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28 March 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 March 2020 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Roses” by Saint Jhn.
- 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 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 March 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 March 2020 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 28 March
- 1979 A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
- 1990 United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
- 2001 Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
- 2006 At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
- 2020 The region of Uusimaa (with the capital city Helsinki) is temporarily isolated from the rest of Finland due to increased COVID-19 infections.
Famous people born on 28 March
- Julia Stiles, American actress (born 1981)
- Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
- Dianne Wiest, American actress (born 1948)
- Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1955)
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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