At A Glance

13 March 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
13 March 2021 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 March 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 March 2021 was New Moon.

On this day: 13 March

  • 1997 The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
  • 2003 An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • 2013 The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
  • 2020 President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
  • 2020 Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.

Famous people born on 13 March

  • Coco Gauff, American tennis player (born 2004)
  • Common, American rapper and actor (born 1972)
  • William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1950)
  • George MacKay, English actor (born 1992)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2021 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
  • 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
  • 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.

Life in 2021

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£4.10

Loaf of Bread

£1.60

Average House

£254,822

Weekly Wage

£920.00

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