At A Glance

30 April 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
30 April 2023 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Miracle” by Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 April 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 April 2023 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 30 April

  • 1993 CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
  • 2000 Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • 2004 U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
  • 2009 Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • 2013 Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.

Famous people born on 30 April

  • Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model (born 1985)
  • Kirsten Dunst, American actress (born 1982)
  • Ana de Armas, Cuban actress (born 1988)
  • Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute (born 1985)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 22 April – Sunak holds an emergency COBRA meeting to discuss the evacuation of British nationals caught up in the Sudan conflict.
  • 13 May – The final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Liverpool. The contest is won by Sweden's Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who becomes only the second person and the first woman to win the contest twice.
  • 20 June – British businessmen Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood, along with Dawood's son, Suleman, are confirmed as being aboard the missing submersible that disappeared during a voyage to see the wreck of the RMS Titanic two days earlier.

Life in 2023

Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak

Monarch

Charles III

Pint of Beer

£4.80

Loaf of Bread

£1.95

Average House

£291,228

Weekly Wage

£1,035.00

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