At A Glance

4 October 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
4 October 2013 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Talk Dirty” by Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Star sign
The star sign for 4 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 October 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 October 2013 was New Moon.

On this day: 4 October

  • 1992 The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
  • 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
  • 2004 SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
  • 2006 WikiLeaks is launched.
  • 2017 Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.

Famous people born on 4 October

  • Dakota Johnson, American actress (born 1989)
  • Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress (born 1983)
  • Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist (born 1946)
  • Liev Schreiber, American actor and director (born 1967)

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.
More events of 2013 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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