At A Glance

13 June 1997 at a glance

Day of the week
13 June 1997 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “MMMBop” by Hanson.
Top Film of 1997
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1997 was Titanic.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 June 1997 was First Quarter.

On this day: 13 June

  • 1996 The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
  • 1999 BMW win 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.
  • 2000 President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
  • 2002 The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
  • 2010 A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.

Famous people born on 13 June

  • Chris Evans, American actor and producer (born 1981)
  • Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1951)
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor (born 1990)
  • Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian (born 1986)

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Events of 1997 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1997 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 30 March – Channel 5, Britain's fifth terrestrial television channel and its first new one since the launch of Channel 4 in November 1982, is launched.
  • 31 March – BBC preschool children's television series Teletubbies first airs.
  • 26 June – Publication of J. K. Rowling's first Harry Potter fantasy novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in London by Bloomsbury Publishing, in an edition of 500 copies.

Life in 1997

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.60

Loaf of Bread

67p

Average House

£65,798

Weekly Wage

£385.00

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