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24 August 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 August 2012 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “How We Do (Party)” by Rita Ora.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 August 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 August 2012 was First Quarter.
On this day: 24 August
- 2006 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
- 2012 Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
- 2014 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
- 2016 Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, is discovered by the European Southern Observatory.
- 2017 The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.
Famous people born on 24 August
- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary (born 1997)
- Chad Michael Murray, American actor, model, and author (born 1981)
- Jared Harris, English actor (born 1961)
- Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer (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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