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27 September 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 September 2011 was a Tuesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra.
- 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 27 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 September 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 September 2011 was New Moon.
On this day: 27 September
- 2003 The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
- 2007 NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
- 2008 CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
- 2019 Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
- 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.
Famous people born on 27 September
- Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman (born 1972)
- Jenna Ortega, American actress (born 2002)
- Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (born 1984)
- Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1947–2022)
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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