At A Glance

13 June 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
13 June 2016 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “One Dance” by Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 June 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 13 June

  • 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.
  • 2018 Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
  • 2025 Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War.

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 2016 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 May – UK local and Police and crime commissioner elections, as well as elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament are held.
  • 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.
  • 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May

Life in 2016

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.45

Loaf of Bread

£1.45

Average House

£214,578

Weekly Wage

£789.00

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