At A Glance

27 January 2018 at a glance

Day of the week
27 January 2018 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “God's Plan” by Drake.
Top Film of 2018
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
Star sign
The star sign for 27 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 January 2018 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 January 2018 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 27 January

  • 2011 Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa.
  • 2011 Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.
  • 2014 Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
  • 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
  • 2023 Protests and public outrage spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the Memphis Police Department showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying Tyre Nichols as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.

Famous people born on 27 January

  • Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor (born 1965)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (1756–1791)
  • Bridget Fonda, American actress (born 1964)
  • Mimi Rogers, American actress (born 1956)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2018 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 28 February – One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers, Maplin, goes into administration after talks with potential buyers fail to secure a sale.
  • 3 May – Elections for many local councils and mayoralties are held in England, including all 32 London boroughs. There are losses for the Conservatives (−33) and gains for Labour (+77), the Lib Dems (+75) and Green Party (+8).
  • 19 May – The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.

Life in 2018

Prime Minister

Theresa May

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.70

Loaf of Bread

£1.50

Average House

£226,906

Weekly Wage

£835.00

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