At A Glance

13 June 2005 at a glance

Day of the week
13 June 2005 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Axel F” by Crazy Frog.
Top Film of 2005
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 2005 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 June 2005 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 2005 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2005 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 March – The New Forest in Hampshire becomes England's twelfth national park.
  • 9 April – The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (who takes the title Duchess of Cornwall) in a twenty-minute ceremony at Windsor Guildhall is followed by a blessing at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • 5 May – 2005 general election: The Labour Party is returned to power for a third term, but with a greatly reduced majority of 66 seats. The Liberal Democrats win the most seats for any third party since 1923, with 62 MPs.

Life in 2005

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.30

Loaf of Bread

82p

Average House

£167,711

Weekly Wage

£587.00

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