At A Glance

8 November 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
8 November 2022 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 8 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 8 November 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 8 November 2022 was Full Moon.

On this day: 8 November

  • 2011 The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
  • 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
  • 2016 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
  • 2017 The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  • 2020 Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

Famous people born on 8 November

  • Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor (born 1974)
  • Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality (born 1966)
  • Parker Posey, American actress (born 1968)
  • Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (1947–1979)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2022 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
  • 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
  • 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.

Life in 2022

Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak

Monarch

Charles III

Pint of Beer

£4.50

Loaf of Bread

£1.80

Average House

£283,615

Weekly Wage

£975.00

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