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29 July 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 July 2011 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Glad You Came” by The Wanted.
- 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 29 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 July 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 July 2011 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 29 July
- 1987 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel).
- 1996 The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
- 2005 Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
- 2015 The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
- 2021 The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.
Famous people born on 29 July
- Dak Prescott, American football player (born 1993)
- Tijjani Reijnders, Dutch footballer (born 1998)
- Tony Sirico, American actor (1942–2022)
- Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver (born 1981)
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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