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17 April 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 17 April 2013 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Need U (100%)” by Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 17 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 17 April 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 17 April 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 17 April
- 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission.
- 2003 Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
- 2013 The ceremonial funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher takes place at St Paul's Cathedral.
- 2014 NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
- 2021 The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Famous people born on 17 April
- Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972)
- Rooney Mara, American actress (born 1985)
- Sean Bean, English actor (born 1959)
- J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (1837–1913)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2013 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country.
- 17 July – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.
- 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.
Life in 2013
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.15
Loaf of Bread
£1.38
Average House
£168,607
Weekly Wage
£733.00
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