At A Glance

23 March 2012 at a glance

Day of the week
23 March 2012 was a Friday.
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 23 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 March 2012 was New Moon.

On this day: 23 March

  • 2008 Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India.
  • 2010 The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
  • 2014 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
  • 2018 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
  • 2019 The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.

Famous people born on 23 March

  • G. D. Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (1893–1974)
  • Keri Russell, American actress (born 1976)
  • Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976)
  • Perez Hilton, American blogger (born 1978)

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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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