At A Glance
19 June 2001 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 June 2001 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Angel” by Shaggy ft. Rayvon.
- Top Film of 2001
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2001 was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 19 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 June 2001 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 June 2001 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 19 June
- 1990 The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
- 1990 The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
- 1991 The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
- 2005 Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdraw after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.
- 2009 War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Famous people born on 19 June
- Macklemore, American rapper (born 1983)
- Zoe Saldaña, American actress (born 1978)
- James VI and I (1566–1625)
- Robin Tunney, American actress (born 1972)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2001 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2001 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 19 February – Foot and mouth crisis begins.
- 7 June – General Election: Labour Party attains a second successive landslide election victory. Among the new entrants to parliament is 34-year-old future Conservative prime minister David Cameron, who retains the Witney seat in Oxfordshire for the Conservative Party.
- 4 August – Oxford United move into their new 12,500-seat Kassam Stadium near the city's Blackbird Leys estate. Work on the stadium had started in 1996 but halted the following year due to the club's financial problems.
Life in 2001
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.90
Loaf of Bread
74p
Average House
£97,135
Weekly Wage
£483.00
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