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13 April 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 April 2018 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Nice for What” by Drake.
- Top Film of 2018
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 April 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 April 2018 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 13 April
- 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
- 2006 The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
- 2013 Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
- 2023 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
- 2025 Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.
Famous people born on 13 April
- Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (1743–1826)
- Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
- Jonathan Brandis, American actor (1976–2003)
- Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (1949–2011)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2018 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 28 February – One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers, Maplin, goes into administration after talks with potential buyers fail to secure a sale.
- 3 May – Elections for many local councils and mayoralties are held in England, including all 32 London boroughs. There are losses for the Conservatives (−33) and gains for Labour (+77), the Lib Dems (+75) and Green Party (+8).
- 19 May – The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
Life in 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.70
Loaf of Bread
£1.50
Average House
£226,906
Weekly Wage
£835.00
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