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12 July 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 July 2019 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 12 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 July 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 July 2019 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 12 July
- 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- 1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1998 France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
- 2001 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
- 2006 A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
Famous people born on July 12
- Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (born -100)
- Steve Howey, American actor (born 1977)
- Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1997)
- Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
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Events of 2019 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 8 – Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is released by Marvel Studios as the 21st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It becomes the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its run, earning $1.128 billion worldwide.
- March 13 – Boeing grounds its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft in response to evidence gathered following the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.
- April 5 – Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, is released as the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.
Life in the US in 2019
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.60
Loaf of Bread
$2.30
Average House
$363,300
Weekly Wage
$932
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