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28 November 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 November 2013 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Royals” by Lorde.
- 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 28 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 November 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 November 2013 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 28 November
- 1980 Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
- 1983 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
- 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
- 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
- 1991 South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
Famous people born on November 28
- Alan Ritchson, American actor, model, singer, and songwriter (born 1982)
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer (born 1984)
- Karen Gillan, Scottish actress (born 1987)
- Ed Harris, American actor and producer (born 1950)
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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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