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2 April 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 April 2012 was a Monday.
- 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 2 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 April 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 April 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 2 April
- 2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
- 2011 India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
- 2015 Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
- 2025 Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Famous people born on 2 April
- Jesse Plemons, American actor (born 1988)
- Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
- Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer (born 1977)
- Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (1939–1984)
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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