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13 March 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 March 2016 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Work” by Rihanna featuring Drake.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 March 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 March 2016 was Waxing 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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2016 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
- January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
- March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.
Life in the US in 2016
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.14
Loaf of Bread
$1.99
Average House
$307,800
Weekly Wage
$843
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