Born on 13 February 2017

At A Glance

13 February 2017 at a glance

Day of the week

13 February 2017 was a Monday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.

Top Film of 2017

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Star sign

The star sign for 13 February is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 13 February 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 13 February 2017 was Waning Gibbous.

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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