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28 December 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 December 2020 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Don't Stop Me Eatin'” by LadBaby.
- 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 28 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 December 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 December 2020 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 28 December
- 1956 Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
- 1967 American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
- 1973 The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
- 2006 War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
- 2025 Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.
Famous people born on 28 December
- Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer (born 1981)
- Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer (born 1954)
- Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (1922–2018)
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress (born 2001)
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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