At A Glance

13 September 2012 at a glance

Day of the week
13 September 2012 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” by Ne-Yo.
Top Film of 2012
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 September 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 September 2012 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 13 September

  • 1989 Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
  • 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
  • 2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
  • 2007 The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
  • 2007 The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings.

Famous people born on 13 September

  • Lili Reinhart, American actress (born 1996)
  • Jean Smart, American actress (born 1951)
  • Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1969)
  • Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (1916–1990)

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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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