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10 July 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 July 2011 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Louder” by DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans.
- 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 10 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 July 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 July 2011 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 10 July
- 2007 Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
- 2007 The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
- 2008 Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
- 2011 Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
- 2012 The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
Famous people born on 10 July
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (1856–1943)
- Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer (born 1972)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor (born 1977)
- Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (1943–1993)
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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