Born on 13 February 2014

At A Glance

13 February 2014 at a glance

Day of the week

13 February 2014 was a Thursday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J.

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 February is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 13 February 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 13 February 2014 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 13 February

• 2007 Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
• 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
• 2011 For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
• 2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
• 2021 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.

Famous people born on February 13

• Stockard Channing, American actress (born 1944)
• Henry Rollins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1961)
• Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1950)
• Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter (born 1974)

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