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21 October 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 October 2017 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Rockstar” by Post Malone ft. 21 Savage.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 October 2017 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 21 October
- 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
- 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
- 2007 Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
- 2011 Iraq War: President Barack Obama announces that the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq will be complete by the end of the year.
- 2019 In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government.
Famous people born on 21 October
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
- Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
- Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Queen commemorates her Sapphire Jubilee.
- 2 March – New elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are held. The Democratic Unionist Party loses ten seats, while Sinn Féin loses one seat.
- 29 March – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, beginning the formal EU withdrawal process.
Life in 2017
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.55
Loaf of Bread
£1.48
Average House
£226,441
Weekly Wage
£810.00
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