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15 June 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 June 2023 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Sprinter” by Dave & Central Cee.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 15 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 June 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 June 2023 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 15 June
- 1940 World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1944 World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
- 1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
- 1988 The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.
- 1992 The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
Famous people born on 15 June
- Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China (born 1953)
- Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer (born 1992)
- Courteney Cox, American actress and producer (born 1964)
- Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1969)
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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