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15 March 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 March 2023 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 15 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 March 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 March 2023 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 15 March
- 1991 Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 2011 Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
- 2019 Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
- 2019 Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
- 2022 The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.
Famous people born on 15 March
- Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach (born 1972)
- Eva Longoria, American actress (born 1975)
- Alia Bhatt, British actress (born 1993)
- Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (1767–1845)
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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