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12 June 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 June 2012 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra.
- Top Film of 2012
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2012 was The Avengers.
- Bestselling Novel of 2012
- “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E. L. James was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2012.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2012–13 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 12 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 June 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 June 2012 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 12 June
- 1999 Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force, Kosovo Force (KFor), enters the province of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 2009 A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
- 2018 United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea hold the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
- 2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is inaugurated as the second president of Kazakhstan.
- 2026 South African-American businessman Elon Musk becomes the first US$ trillionaire with the initial public offering of SpaceX.
Famous people born on June 12
- George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (1924–2018)
- Dave Franco, American actor (born 1985)
- Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (1929–1945)
- Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic (born 1962)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2012 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2012 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 2 – Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is released in theaters.
- March 20 – John Carter records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedown and chairman Rich Ross to resign.
- May 4 – The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is released by Marvel Studios as the sixth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the final film in its "Phase One" slate.
Life in the US in 2012
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.68
Loaf of Bread
$1.84
Average House
$256,900
Weekly Wage
$757
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