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25 September 2008 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 September 2008 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon.
- Top Film of 2008
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2008 was The Dark Knight.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 September 2008 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 September 2008 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 25 September
- 1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
- 1987 Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
- 1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
- 1997 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
- 2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
Famous people born on 25 September
- Bella Ramsey, English actor (born 2003)
- Michael Douglas, American actor and producer (born 1944)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress (born 1969)
- Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper (born 1968)
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Events of 2008 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2008 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 25 February – The animated children's television series The Mr. Men Show first airs on Five.
- 27 February – 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake: An earthquake with an epicentre in Lincolnshire is felt across most of Britain, with several buildings suffering substantial damage.
- 28 March – London Heathrow Terminal 5 opens at Heathrow Airport to British Airways with many problems with the IT system, coupled with insufficient testing and staff training, which causes over 500 flights to be cancelled.
Life in 2008
Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£2.70
Loaf of Bread
£1.15
Average House
£176,190
Weekly Wage
£674.00
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Bella Ramsey25 September 2003ActorView their day →Amy Hunt15 May 2002SprinterView their day →Millie Bobby Brown19 February 2004ActressView their day →Jude Bellingham29 June 2003FootballerView their day →Michael Olise12 December 2001FootballerView their day →Anthony Gordon24 February 2001FootballerView their day →Sienna Spiro28 September 2005SingerView their day →Morgan Rogers26 July 2002FootballerView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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