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27 April 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 April 2020 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “You'll Never Walk Alone” by Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore & NHS Voices of Care Choir.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 April 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 April 2020 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 27 April
- 2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
- 2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
- 2007 Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
- 2012 At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
- 2018 The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
Famous people born on 27 April
- Arch Manning, American football player (born 2004)
- Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (1822–1885)
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands (born 1967)
- Jenna Coleman, English actress (born 1986)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announce that they plan to "step back as senior members" of the United Kingdom's royal family, and divide their time between the UK and North America.
- 6 March – COVID-19 in the UK: The Prime Minister announces £46 million in funding for research into a COVID-19 vaccine and rapid COVID-19 testing.
- 4 April – 2020 Labour Party leadership election: Keir Starmer is elected as the leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn, and Angela Rayner is elected as deputy leader of the party.
Life in 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.95
Loaf of Bread
£1.55
Average House
£239,196
Weekly Wage
£890.00
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