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15 January 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 January 2017 was a Sunday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Rockabye” by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2017
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2017 was the Toyota HiLux.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 15 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 January 2017 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 January 2017 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 15 January
- 2015 The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
- 2018 British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion goes into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK".
- 2019 Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
- 2020 The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
- 2022 The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
Famous people born on 15 January
- Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer (born 1968)
- Dove Cameron, American actress and singer (born 1996)
- Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (1929–1968)
- Pitbull, American rapper and producer (born 1981)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia
- 11 March – The Western Australian state election is held. The Labor Party led by Mark McGowan defeats the Liberal government of Colin Barnett.
- 28 March – Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie makes landfall between Airlie Beach and Bowen in north Queensland. Power outages affect over 140,000 properties across Queensland.
Life in Australia in 2017
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.25
Loaf of Bread
$3.60
Average House
$660,000
Weekly Wage
$1,565.00
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