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16 November 2021 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 November 2021 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Easy on Me” by Adele.
- Top Film of 2021
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 November 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 November 2021 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 16 November
- 2002 The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
- 2004 Half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.
- 2005 Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- 2009 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.
- 2022 Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Famous people born on 16 November
- Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
- Tiberius, Roman emperor (born -42)
- Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic (1948–2026)
- Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (1907–1997)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2021 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
- 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
- 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.
Life in 2021
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£4.10
Loaf of Bread
£1.60
Average House
£254,822
Weekly Wage
£920.00
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