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30 July 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 July 2012 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Spectrum (Say My Name)” by Florence and the Machine.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 July 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 July 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 30 July
- 2003 In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
- 2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
- 2011 Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
- 2012 A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
- 2020 NASA's Mars 2020 mission is launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Famous people born on 30 July
- Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California (born 1947)
- Joey King, American actress (born 1999)
- Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer (born 1969)
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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