At A Glance
23 March 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 March 2014 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 March 2014 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 23 March
- 2010 The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
- 2014 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
- 2018 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
- 2019 The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.
- 2019 The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
Famous people born on March 23
- G. D. Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (1893–1974)
- Keri Russell, American actress (born 1976)
- Michelle Monaghan, American actress (born 1976)
- Perez Hilton, American blogger (born 1978)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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