However you say it, whether it is 10/10/10, October, 10, 2010, or just 10 10 10, we are living a day today, that will not occur in another 100 years. Although nothing is particularly special about the day, other than the way it looks when you write the date, many around the world are somewhat excited about it.

The number of weddings planned for this day is much greater than the usual number planned for a typical October 10th, or Sunday in October. The photo sharing site, Flickr, even has a special way to commemorate this day by creating a special page for photos taken on this somewhat October 10th. The “Help Record 10/10/10″ flicker page is located at http://blog.flickr.net/en/2010/10/10/help-record-101010/.

Another interesting fact about the date 10/10/10 is that it actually happens to be the “ultimate answer to the ultimate questions in the universe,” from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. If you know anything about the binary numeral system, 101010 is the binary form for the number 42, which was in fact the ultimate answer to the ultimate questions in the universe from the book.

In other news, today, Ubuntu 10.10 is being released. Is this a coincidence? Likely not. Today also will be “the single largest day of carbon-cutting action in the planet’s history,” according to the nonprofit site 350.org. Over 7,000 events will take place in over 188 countries worldwide on what environmentalists are calling the “10/10/10 Global Work Party.”

In addition to all this, the following people are also celebrating their birthday’s on this October, 10, 2010:

Mario Lopez is 37.
David Lee Roth is 56.
Mya is 31.
Peter Coyote is 69.
Ben Vereen is 64.
Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 62.
Jessica Harper is 61.
Tanya Tucker is 52.
Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live) is 51.
Bradley Whitford is 51.
Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 43.
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is 32.

And last but not least, my grandmother turns 89 today.