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2 November 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 2013 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Royals” by Lorde.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 2013 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 2 November
- 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
- 2008 Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
- 2016 The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
- 2022 A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
Famous people born on 2 November
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
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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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