At A Glance

15 November 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
15 November 2011 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “We Found Love” by Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris.
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 15 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 November 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 November 2011 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 15 November

  • 2002 Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2006 Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • 2012 Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2016 Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
  • 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.

Famous people born on 15 November

  • Shailene Woodley, American actress (born 1991)
  • Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor (born 1972)
  • Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player (born 1995)

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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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