At A Glance

13 December 2014 at a glance

Day of the week
13 December 2014 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift.
Top Film of 2014
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 December 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 December 2014 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 13 December

  • 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
  • 1988 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
  • 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
  • 2003 Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
  • 2007 The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

Famous people born on December 13

  • Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
  • Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
  • Steve Buscemi, American actor and director (born 1957)
  • Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian (born 1967)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2014 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
  • July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
  • August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Life in the US in 2014

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$3.37

Loaf of Bread

$1.98

Average House

$285,900

Weekly Wage

$796

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