At A Glance

11 December 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
11 December 2016 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Rockabye” by Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Star sign
The star sign for 11 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 December 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 December 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 11 December

  • 2006 The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
  • 2008 Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
  • 2009 Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
  • 2019 The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
  • 2020 The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.

Famous people born on 11 December

  • Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter (born 1996)
  • Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1954)
  • Osho, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (1931–1990)
  • Colleen Hoover, American author (born 1979)

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Events of 2016 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 May – UK local and Police and crime commissioner elections, as well as elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament are held.
  • 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.
  • 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May

Life in 2016

Prime Minister

Theresa May

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.45

Loaf of Bread

£1.45

Average House

£214,578

Weekly Wage

£789.00

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