At A Glance

24 September 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
24 September 2015 was a Thursday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2015
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2015 was the Toyota Corolla.
Star sign
The star sign for 24 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 24 September 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 24 September 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 24 September

  • 2007 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
  • 2008 Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
  • 2009 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
  • 2014 The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
  • 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

Famous people born on 24 September

  • Harriet Walter, English actress (born 1950)
  • Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (1948–1998)
  • Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (1941–1998)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (1896–1940)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2015 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 31 January – A state election is held in Queensland. The Labor Party led by Annastacia Palaszczuk forms a minority government with the support of an independent MP.
  • 9 February – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Australia will debut in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
  • 20 February – Cyclone Marcia makes landfall in Queensland, damaging the city of Rockhampton and surrounds.

Life in Australia in 2015

Prime Minister

Malcolm Turnbull

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.15

Loaf of Bread

$3.50

Average House

$560,000

Weekly Wage

$1,490.00

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