At A Glance

25 December 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
25 December 2021 was a Saturday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)” by Elton John and Dua Lipa.
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 25 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 December 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 December 2021 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 December

  • 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • 2004 The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
  • 2020 An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
  • 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.

Famous people born on 25 December

  • Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642–1727)
  • Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1971)
  • Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1949)
  • Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1899–1957)

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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