At A Glance

12 June 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
12 June 2013 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 June 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 June 2013 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 12 June

  • 1999 Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 2009 A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
  • 2018 United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
  • 2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
  • 2026 South African-American businessman Elon Musk becomes the first US$ trillionaire with the initial public offering of SpaceX.

Famous people born on 12 June

  • George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (1924–2018)
  • Dave Franco, American actor (born 1985)
  • Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (1929–1945)
  • Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic (born 1962)

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Events of 2013 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country.
  • 17 July – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.
  • 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.

Life in 2013

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.15

Loaf of Bread

£1.38

Average House

£168,607

Weekly Wage

£733.00

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