At A Glance
1 June 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 June 2011 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer.
- Top Film of 2011
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 June 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 June 2011 was New Moon.
On this day: 1 June
- 1990 Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
- 1994 Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2008 A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
- 2009 General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
- 2011 Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
Famous people born on 1 June
- Tom Holland, English actor (born 1996)
- Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer (born 1937)
- Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (1926–1962)
- Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1981)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2011 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 7 January – The film The King's Speech, with Colin Firth playing the role of the stuttering George VI, is released in the UK. It won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, on 27 February.
- 15 January – Three former Church of England bishops are ordained as priests in the new Roman Catholic Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham at Westminster Cathedral.
- 19 March – Operation Unified Protector: British, French and American military initiate air strikes in Libya following United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.
Life in 2011
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£2.95
Loaf of Bread
£1.30
Average House
£162,083
Weekly Wage
£711.00
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