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20 January 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 January 2011 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Firework” by Katy Perry.
- 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 20 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 January 2011 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 January 2011 was Full Moon.
On this day: 20 January
- 1990 Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
- 2001 President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
- 2009 A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
- 2018 Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.
Famous people born on January 20
- J. J. McCarthy, American football player (born 2003)
- David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (1946–2025)
- Evan Peters, American actor (born 1987)
- Sid Wilson, American musician (born 1977)
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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