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29 June 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 June 2023 was a Thursday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Sprinter” by Dave and Central Cee.
- 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 29 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 June 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 June 2023 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 29 June
- 1987 Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
- 1995 Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
- 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
- 2007 Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
- 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
Famous people born on 29 June
- Jude Bellingham, English footballer (born 2003)
- Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter (1993–2026)
- Colin Jost, American comedian (born 1982)
- Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player (born 1991)
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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