At A Glance

17 September 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
17 September 2013 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Roar” by Katy Perry.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 17 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 17 September 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 17 September 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 17 September

  • 2006 Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
  • 2006 An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
  • 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
  • 2013 Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
  • 2018 A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.

Famous people born on 17 September

  • Kyle Chandler, American actor (born 1965)
  • Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India (born 1950)
  • Patrick Mahomes, American football player (born 1995)
  • John Ritter, American actor and producer (1948–2003)

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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