At A Glance

21 September 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
21 September 2017 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Too Good at Goodbyes” by Sam Smith.
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 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 September 2017 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 21 September

  • 1996 The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
  • 1997 St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
  • 2003 The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
  • 2015 Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
  • 2019 A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.

Famous people born on 21 September

  • Stephen King, American author and screenwriter (born 1947)
  • Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter (born 1972)
  • Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)
  • Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer (born 1999)

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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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