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11 August 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 August 2015 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Drag Me Down” by One Direction.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 August 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 August 2015 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 11 August
- 1992 The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time, it is the largest shopping mall in the United States.
- 2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- 2003 Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2006 The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
- 2023 Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Famous people born on 11 August
- Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (1943–2023)
- Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1983)
- Viola Davis, American actress (born 1965)
- Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (1953–2025)
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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