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26 August 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 August 2017 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “New Rules” by Dua Lipa.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 26 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 August 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 August 2017 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 26 August
- 1977 The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
- 1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
- 1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- 2011 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
- 2014 The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
Famous people born on 26 August
- Macaulay Culkin, American actor (born 1980)
- Keke Palmer, American actress and singer (born 1993)
- Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (1910–1997)
- Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
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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