At A Glance

18 June 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
18 June 2021 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Good 4 U” by Olivia Rodrigo.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 June 2021 was First Quarter.

On this day: 18 June

  • 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
  • 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.
  • 2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
  • 2018 An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.

Famous people born on 18 June

  • Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
  • Scooter Braun, American music executive (born 1981)
  • Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer (born 1989)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2021 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
  • 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
  • 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.

Life in 2021

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£4.10

Loaf of Bread

£1.60

Average House

£254,822

Weekly Wage

£920.00

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