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16 January 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 January 2013 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars.
- 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 16 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 January 2013 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 January 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 16 January
- 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
- 2011 Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.
- 2012 The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence.
- 2020 The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.
- 2020 The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.
Famous people born on January 16
- Aaliyah, American singer and actress (1979–2001)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer (born 1980)
- Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1959)
- Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor (born 1985)
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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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