At A Glance

28 December 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
28 December 2013 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Skyscraper” by Sam Bailey.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 December 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 December 2013 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 28 December

  • 1956 Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
  • 1967 American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1973 The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
  • 2006 War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
  • 2025 Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.

Famous people born on 28 December

  • Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer (born 1981)
  • Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer (born 1954)
  • Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (1922–2018)
  • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress (born 2001)

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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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