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11 February 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 February 2023 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 February 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 February 2023 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 11 February
- 2013 The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
- 2015 The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
- 2017 North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
- 2024 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.
Famous people born on 11 February
- Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer (born 1969)
- Damian Lewis, English actor (born 1971)
- Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (1936–2018)
- Carey Lowell, American actress (born 1961)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 22 April – Sunak holds an emergency COBRA meeting to discuss the evacuation of British nationals caught up in the Sudan conflict.
- 13 May – The final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Liverpool. The contest is won by Sweden's Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who becomes only the second person and the first woman to win the contest twice.
- 20 June – British businessmen Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood, along with Dawood's son, Suleman, are confirmed as being aboard the missing submersible that disappeared during a voyage to see the wreck of the RMS Titanic two days earlier.
Life in 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£4.80
Loaf of Bread
£1.95
Average House
£291,228
Weekly Wage
£1,035.00
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