At A Glance

25 August 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
25 August 2019 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 August 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 August 2019 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 25 August

  • 2003 NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
  • 2005 Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
  • 2006 Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
  • 2012 Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
  • 2017 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.

Famous people born on 25 August

  • Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1976)
  • Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver (born 2006)
  • Blake Lively, American model and actress (born 1987)
  • Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (1930–2020)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2019 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 April – London's Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into effect.
  • 12 April – Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage launches the Brexit Party.
  • 18 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (Tel Aviv): The United Kingdom, represented by Michael Rice, finishes in last place, with a score of 11.

Life in 2019

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.85

Loaf of Bread

£1.53

Average House

£230,776

Weekly Wage

£865.00

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