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2 October 2023 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 October 2023 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Slime You Out” by Drake featuring SZA.
- Top Film of 2023
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 October 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 October 2023 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 2 October
- 1971 South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.
- 1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
- 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 2004 The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
- 2007 President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Famous people born on October 2
- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (1869–1948)
- Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1951)
- Freddie Jackson, American soul singer (1956–2026)
- Richard III of England (1452–1485)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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.
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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