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21 June 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 June 2012 was a Thursday.
- 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 21 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 June 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 June 2012 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 21 June
- 1993 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.
- 2000 Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
- 2004 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
- 2006 Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
- 2009 Greenland assumes self-rule.
Famous people born on June 21
- William, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne (born 1982)
- Chris Pratt, American actor (born 1979)
- Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
- Edward Snowden, American activist and academic (born 1983)
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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