At A Glance

13 January 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
13 January 2023 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Pointless” by Lewis Capaldi.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 January 2023 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 January 2023 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 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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