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11 May 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 May 2020 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Toosie Slide” by Drake.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 May 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 May 2020 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 11 May
- 2010 David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
- 2011 An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
- 2011 The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2024 Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
- 2024 The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland win with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.
Famous people born on 11 May
- Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress (born 1999)
- Natasha Richardson, English actress (1963–2009)
- Lana Condor, American actress (born 1997)
- Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (1918–1988)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announce that they plan to "step back as senior members" of the United Kingdom's royal family, and divide their time between the UK and North America.
- 6 March – COVID-19 in the UK: The Prime Minister announces £46 million in funding for research into a COVID-19 vaccine and rapid COVID-19 testing.
- 4 April – 2020 Labour Party leadership election: Keir Starmer is elected as the leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn, and Angela Rayner is elected as deputy leader of the party.
Life in 2020
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.95
Loaf of Bread
£1.55
Average House
£239,196
Weekly Wage
£890.00
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