At A Glance

15 November 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
15 November 2017 was a Wednesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rockstar” by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage.
Top Film of 2017
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 November 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 November 2017 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 15 November

  • 2006 Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • 2012 Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2016 Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
  • 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
  • 2022 The world population reached eight billion.

Famous people born on November 15

  • Shailene Woodley, American actress (born 1991)
  • Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor (born 1972)
  • Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player (born 1995)

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Events of 2017 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
  • February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
  • May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Life in the US in 2017

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.42

Loaf of Bread

$2.08

Average House

$323,100

Weekly Wage

$869

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