At A Glance

19 July 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
19 July 2016 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “One Dance” by Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Star sign
The star sign for 19 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 July 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 July 2016 was Full Moon.

On this day: 19 July

  • 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
  • 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
  • 1997 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
  • 2012 Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.
  • 2018 The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

Famous people born on 19 July

  • Demi Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1950–2022)
  • Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv (born 1971)
  • Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor (born 1976)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2016 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 May – UK local and Police and crime commissioner elections, as well as elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament are held.
  • 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.
  • 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May

Life in 2016

Prime Minister

Theresa May

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.45

Loaf of Bread

£1.45

Average House

£214,578

Weekly Wage

£789.00

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