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3 February 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 February 2017 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 February 2017 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 3 February
- 1984 Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
- 1989 After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
- 1989 A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
- 1994 Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
- 1995 Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Famous people born on 3 February
- Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
- Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
- Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
- Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Queen commemorates her Sapphire Jubilee.
- 2 March – New elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are held. The Democratic Unionist Party loses ten seats, while Sinn Féin loses one seat.
- 29 March – The United Kingdom invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, beginning the formal EU withdrawal process.
Life in 2017
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.55
Loaf of Bread
£1.48
Average House
£226,441
Weekly Wage
£810.00
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