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6 May 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 May 2017 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “I'm the One” by DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 6 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 May 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 May 2017 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 6 May
- 1998 Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
- 1999 The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
- 2001 During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
- 2004 The final episode of the television sitcom Friends is aired.
- 2023 The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms is held in Westminster Abbey, London.
Famous people born on 6 May
- George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Sadie Sandler, American actress (born 2006)
- Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (1856–1939)
- Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1915–1985)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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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