At A Glance

1 March 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
1 March 2015 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Love Me like You Do” by Ellie Goulding.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 March 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 March 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 1 March

  • 2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
  • 2002 The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
  • 2002 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-109 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • 2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service moves to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
  • 2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

Famous people born on 1 March

  • Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer (born 1969)
  • Tyreek Hill, American football player (born 1994)
  • Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
  • Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress (born 1983)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2015 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 February – The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.
  • 10 March – Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.
  • 20 March – A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.

Life in 2015

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.35

Loaf of Bread

£1.42

Average House

£197,807

Weekly Wage

£768.00

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