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3 October 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 October 2022 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Unholy” by Sam Smith & Kim Petras.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 October 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 October 2022 was First Quarter.
On this day: 3 October
- 2009 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
- 2022 Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- 2023 Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election
- 2024 Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
- 2024 "Thick of It", a single by British Internet personality and rapper KSI featuring Trippie Redd, is released.
Famous people born on 3 October
- Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress (born 1988)
- Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer (born 1981)
- Lena Headey, British actress (born 1973)
- ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter (born 1988)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
- 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
- 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.
Life in 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£4.50
Loaf of Bread
£1.80
Average House
£283,615
Weekly Wage
£975.00
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