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15 July 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 15 July 2011 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.
- 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 15 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 15 July 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 15 July 2011 was Full Moon.
On this day: 15 July
- 2006 Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
- 2009 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module.
- 2012 South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.
- 2016 Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
- 2018 France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.
Famous people born on July 15
- Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1946)
- Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1956)
- Diane Kruger, German actress and model (born 1976)
- Brian Austin Green, American actor (born 1973)
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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