At A Glance

22 April 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
22 April 2013 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Waiting All Night” by Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 22 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 April 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 April 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 22 April

  • 1970 The first Earth Day is celebrated.
  • 1970 Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.
  • 1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
  • 2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
  • 2016 The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.

Famous people born on 22 April

  • J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (1904–1967)
  • Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer (born 1937)
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor (born 1966)
  • Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (1870–1924)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2013 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country.
  • 17 July – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.
  • 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.

Life in 2013

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.15

Loaf of Bread

£1.38

Average House

£168,607

Weekly Wage

£733.00

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