At A Glance
11 June 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 June 2022 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “As It Was” by Harry Styles.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 June 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 June 2022 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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – The United States Mint announces they have started shipping the first of the American Women quarters, starting with poet Maya Angelou, the first African American woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter.
- March 15 – Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the Senate passes a resolution condemning President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.
- March 27 – The 94th Academy Awards, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, are held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Sian Heder's CODA is awarded Best Picture, along with an additional two awards, including Troy Kotsur for Best Supporting Actor.
Life in the US in 2022
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.99
Loaf of Bread
$2.76
Average House
$454,900
Weekly Wage
$1,069
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