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16 September 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 September 2011 was a Friday.
- 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 16 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 September 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 September 2011 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 16 September
- 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- 2004 Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
- 2005 The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
- 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
- 2021 Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
Famous people born on 16 September
- Alexis Bledel, American actress (born 1981)
- Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1992)
- Henry V of England (1386–1422)
- Chase Stokes, American actor (born 1992)
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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