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26 April 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 April 2015 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 26 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 April 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 April 2015 was First Quarter.
On this day: 26 April
- 1993 The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
- 1994 South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
- 1999 Outbreak of CIH computer virus.
- 2005 Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
- 2015 Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
Famous people born on 26 April
- Channing Tatum, American actor and producer (born 1980)
- Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer (born 1958)
- Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States (born 1970)
- Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer (born 1933)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 13 February – The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.
- 10 March – Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.
- 20 March – A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.
Life in 2015
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.35
Loaf of Bread
£1.42
Average House
£197,807
Weekly Wage
£768.00
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