At A Glance
20 April 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 April 2019 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 April 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 April 2019 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 20 April
- 1972 Apollo program: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.
- 1985 University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.
- 2008 Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- 2020 For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
- 2023 SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight.
Famous people born on 20 April
- Alexander Zverev, German tennis player (born 1997)
- Jessica Lange, American actress (born 1949)
- Andy Serkis, English actor and director (born 1964)
- Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (1808–1873)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2019 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 April – London's Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into effect.
- 12 April – Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage launches the Brexit Party.
- 18 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (Tel Aviv): The United Kingdom, represented by Michael Rice, finishes in last place, with a score of 11.
Life in 2019
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.85
Loaf of Bread
£1.53
Average House
£230,776
Weekly Wage
£865.00
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