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20 May 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 May 2021 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Body” by Tion Wayne & Russ Millions.
- Top Film of 2021
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 May 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 May 2021 was First Quarter.
On this day: 20 May
- 1996 Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
- 2002 The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
- 2011 Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
- 2019 The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
- 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.
Famous people born on 20 May
- Enes Kanter Freedom, Turkish basketball player (born 1992)
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author (born 1964)
- Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1946)
- Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer (born 1968)
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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