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14 March 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 March 2022 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Starlight” by Dave.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 March 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 March 2022 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 14 March
- 1991 Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.
- 1995 Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- 2006 The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
- 2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.
- 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.
Famous people born on 14 March
- Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (1879–1955)
- Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Michael Caine, English actor (born 1933)
- Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
- 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
- 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.
Life in 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£4.50
Loaf of Bread
£1.80
Average House
£283,615
Weekly Wage
£975.00
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