At A Glance

13 April 2006 at a glance

Day of the week
13 April 2006 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter.
Top Film of 2006
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Bestselling Novel of 2006
“For One More Day” by Mitch Albom was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2006.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2006–07 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 April 2006 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 April 2006 was Full Moon.

On this day: 13 April

  • 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
  • 2006 The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
  • 2013 Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
  • 2023 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
  • 2025 Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.

Famous people born on April 13

  • Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (1743–1826)
  • Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
  • Jonathan Brandis, American actor (1976–2003)
  • Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (1949–2011)

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Events of 2006 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 19 – NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft in a 9-year, 3 billion mile space mission, to flyby and observe the dwarf planetary system of Pluto/Charon and possibly other Kuiper belt objects.
  • March 6–20 – The first World Baseball Classic is held in San Diego, California.
  • March 16 – The Blu-ray disc format is released in the United States.

Life in the US in 2006

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.59

Loaf of Bread

$1.25

Average House

$305,900

Weekly Wage

$656

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