At A Glance

19 April 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
19 April 2023 was a Wednesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 19 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 April 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 April 2023 was New Moon.

On this day: 19 April

  • 1999 The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
  • 2001 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
  • 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
  • 2011 Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
  • 2021 The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

Famous people born on April 19

  • Tim Curry, English actor and singer (1946–2026)
  • Kate Hudson, American actress (born 1979)
  • Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress (1933–1967)
  • James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1978)

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Events of 2023 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 12 – The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations with eleven. The film wins seven of those awards, including Best Picture.
  • April 20 – Elon Musk's SpaceX launches its first test flight of Starship. The device explodes shortly after launch.
  • July 5 – Meta Platforms launches Threads as a direct competitor to Twitter.
More events of 2023 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 2023

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$2.96

Average House

$412,300

Weekly Wage

$1,108

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