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23 March 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 March 2016 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Work” by Rihanna featuring Drake.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 March 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 March 2016 was Full Moon.
On this day: 23 March
- 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.
- 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
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 2016 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
- January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
- March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.
Life in the US in 2016
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.14
Loaf of Bread
$1.99
Average House
$307,800
Weekly Wage
$843
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