At A Glance

13 June 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
13 June 2004 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Burn” by Usher.
Top Film of 2004
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2004 was Shrek 2.
Bestselling Novel of 2004
“The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2004.
Top-Rated TV Show
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2004–05 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 June 2004 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 13 June

  • 1996 The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
  • 1999 BMW win 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.
  • 2000 President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
  • 2002 The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
  • 2010 A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.

Famous people born on June 13

  • Chris Evans, American actor and producer (born 1981)
  • Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1951)
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor (born 1990)
  • Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian (born 1986)

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Events of 2004 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 11 – Drake & Josh premieres on Nickelodeon.
  • February 4 – Mark Zuckerberg launches "TheFacebook", later renamed to Facebook, a social networking website for Harvard University students.
  • April 28 – Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse is revealed on the television show 60 Minutes II.

Life in the US in 2004

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$1.88

Loaf of Bread

$1.20

Average House

$219,000

Weekly Wage

$618

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