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27 April 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 April 2023 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Wish You the Best” by Lewis Capaldi.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 April 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 April 2023 was First Quarter.
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 2023 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 22 April – Sunak holds an emergency COBRA meeting to discuss the evacuation of British nationals caught up in the Sudan conflict.
- 13 May – The final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Liverpool. The contest is won by Sweden's Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who becomes only the second person and the first woman to win the contest twice.
- 20 June – British businessmen Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood, along with Dawood's son, Suleman, are confirmed as being aboard the missing submersible that disappeared during a voyage to see the wreck of the RMS Titanic two days earlier.
Life in 2023
Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£4.80
Loaf of Bread
£1.95
Average House
£291,228
Weekly Wage
£1,035.00
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