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12 May 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 May 2023 was a Friday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2023
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2023 was the Ford Ranger.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 12 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 May 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 May 2023 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 12 May
- 1982 During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
- 2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution.
- 2008 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
- 2017 The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
- 2024 Middle/end of the May 2024 solar storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
Famous people born on 12 May
- Rhea Seehorn, American actress (born 1972)
- Rami Malek, American actor (born 1981)
- Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor (born 1983)
- Emilio Estevez, American actor (born 1962)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2023 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – A Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and serving as a firefighting air tanker crashes in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia.
- 25 March – New South Wales State election elected the 58th Parliament. Chris Minns won after 12 years in opposition for Labor.
- 13 April – Cyclone Ilsa crosses the Western Australia coast between Port Hedland and Bidyadanga as a category 5 system just before midnight local time.
Life in Australia in 2023
Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese
Monarch
King Charles III
Petrol (per litre)
$1.80
Loaf of Bread
$4.30
Average House
$770,000
Weekly Wage
$1,900.00
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