At A Glance

25 July 2011 at a glance

Day of the week
25 July 2011 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock.
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 25 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 July 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 July 2011 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 25 July

  • 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
  • 2007 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
  • 2010 WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
  • 2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
  • 2019 National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.

Famous people born on July 25

  • Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer (born 1991)
  • Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer (born 1996)
  • Zawe Ashton, British actress (born 1984)
  • Bryce Young, American football player (born 2001)

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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