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3 April 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 April 2012 was a Tuesday.
- 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 3 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 April 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 April 2012 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 3 April
- 2007 Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph).
- 2008 ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
- 2008 Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
- 2010 Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
- 2016 The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
Famous people born on April 3
- Marlon Brando, American actor and director (1924–2004)
- Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer (born 1998)
- Adam Scott, American actor (born 1973)
- Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
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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