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11 November 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 November 2012 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2012
- The Irish chart song for 2012 was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye ft. Kimbra.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 November 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 November 2012 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 11 November
- 1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
- 2002 Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
- 2004 New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
- 2006 Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
- 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukrainian armed forces enter the city of Kherson following a successful two-month southern counteroffensive.
Famous people born on 11 November
- Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer (born 1974)
- Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
- Stanley Tucci, American actor and director (born 1960)
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (1821–1881)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Government stopped paying expenses to former taoisigh (prime ministers), while sweeping price increases for goods and services, and in value added tax (VAT), affected consumers when decisions announced in Budget 2012 came into effect.
- 21 February – President Michael D. Higgins began his first official trip abroad when he went to London for three days, accompanied by his wife, Sabina.
- 27 March – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore announced the date of the referendum on the fiscal compact as Thursday 31 May.
Life in Ireland in 2012
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.58/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.42
Average House
€165,000
Weekly Wage
€400
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