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4 March 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 March 2013 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Harlem Shake” by Baauer.
- 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 4 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 March 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 March 2013 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 4 March
- 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
- 1990 Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo.
- 1994 Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.
- 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
- 2020 Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
Famous people born on March 4
- Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian (1954–2026)
- Patricia Heaton, American actress (born 1958)
- Patsy Kensit, English model and actress (born 1968)
- Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1965)
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Events of 2013 in the United States
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- 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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