At A Glance

16 June 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
16 June 2011 was a Thursday.
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 16 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 June 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 June 2011 was Full Moon.

On this day: 16 June

  • 2010 Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
  • 2012 China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
  • 2012 The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
  • 2015 American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
  • 2016 Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.

Famous people born on June 16

  • Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer (1971–1996)
  • Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager (born 1967)
  • Laurie Metcalf, American actress (born 1955)
  • Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician (born 1950)

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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