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21 September 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 September 2011 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction.
- 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 21 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 September 2011 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 21 September
- 1996 The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
- 1997 St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
- 2003 The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.
- 2015 Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.
- 2019 A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
Famous people born on 21 September
- Stephen King, American author and screenwriter (born 1947)
- Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter (born 1972)
- Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)
- Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer (born 1999)
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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