At A Glance

2 June 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
2 June 2011 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer.
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 2 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 June 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 June 2011 was New Moon.

On this day: 2 June

  • 1979 Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
  • 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.
  • 2003 Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
  • 2014 Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
  • 2022 Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changes the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".

Famous people born on 2 June

  • Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress (born 1979)
  • Justin Long, American actor (born 1978)
  • Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian (born 1988)
  • Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer (born 1977)

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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