At A Glance

25 July 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
25 July 2017 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Wild Thoughts” by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller.
Top Film of 2017
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 July 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 July 2017 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 July

  • 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
  • 2007 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
  • 2010 WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
  • 2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
  • 2019 National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.

Famous people born on 25 July

  • Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer (born 1991)
  • Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer (born 1996)
  • Zawe Ashton, British actress (born 1984)
  • Bryce Young, American football player (born 2001)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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