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19 March 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 March 2023 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 19 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 March 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 March 2023 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 19 March
- 2003 United States President George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the invasion of Iraq.
- 2008 GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
- 2011 Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
- 2019 The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.
- 2023 The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.
Famous people born on 19 March
- Theo Von, American stand-up comedian (born 1980)
- Wyatt Earp, American police officer (1848–1929)
- Andy Reid, American football player and coach (born 1958)
- Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (1922–2014)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 22 April – Sunak holds an emergency COBRA meeting to discuss the evacuation of British nationals caught up in the Sudan conflict.
- 13 May – The final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Liverpool. The contest is won by Sweden's Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who becomes only the second person and the first woman to win the contest twice.
- 20 June – British businessmen Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood, along with Dawood's son, Suleman, are confirmed as being aboard the missing submersible that disappeared during a voyage to see the wreck of the RMS Titanic two days earlier.
Life in 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£4.80
Loaf of Bread
£1.95
Average House
£291,228
Weekly Wage
£1,035.00
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