At A Glance

13 June 2008 at a glance

Day of the week
13 June 2008 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major.
Top Film of 2008
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2008 was The Dark Knight.
Bestselling Novel of 2008
“The Appeal” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2008.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2008–09 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 June 2008 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 June 2008 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 13 June

  • 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.
  • 2018 Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.

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 2008 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2008 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 24 – The 80th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men winning four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
  • May 2 – Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau, is released by Marvel Studios as the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the first film of its "Phase One" slate.
  • June 13 – The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier, is released as the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Life in the US in 2008

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$3.25

Loaf of Bread

$1.37

Average House

$292,600

Weekly Wage

$695

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