At A Glance

12 June 2020 at a glance

Day of the week
12 June 2020 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.
Top Film of 2020
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 June 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 June 2020 was Last Quarter.

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)

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Events of 2020 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
  • January 29 – President Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
  • February 9 – The 92nd Academy Awards, the second in a row with no official host, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Life in the US in 2020

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.17

Loaf of Bread

$2.50

Average House

$374,900

Weekly Wage

$984

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