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8 January 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 January 2012 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 2012 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 January 2012 was Full Moon.
On this day: 8 January
- 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
- 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
- 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
- 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
- 2023 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.
Famous people born on 8 January
- Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (1935–1977)
- David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1947–2016)
- Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (1942–2018)
- Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1999)
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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