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25 December 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 December 2012 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother” by The Justice Collective.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 December 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 December 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 25 December
- 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
- 2003 The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
- 2004 The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
- 2020 An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
- 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
Famous people born on 25 December
- Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642–1727)
- Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1971)
- Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1949)
- Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1899–1957)
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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