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7 June 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 June 2011 was a Tuesday.
- 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 7 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 June 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 June 2011 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 7 June
- 1975 Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
- 1977 Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
- 1981 The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
- 1991 Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
- 2000 The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
Famous people born on June 7
- Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (1958–2016)
- Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor (born 1952)
- Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor (born 1940)
- Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (1917–1995)
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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