At A Glance

25 April 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
25 April 2023 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 April 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 April 2023 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 April

  • 2005 The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • 2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
  • 2007 Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
  • 2014 The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
  • 2026 Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.

Famous people born on April 25

  • Al Pacino, American actor and director (born 1940)
  • Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer (born 1969)
  • Sara Paxton, American actress (born 1988)
  • Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (1599–1658)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2023 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 12 – The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations with eleven. The film wins seven of those awards, including Best Picture.
  • April 20 – Elon Musk's SpaceX launches its first test flight of Starship. The device explodes shortly after launch.
  • July 5 – Meta Platforms launches Threads as a direct competitor to Twitter.

Life in the US in 2023

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$2.96

Average House

$412,300

Weekly Wage

$1,108

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