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3 May 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 May 2012 was a Thursday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen.
- 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 3 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 May 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 May 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 3 May
- 1999 Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
- 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
- 2001 The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
- 2016 Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.
- 2023 Ethnic violence breaks out between the Meitei and the Kuki Zo people in the state of Manipur.
Famous people born on 3 May
- Ella Langley, American singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Pom Klementieff, French actress (born 1986)
- Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer (born 2001)
- James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1933–2006)
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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