At A Glance

25 September 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
25 September 2017 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Too Good at Goodbyes” by Sam Smith.
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 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 September 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 September 2017 was Waxing 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 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.
More events of 2017 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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