At A Glance

11 May 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
11 May 2021 was a Tuesday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Without You” by The Kid Laroi.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2021
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2021 was the Toyota HiLux.
Star sign
The star sign for 11 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 May 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 May 2021 was New Moon.

On this day: 11 May

  • 2010 David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
  • 2011 An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
  • 2011 The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • 2024 Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
  • 2024 The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland win with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.

Famous people born on 11 May

  • Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress (born 1999)
  • Natasha Richardson, English actress (1963–2009)
  • Lana Condor, American actress (born 1997)
  • Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (1918–1988)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2021 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The words of the Australian national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair", are changed for the first time since 1984, amending the line "For we are young and free" to "For we are one and free".
  • 15 February – 142,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Australia.
  • 13 March – The 2021 Western Australian state election is held with the incumbent McGowan Labor government winning with an increased majority.

Life in Australia in 2021

Prime Minister

Scott Morrison

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.45

Loaf of Bread

$3.90

Average House

$720,000

Weekly Wage

$1,770.00

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