
• 12th of January, 2010: An earthquake in Haiti kills over 100,000 people.

On This Date

Historical events that have occurred on the 8th of January:

• 8th of January, 1992: George H. W. Bush falls violently ill at a televised state dinner in Japan
• 8th of January, 1990: The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" is released by Irish singer Sinead O'Connor.

Television

TV shows that you might have been watching around this time.

• How I Met Your Mother - Sictom starring Neil Patrick Harris.
• The Office - The US version of The Office, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott.
• House - Medical drama starring Hugh Laurie.
• Desperate Housewives - TV show about housewives living in suburban America.
• CSI: NY - New York City version spin-off of the CSI franchise.
• Lost - Mystery drama series about a group of plane crash survivors that are stranded on a strange island.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Reality TV show in which houses are renovated during a one-week period.
• One Tree Hill - Set in the fictional town of Tree Hill in North Carolina.
• Two and a Half Men - Starring Charlie Sheen.
• CSI: Miami - Miami-based spin-off.

Computer Games

Popular video games that you might have been playing around this time.

• Left 4 Dead 2 - The second game in the series.
• Assassin's Creed II - The second game in the series.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - The second game in the Modern Warfare universe. Developed by Infinity Ward.
• Borderlands - RPG first-person shooter game.
• Halo 3: ODST - First-person shooter game.
• Batman: Arkham Asylum - Action game set in the Batman universe.
• Minecraft - The alpha version of Minecraft is released on the PC.
• Resident Evil 5 - The fifth installment in the series.

Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 8th of January:

• 8th of January, 1935: Elvis Presley: Singer.
• 8th of January, 1942: Stephen Hawking: Physicist.
• 8th of January, 1947: David Bowie: Singer.
• 8th of January, 1983: Kim Jong-un: North Korean leader.

Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about the 8th of January, 2010.

• 3,234 days have passed since this date.
• 279,417,600 seconds have passed since the 8th of January, 2010.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 325,987,200 times.
• Since the 8th of January, 2010, earth has travelled approximately 144,179,481,600 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 46,569,600 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 24,029,914 steps. That's about 10,680 miles!
• Since this date, 3,353,011 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

Translations

Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Friday" in other languages is:

• German: Freitag.
• French: Vendredi.
• Italian: Venerdi.
• Spanish: Viernes.
• Portuguese: Sexta-feira.

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