At A Glance

11 July 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
11 July 2013 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell.
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 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 July 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 July 2013 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 11 July

  • 1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins.
  • 2007 The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied by Islamist militants.
  • 2010 In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
  • 2015 Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
  • 2021 Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.

Famous people born on July 11

  • Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and dancer (1920–1985)
  • Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host (born 1963)
  • John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (1767–1848)
  • Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (1274–1329)

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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