At A Glance

9 September 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
9 September 2016 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Closer” by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 9 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 September 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 September 2016 was First Quarter.

On this day: 9 September

  • 2009 The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
  • 2012 The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
  • 2014 The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.
  • 2015 Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
  • 2016 The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".

Famous people born on September 9

  • Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)
  • Michelle Williams, American actress (born 1980)
  • Hugh Grant, English actor and producer (born 1960)
  • Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer (born 1985)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2016 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
  • January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
  • March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.

Life in the US in 2016

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$2.14

Loaf of Bread

$1.99

Average House

$307,800

Weekly Wage

$843

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