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23 March 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 March 2012 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye ft. Kimbra.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 March 2012 was New Moon.
On this day: 23 March
- 2008 Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India.
- 2010 The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
- 2014 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
- 2018 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
- 2019 The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.
Famous people born on 23 March
- G. D. Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (1893–1974)
- Keri Russell, American actress (born 1976)
- Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976)
- Perez Hilton, American blogger (born 1978)
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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