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16 March 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 March 2013 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Harlem Shake” by Baauer.
- 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 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 March 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 March 2013 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 16 March
- 2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
- 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
- 2012 Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
- 2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
- 2022 Mariupol theatre airstrike during the siege of Mariupol.
Famous people born on March 16
- Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada (born 1965)
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress (born 1986)
- Lauren Graham, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Alan Tudyk, American actor (born 1971)
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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