At A Glance

1 December 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
1 December 2023 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 December 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 December 2023 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 1 December

  • 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.
  • 2020 The Arecibo Telescope collapses.

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 2023 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 12 – The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations with eleven. The film wins seven of those awards, including Best Picture.
  • April 20 – Elon Musk's SpaceX launches its first test flight of Starship. The device explodes shortly after launch.
  • July 5 – Meta Platforms launches Threads as a direct competitor to Twitter.

Life in the US in 2023

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$2.96

Average House

$412,300

Weekly Wage

$1,108

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