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30 March 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 March 2012 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Part of Me” by Katy Perry.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 March 2012 was First Quarter.
On this day: 30 March
- 2006 Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
- 2008 Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities.
- 2011 Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
- 2017 SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- 2019 Pope Francis visits Morocco.
Famous people born on 30 March
- Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
- Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1968)
- Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (1853–1890)
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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