At A Glance
13 June 2002 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 June 2002 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Light My Fire” by Will Young.
- Top Film of 2002
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2002 was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 2002 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 June 2002 was Waxing Crescent.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2002 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2002 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 2 March – The animated series of Mr. Bean premieres on ITV1. It is based on Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean.
- 11 March – BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC Radio station in decades, is launched.
- 24 May – Falkirk Wheel boat lift opens in Scotland, also marking the reopening of the Union Canal for leisure traffic.
Life in 2002
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£2.00
Loaf of Bread
76p
Average House
£117,748
Weekly Wage
£506.00
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