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4 May 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 May 2016 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “One Dance” by Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 May 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 May 2016 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 4 May
- 1990 Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
- 2000 Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
- 2007 Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
- 2019 The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion.
Famous people born on 4 May
- Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (1929–1993)
- Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family (born 1930)
- Will Arnett, Canadian actor and producer (born 1970)
- Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1987)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2016 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 5 May – UK local and Police and crime commissioner elections, as well as elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament are held.
- 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.
- 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May
Life in 2016
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.45
Loaf of Bread
£1.45
Average House
£214,578
Weekly Wage
£789.00
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