At A Glance

13 February 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
13 February 2013 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 February 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 February 2013 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 13 February

  • 2007 Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
  • 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
  • 2011 For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
  • 2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
  • 2021 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.

Famous people born on 13 February

  • Stockard Channing, American actress (born 1944)
  • Henry Rollins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1961)
  • Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1950)
  • Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter (born 1974)

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Events of 2013 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 April – Police Scotland begins operations, merging all the former forces in the country.
  • 17 July – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent.
  • 27 August – David Cameron recalls Parliament from its summer recess to discuss responses to the Syrian crisis in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.

Life in 2013

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.15

Loaf of Bread

£1.38

Average House

£168,607

Weekly Wage

£733.00

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