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25 March 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 March 2012 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “We Are Young” by Fun featuring Janelle Monáe.
- 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 25 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 March 2012 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 25 March
- 1979 The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1988 The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
- 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
- 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
- 2018 Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
Famous people born on March 25
- Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer (born 1976)
- Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center (1934–2026)
- Mikey Madison, American actress (born 1999)
- Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
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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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