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13 April 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 April 2012 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 April 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 April 2012 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 13 April
- 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
- 2006 The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
- 2013 Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
- 2023 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
- 2025 Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.
Famous people born on 13 April
- Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (1743–1826)
- Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
- Jonathan Brandis, American actor (1976–2003)
- Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (1949–2011)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 4 February – The Met Office issues a severe weather warning as heavy snow falls across much of the UK, disrupting road and air travel.
- 6 February – Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking sixty years on the throne; only the second British monarch to do so.
- 29 March – 2012 Bradford West by-election: Respect Party candidate George Galloway wins, taking the seat from the Labour Party with a majority of 10,140 votes.
Life in 2012
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.05
Loaf of Bread
£1.35
Average House
£162,637
Weekly Wage
£723.00
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