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18 September 1997 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 September 1997 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John.
- Top Film of 1997
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1997 was Titanic.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 September 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 September 1997 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 18 September
- 1988 The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- 1989 An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
- 1990 Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1997 The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
- 2001 First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Famous people born on 18 September
- Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian (born 1975)
- James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (1961–2013)
- John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (1945–2021)
- James Marsden, American actor (born 1973)
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Events of 1997 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1997 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 30 March – Channel 5, Britain's fifth terrestrial television channel and its first new one since the launch of Channel 4 in November 1982, is launched.
- 31 March – BBC preschool children's television series Teletubbies first airs.
- 26 June – Publication of J. K. Rowling's first Harry Potter fantasy novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in London by Bloomsbury Publishing, in an edition of 500 copies.
Life in 1997
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.60
Loaf of Bread
67p
Average House
£65,798
Weekly Wage
£385.00
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