At A Glance
30 March 2012 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 March 2012 was a Friday.
- 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 30 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 March 2012 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 March 2012 was First Quarter.
On this day: 30 March
- 2006 Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
- 2008 Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities.
- 2011 Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
- 2017 SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- 2019 Pope Francis visits Morocco.
Famous people born on March 30
- Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
- Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1968)
- Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (1853–1890)
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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