At A Glance

15 September 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
15 September 2022 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)” by Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 September 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 September 2022 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 15 September

  • 1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • 2001 During a CART race at the Lausitzring in Germany, former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
  • 2004 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • 2008 Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
  • 2020 Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Famous people born on 15 September

  • Tom Hardy, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1977)
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Sussex (born 1984)
  • Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1890–1976)
  • Josh Charles, American actor and director (born 1971)

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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

Liz Truss

Monarch

Charles III

Pint of Beer

£4.50

Loaf of Bread

£1.80

Average House

£283,615

Weekly Wage

£975.00

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