At A Glance

13 March 2021 at a glance

Day of the week
13 March 2021 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo.
Top Film of 2021
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2021 was Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 March 2021 fell in the Year of the Ox.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 March 2021 was New Moon.

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 2021 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 13 – Donald Trump becomes the first U.S. president to be impeached for a second time, following a 232–197 vote in the House of Representatives.
  • June 24 – The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court suspends former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani from practicing law over his false claims about the 2020 election.
  • July 6 – 2021 New York City mayoral election – Eric Adams was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.

Life in the US in 2021

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.27

Loaf of Bread

$2.53

Average House

$408,800

Weekly Wage

$1,026

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