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27 October 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 October 2015 was a Tuesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Downtown” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz.
- 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 27 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 October 2015 was Full Moon.
On this day: 27 October
- 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
- 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
- 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
- 2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
Famous people born on 27 October
- Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
- John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
- Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)
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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