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5 February 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 February 2023 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 5 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 February 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 February 2023 was Full Moon.
On this day: 5 February
- 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 2016 New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.
- 2016 Cybercriminals initiate the Bangladesh Bank robbery, using the SWIFT network to fraudulently transfer $101 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account of Bangladesh Bank.
- 2019 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.
- 2020 United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.
Famous people born on 5 February
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
- Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director (born 1969)
- Neymar, Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
- Laura Linney, American actress (born 1964)
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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