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14 May 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 May 2022 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “As It Was” by Harry Styles.
- 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 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 May 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 May 2022 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 14 May
- 2004 The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
- 2004 Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson are married at Copenhagen Cathedral.
- 2008 Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police; 39 policemen injured, one police dog injured and 39 arrested.
- 2010 Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.
- 2021 China successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.
Famous people born on 14 May
- Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook (born 1984)
- George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm (born 1944)
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (born 1969)
- Rob Gronkowski, American football player (born 1989)
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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