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13 January 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 January 2017 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 January 2017 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 January 2017 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 13 January
- 1998 Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
- 2003 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.
- 2018 A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
- 2020 The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.
- 2021 Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.
Famous people born on 13 January
- Orlando Bloom, English actor (born 1977)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1961)
- Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1990)
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver (born 1966)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Queen commemorates her Sapphire Jubilee.
- 2 March – New elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are held. The Democratic Unionist Party loses ten seats, while Sinn Féin loses one seat.
- 29 March – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, beginning the formal EU withdrawal process.
Life in 2017
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.55
Loaf of Bread
£1.48
Average House
£226,441
Weekly Wage
£810.00
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