At A Glance

18 June 2012 at a glance

Day of the week
18 June 2012 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Call My Name” by Cheryl.
Top Film of 2012
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 June 2012 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 18 June

  • 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
  • 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.
  • 2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
  • 2018 An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.

Famous people born on 18 June

  • Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
  • Scooter Braun, American music executive (born 1981)
  • Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer (born 1989)

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.
More events of 2012 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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