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27 August 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 August 2013 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell.
- 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 27 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 August 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 August 2013 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 27 August
- 1991 The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1991 Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
- 2003 Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
- 2003 The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
- 2009 Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
Famous people born on August 27
- Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (1908–1973)
- Aaron Paul, American actor and producer (born 1979)
- Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (1952–2023)
- Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor (born 1981)
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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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