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6 August 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 August 2012 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Heatwave” by Wiley ft. Ms D.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 6 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 August 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 August 2012 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 6 August
- 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- 1991 Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1996 NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- 2008 A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
- 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
Famous people born on 6 August
- M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (1928–1987)
- Vera Farmiga, American actress (born 1973)
- Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (1911–1989)
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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