At A Glance

15 November 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
15 November 2011 was a Tuesday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO.
Top Film of 2011
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2011
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2011 was the Mazda3.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 November 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 November 2011 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 15 November

  • 2002 Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2006 Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • 2012 Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2016 Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
  • 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.

Famous people born on 15 November

  • Shailene Woodley, American actress (born 1991)
  • Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor (born 1972)
  • Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player (born 1995)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2011 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 January – Major floods occur across much of western and central Victoria totally inundating the town of Carisbrook and causing evacuations in many others.
  • 27 January – Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces that her government proposes to introduce a Flood levy to assist in funding reconstruction works required as a result of major floods in Queensland and Victoria.
  • 3 February – Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi makes landfall at near Mission Beach, south of Innisfail, Queensland.

Life in Australia in 2011

Prime Minister

Julia Gillard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.35

Loaf of Bread

$3.00

Average House

$470,000

Weekly Wage

$1,305.00

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