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19 February 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 February 2011 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa.
- 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 19 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 February 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 February 2011 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 19 February
- 1985 William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
- 1985 China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
- 2002 NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2021 Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
- 2026 The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea officially opens in Pyongyang and lasts for 7 days. (from February 19th to February 25th, 2026)
Famous people born on February 19
- Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer (born 2004)
- Ray Winstone, English actor (born 1957)
- Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriter (born 1998)
- Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor, director, and producer (born 1967)
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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