At A Glance

24 May 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
24 May 2013 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 24 May is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 24 May 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 24 May 2013 was Full Moon.

On this day: 24 May

  • 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
  • 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
  • 2002 Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
  • 2014 A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
  • 2019 Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.

Famous people born on 24 May

  • Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
  • Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
  • Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman (born 1945)
  • Alfred Molina, English actor (born 1953)

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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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