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6 September 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 September 2015 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 6 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 September 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 September 2015 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 6 September
- 2007 Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
- 2009 The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
- 2013 The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
- 2018 Supreme Court of India decriminalises all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.
- 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.
Famous people born on 6 September
- Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter (1971–2018)
- Idris Elba, English actor (born 1972)
- Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian (born 1985)
- Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)
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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