At A Glance

26 March 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
26 March 2013 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “What About Us” by The Saturdays ft. Sean Paul.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 26 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 March 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 March 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 26 March

  • 1981 Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
  • 1982 A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
  • 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
  • 2005 Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
  • 2017 Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

Famous people born on 26 March

  • Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1944)
  • Keira Knightley, English actress (born 1985)
  • James Caan, American actor and singer (1940–2022)
  • Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer (born 1982)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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