At A Glance

24 September 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
24 September 2022 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “I'm Good (Blue)” by David Guetta & Bebe Rexha.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 24 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 24 September 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 24 September 2022 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 24 September

  • 2007 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
  • 2008 Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
  • 2009 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
  • 2014 The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
  • 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

Famous people born on 24 September

  • Harriet Walter, English actress (born 1950)
  • Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (1948–1998)
  • Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (1941–1998)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (1896–1940)

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Events of 2022 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
  • 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
  • 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.

Life in 2022

Prime Minister

Liz Truss

Monarch

Charles III

Pint of Beer

£4.50

Loaf of Bread

£1.80

Average House

£283,615

Weekly Wage

£975.00

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