At A Glance

1 December 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
1 December 2013 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Royals” by Lorde.
Top Film of 2013
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) and “NCIS” (CBS) were joint No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2013–14 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 December 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 December 2013 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 1 December

  • 2009 The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union.
  • 2011 The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.
  • 2018 The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
  • 2019 Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
  • 2019 The outbreak of coronavirus infection begins in Wuhan.

Famous people born on December 1

  • Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model (born 1988)
  • Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper (born 1982)
  • Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (1940–2005)
  • Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality (born 2003)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2013 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 10 – 85th Academy Awards: Nominations are announced at Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Best Picture nominees are Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Les Misérables, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty.
  • April 23 – Teen Titans Go! debuts on Cartoon Network.
  • May 3 – Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black, is released by Marvel Studios as the seventh film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the first in its "Phase Two" slate and the direct sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron Man 2.

Life in the US in 2013

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$1.90

Average House

$272,900

Weekly Wage

$776

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