Wednesday 30 June 2010
It was Wednesday, under the sign of Cancer (see planets position on June 30, 2010). The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
In that special week of June people in US were listening to California Gurls by Katy Perry.
Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2010
while Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea Benton Frank was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Twisted.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Clone Wars Adventures or Dance Dance Revolution X2.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
Famous Birthdays:
See famous people born on 30 JuneFamous Deaths:
- Park Yong-ha: South Korean singer and actor (d. 2010).
Facts:
- United States
- The United States government is sued by 10 plaintiffs, including an American citizen, challenging the country's no-fly list. (''The Wall Street Journal'')
- On the night streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, United States, five people are shot in two separate incidents. (ABC)
- The Obama administration allows General Stanley A. McChrystal, until recently commander of the United States in its war in Afghanistan, to retire at a four star rank. Army rules state that he would have to serve for several more years to earn its additional retirement benefits, but the administration used its right to exempt him from these rules. (''Hindustan Times'')
- Protests are held all across India and occupied Kashmir amid curfew restrictions for the past ten days. Ten adolescents are killed by the forces. (Kashmir)
- Africa
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo marks 50 years of independence with celebrations attended by Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the Belgian king and other world leaders, days after the funeral of Floribert Chebeya. (Al Jazeera)
- Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanhá takes a ampquotsovereign decisionampquot to inaugurate mutineering General Antonio Indjai as army chief, causing upset to the United States which decides not to support this. (BBC)
- 11 Algerian paramilitary police are killed by militants in an ambush in the Sahara. (BBC)
- Iran:
- A man claiming to be an Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, says he has escaped from United States agents whom he alleges were holding him illegally and calls for help from the Iranian government and human rights agencies. (''The Australian'')
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for a boycott of Israeli goods or companies that do business with Israel, including a blacklist of international companies that are Jewish-owned or have branches in Israel among the companies targeted are Nestlè, Coca Cola, Intel, and IBM. (JTA)
- A man whom the United States considers to be the 11th member of a Russian spy ring goes missing in Cyprus. (Aljazeera)
- South Korean actor (''Winter Sonata'') and singer Park Yong-ha's mother finds him hanging by an electrical cord at his home in Seoul. (''The Vancouver Sun'')
- The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, announces his resignation by a live television address. (''Times of India'')
- Burundi's opposition leader Agathon Rwasa goes into hiding after being threatened by the country's government. (Aljazeera)
- Finland becomes the first country in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right. (''MSNBC'')
- Sudan releases its opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after a month and a half. (BBC)
- Inauguration of Noynoy Aquino:
- Benigno Aquino III is sworn in as the 15th President of the Philippines and Jejomar Binay is sworn the 15th Vice President of the Philippines. (''Philippine Daily Inquirer'')
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in June 2010?
- Time: A license plate reads: Your State; BNKRPT; More Taxes, Fewer Services
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.11431
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.1108
- LIFE: explore magazine covers
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 2010
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of June 2010 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Katy Perry - California Gurls
- Usher - OMG
- Airplanes - B.o.B.
- Travie McCoy - Billionaire
- Find Your Love - Drake
- Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug
- Lady GaGa - Alejandro
- Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me
- Eminem - Not Afraid
- Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
Top #10 R&B songs
- Alicia Keys - Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)
- There Goes My Baby - Usher
- Find Your Love - Drake
- OMG - Usher Featuring will.i.am
- Lose My Mind - Young Jeezy Featuring Plies
- Sex Room - Ludacris Featuring Trey Songz
- Ride - Ciara Featuring Ludacris
- Over - Drake
- Your Love - Nicki Minaj
- All I Do Is Win - DJ Khaled Featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross
Top #10 Latin songs
- Cuando Me Enamoro - Enrique Iglesias Featuring Juan Luis Guerra
- Nina Bonita - Chino & Nacho
- Bachata En Fukuoka - Juan Luis Guerra 440
- Dime Que Me Quieres - Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga
- Al Menos - La Original Banda el Limon de Salvador Lizarraga
- La Peinada - Chuy Lizarraga y Su Banda Tierra Sinaloense
- Y Como Es El - Marc Anthony
- No Puedo Volver - Intocable
- Comandos del M.P. (500 Balazos) - Voz de Mando
- El Enamorado - Los Titanes de Durango
Top #10 Rock songs
- The Good Life - Three Days Grace
- Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome
- The Crow & The Butterfly - Shinedown
- Savior - Rise Against
- Thirty Seconds To Mars - This Is War
- Phoenix - 1901
- Cage The Elephant - In One Ear
- Another Way To Die - Disturbed
- Let Me Hear You Scream - Ozzy Osbourne
- Muse - Resistance
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Lowcountry Summer
“Frank…writes with genuine adoration for and authority on the South Carolina Lowcountry from which she sprang….[Her] stuff is never escapist fluff—it’s the real deal.”—Atlanta
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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
WHAT . . . A RIOT! Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this new ...
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The Girl Who Played With Fire
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, this second book in the Millennium series is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.
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The Pacific
The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy(r) Award-winning HBO(r) miniseries. Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane
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Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days ?
Clone Wars Adventures
Azkend
Deadliest Warrior: The Game
Din's Curse
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Financial News
Stock Markets and Exchange Rates
News articles
The wave of selling that sent the world’s stock markets sharply lower on Tuesday continued in Asia on Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 down more than 2 percent by lunchtime in Tokyo. [..]
Iskandar, launched by the Malaysian government in 2006, aims to attract more than $100 billion in investment by 2025. [..]
Stock Markets
- Gilead Sciences GILD: opens at $34.83
- Union Pacific UNP: opens at $70.15
- United Technologies UTX: opens at $64.99
- HP Inc. HPQ: opens at $44.23
Exchange Rates
- 1 CHF = 6.2931 CNY
- 1 CAD = 6.3741 CNY
- 1 CAD = 1.0132 CHF
- 1 AUD = 5.694 CNY
