At A Glance

4 February 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
4 February 2011 was a Friday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Dirty Talk” by Wynter Gordon.
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 4 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 February 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 February 2011 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 4 February

  • 2000 The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • 2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
  • 2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
  • 2008 Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
  • 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

Famous people born on 4 February

  • Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
  • Hunter Biden, American attorney and lobbyist (born 1970)
  • Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1975)
  • Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (1913–2005)

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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