At A Glance

9 June 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
9 June 2023 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Sprinter” by Dave & Central Cee.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 9 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 June 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 June 2023 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 9 June

  • 1965 The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
  • 1967 Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
  • 1973 In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • 1978 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • 1999 Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Famous people born on 9 June

  • Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author (born 1961)
  • Johnny Depp, American actor (born 1963)
  • Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
  • Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright (born 1961)

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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