At A Glance

19 March 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
19 March 2011 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga.
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 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 March 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 March 2011 was Full Moon.

On this day: 19 March

  • 2003 United States President George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the invasion of Iraq.
  • 2008 GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
  • 2011 Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
  • 2019 The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.
  • 2023 The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.

Famous people born on March 19

  • Theo Von, American stand-up comedian (born 1980)
  • Wyatt Earp, American police officer (1848–1929)
  • Andy Reid, American football player and coach (born 1958)
  • Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (1922–2014)

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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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