At A Glance

4 February 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
4 February 2017 was a Saturday.
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 4 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 February 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 February 2017 was First Quarter.

On this day: 4 February

  • 2000 The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • 2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • 2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
  • 2008 Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
  • 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

Famous people born on 4 February

  • Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
  • Hunter Biden, American attorney and lobbyist (born 1970)
  • Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1975)
  • Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (1913–2005)

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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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