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13 March 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 March 2013 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2013
- The Irish chart song for 2013 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 March 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 March 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 13 March
- 1997 The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
- 2003 An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
- 2013 The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
- 2020 President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
- 2020 Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.
Famous people born on 13 March
- Coco Gauff, American tennis player (born 2004)
- Common, American rapper and actor (born 1972)
- William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1950)
- George MacKay, English actor (born 1992)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2013 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 15 January – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland confirmed the presence of horse DNA in beef burger products on sale in supermarkets. At least ten million burgers were withdrawn from sale.
- 5 February – A report into Ireland's Magdalene asylums found "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women" into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down nearly two decades ago.
- 18 March – President Higgins departed from Baldonnel Aerodrome for a three-day visit to Rome, accompanied by his wife Sabina and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, to attend the inauguration of Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.
Life in Ireland in 2013
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Petrol (per litre)
€1.55/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.45
Average House
€170,000
Weekly Wage
€405
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