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11 December 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 December 2015 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Hello” by Adele.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2015–16 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 December 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 December 2015 was New Moon.
On this day: 11 December
- 2006 The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
- 2008 Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
- 2009 Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
- 2019 The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
- 2020 The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.
Famous people born on December 11
- Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter (born 1996)
- Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1954)
- Osho, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (1931–1990)
- Colleen Hoover, American author (born 1979)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – A federal judge rules that South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and immediately stays the ruling.
- January 18 – K.C. Undercover and Star vs. the Forces of Evil debuts on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
- February 22 – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hold the 87th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The telecast garners nearly 37.3 million viewers.
Life in the US in 2015
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.43
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$294,000
Weekly Wage
$818
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