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20 November 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 November 2012 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Little Things” by One Direction.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 November 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 November 2012 was First Quarter.
On this day: 20 November
- 1993 Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
- 1994 The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
- 1998 The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- 2016 Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.
- 2022 The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.
Famous people born on 20 November
- Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States (born 1942)
- Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (1925–1968)
- Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
- Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress (born 1963)
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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