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13 December 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 December 2023 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 December 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 December 2023 was New Moon.
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 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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