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13 November 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 November 2013 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Royals” by Lorde.
- Top Film of 2013
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2013 was Frozen.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) and “NCIS” (CBS) were joint No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2013–14 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 November 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 November 2013 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 13 November
- 1995 Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
- 1996 As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,
- 2000 Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
- 2012 A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
Famous people born on November 13
- Steve Zahn, American actor and singer (born 1967)
- Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver (born 1999)
- Gerard Butler, Scottish actor (born 1969)
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host (born 1955)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2013 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2013 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – 85th Academy Awards: Nominations are announced at Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Best Picture nominees are Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Les Misérables, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty.
- April 23 – Teen Titans Go! debuts on Cartoon Network.
- May 3 – Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black, is released by Marvel Studios as the seventh film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the first in its "Phase Two" slate and the direct sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron Man 2.
Life in the US in 2013
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.53
Loaf of Bread
$1.90
Average House
$272,900
Weekly Wage
$776
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