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13 January 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 January 2011 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Grenade” by Bruno Mars.
- Top Film of 2011
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
- Bestselling Novel of 2011
- “The Litigators” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2011.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2011–12 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 January 2011 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 January 2011 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 13 January
- 1998 Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
- 2003 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.
- 2018 A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
- 2020 The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.
- 2021 Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.
Famous people born on January 13
- Orlando Bloom, English actor (born 1977)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1961)
- Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1990)
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver (born 1966)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2011 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 27 – The 83rd Academy Awards, hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, are held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Tom Hooper's The King's Speech wins four awards out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- March 11 – Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami warning to parts of the U.S. West Coast along the affected coastal areas in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. Territories in the Pacific Ocean.
- April 15 – Rio is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2011
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.52
Loaf of Bread
$1.74
Average House
$242,300
Weekly Wage
$737
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