At A Glance

28 June 2012 at a glance

Day of the week
28 June 2012 was a Thursday.
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 28 June is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 June 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 June 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 28 June

  • 1997 Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • 2001 Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • 2004 Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
  • 2009 Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
  • 2012 The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

Famous people born on 28 June

  • Elon Musk, South African-born American entrepreneur (born 1971)
  • Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547)
  • Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
  • John Cusack, American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)

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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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