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4 April 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 April 2023 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Eyes Closed” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 April 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 April 2023 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 4 April
- 2002 The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
- 2009 France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
- 2023 Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.
- 2024 Russo-Ukrainian war: The Battle of Chasiv Yar begins.
- 2025 The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency.
Famous people born on 4 April
- Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter. (born 1965)
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979–2008)
- Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer (born 1960)
- Anthony Perkins, American actor (1932–1992)
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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