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22 August 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 August 2023 was a Tuesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2023
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2023 was the Ford Ranger.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 August 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 August 2023 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 22 August
- 1991 Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
- 2003 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
- 2004 Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
- 2006 Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
- 2007 The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
Famous people born on 22 August
- Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter (born 1995)
- Richard Armitage, English actor (born 1971)
- Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (1967–2002)
- Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author (born 1970)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – A Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and serving as a firefighting air tanker crashes in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia.
- 25 March – New South Wales State election elected the 58th Parliament. Chris Minns won after 12 years in opposition for Labor.
- 13 April – Cyclone Ilsa crosses the Western Australia coast between Port Hedland and Bidyadanga as a category 5 system just before midnight local time.
Life in Australia in 2023
Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese
Monarch
King Charles III
Petrol (per litre)
$1.80
Loaf of Bread
$4.30
Average House
$770,000
Weekly Wage
$1,900.00
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