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11 February 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 February 2013 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.
- 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 11 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 February 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 February 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 11 February
- 2011 Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
- 2013 The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
- 2013 Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
- 2015 The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.
- 2017 North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
Famous people born on February 11
- Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer (born 1969)
- Damian Lewis, English actor (born 1971)
- Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (1936–2018)
- Carey Lowell, American actress (born 1961)
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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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