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8 February 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 February 2011 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Grenade” by Bruno Mars.
- 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 8 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 February 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 February 2011 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 8 February
- 1960 Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
- 1963 The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
- 1971 South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country.
- 1974 The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space.
- 1983 A dust storm hits Melbourne, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city.
Famous people born on February 8
- Mary Steenburgen, American actress (born 1953)
- James Dean, American actor (1931–1955)
- Kathryn Newton, American actress (born 1997)
- John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1932)
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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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