At A Glance

11 February 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
11 February 2011 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Grenade” by Bruno Mars.
Top Film of 2011
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Bestselling Novel of 2011
“The Litigators” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2011.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2011–12 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 11 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 February 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 February 2011 was First Quarter.

On this day: 11 February

  • 2011 Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
  • 2013 The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
  • 2013 Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
  • 2015 The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
  • 2017 North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.

Famous people born on February 11

  • Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer (born 1969)
  • Damian Lewis, English actor (born 1971)
  • Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (1936–2018)
  • Carey Lowell, American actress (born 1961)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2011 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 27 – The 83rd Academy Awards, hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, are held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Tom Hooper's The King's Speech wins four awards out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
  • March 11 – Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami warning to parts of the U.S. West Coast along the affected coastal areas in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. Territories in the Pacific Ocean.
  • April 15 – Rio is released in theaters.

Life in the US in 2011

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$3.52

Loaf of Bread

$1.74

Average House

$242,300

Weekly Wage

$737

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