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27 June 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 June 2012 was a Wednesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Stay with Me Baby” by Karise Eden.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2012
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2012 was the Mazda3.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 June 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 June 2012 was First Quarter.
On this day: 27 June
- 2007 Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
- 2008 In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
- 2013 NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
- 2017 A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
- 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.
Famous people born on 27 June
- Tobey Maguire, American actor (born 1975)
- Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (1880–1968)
- H.E.R., American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
- J. J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia
- 27 February – The Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party holds a ballot to determine its leader and by extension the Prime Minister of Australia. Julia Gillard wins the ballot by 71 votes to Kevin Rudd's 31 votes.
- 24 March – The Queensland state election is held. Anna Bligh's Labor government is defeated heavily, with the Liberal National Party led by Campbell Newman winning the largest parliamentary majority in the state's history.
Life in Australia in 2012
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.45
Loaf of Bread
$3.10
Average House
$480,000
Weekly Wage
$1,355.00
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