At A Glance

20 November 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
20 November 2011 was a Sunday.
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 20 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 November 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 November 2011 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 20 November

  • 1993 Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
  • 1994 The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
  • 1998 The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • 2016 Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.
  • 2022 The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.

Famous people born on 20 November

  • Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States (born 1942)
  • Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (1925–1968)
  • Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
  • Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress (born 1963)

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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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