At A Glance

11 June 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
11 June 2011 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele.
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 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 June 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 June 2011 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 11 June

  • 2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
  • 2004 Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • 2008 The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
  • 2010 The first FIFA World Cup held on African soil kicks off in South Africa.
  • 2013 Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would be opened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.

Famous people born on June 11

  • Shia LaBeouf, American actor (born 1986)
  • Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer (born 1969)
  • Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (1933–2016)
  • Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter (born 1959)

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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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