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13 May 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 May 2023 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Miracle” by Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 May 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 May 2023 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 13 May
- 1989 Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
- 1992 Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
- 1995 Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
- 1998 India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
- 2006 São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
Famous people born on 13 May
- Robert Pattinson, English actor (born 1986)
- Jaxson Dart, American football player (born 2003)
- Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1950)
- Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor (born 1961)
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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