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8 August 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 August 2013 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Wake Me Up” by Avicii.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 8 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 August 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 August 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 8 August
- 2004 A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
- 2007 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- 2007 Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
- 2008 The 29th modern summer Olympic Games take place in Beijing, China until August 24.
- 2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
Famous people born on 8 August
- Ryan Garcia, American boxer (born 1998)
- Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player (born 1981)
- Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director (born 1937)
- A'ja Wilson, American basketball player (born 1996)
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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