At A Glance
14 September 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 September 2011 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “All About Tonight” by Pixie Lott.
- 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 14 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 September 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 September 2011 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 14 September
- 2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2003 Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
- 2007 Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2015 The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
- 2019 Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Famous people born on 14 September
- Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
- Pope Leo XIV (born 1955)
- Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter, musician, and businesswoman (1983–2011)
- Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model (born 1991)
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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