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26 October 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 October 2015 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)” by KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 26 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 October 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 October 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 26 October
- 1999 The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 2000 A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
- 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2004 Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
- 2012 Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
Famous people born on 26 October
- Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1973)
- Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States (born 1947)
- Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer (born 1945)
- Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model (born 1972)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 13 February – The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.
- 10 March – Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.
- 20 March – A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.
Life in 2015
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.35
Loaf of Bread
£1.42
Average House
£197,807
Weekly Wage
£768.00
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