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12 July 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 July 2011 was a Tuesday.
- 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 12 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 July 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 July 2011 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 12 July
- 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- 1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1998 France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
- 2001 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
- 2006 A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
Famous people born on 12 July
- Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (born -100)
- Steve Howey, American actor (born 1977)
- Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1997)
- Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
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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