At A Glance

13 March 2007 at a glance

Day of the week
13 March 2007 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “This Is Why I'm Hot” by Mims.
Top Film of 2007
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Bestselling Novel of 2007
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2007.
Top-Rated TV Show
“American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2007–08 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 March 2007 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 March 2007 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 13 March

  • 1997 The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
  • 2003 An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • 2013 The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
  • 2020 President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
  • 2020 Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.

Famous people born on March 13

  • Coco Gauff, American tennis player (born 2004)
  • Common, American rapper and actor (born 1972)
  • William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1950)
  • George MacKay, English actor (born 1992)

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Events of 2007 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2007 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 23 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th feature film, Meet the Robinsons, is released to the studio's strongest reception since 2002's Treasure Planet, but is a box office disappointment.
  • June 29 – Pixar Animation Studios' eighth feature film, Ratatouille, is released in theaters.
  • July 3 – Transformers, directed by Michael Bay, is released as the first film in the Transformers film series.

Life in the US in 2007

President

George W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$2.80

Loaf of Bread

$1.28

Average House

$313,600

Weekly Wage

$676

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