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5 October 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 October 2011 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Loca People” by Sak Noel.
- 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 5 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 October 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 October 2011 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 5 October
- 1984 Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
- 1988 A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
- 1990 After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 2000 Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
- 2021 Windows 11 is released to the general public.
Famous people born on 5 October
- Travis Kelce, American football player (born 1989)
- Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1952)
- Kate Winslet, English actress (born 1975)
- Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (born 2006)
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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