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27 January 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 January 2015 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 January 2015 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 January 2015 was First Quarter.
On this day: 27 January
- 2010 The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
- 2011 Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sanaa.
- 2011 Within Ursa Minor, H1504+65, a white dwarf with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.
- 2014 Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
- 2017 A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
Famous people born on 27 January
- Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor (born 1965)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (1756–1791)
- Bridget Fonda, American actress (born 1964)
- Mimi Rogers, American actress (born 1956)
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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