At A Glance

4 October 2023 at a glance

Day of the week
4 October 2023 was a Wednesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Slime You Out” by Drake featuring SZA.
Top Film of 2023
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2023 was Barbie.
Star sign
The star sign for 4 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 October 2023 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 October 2023 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 4 October

  • 1992 The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
  • 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
  • 2004 SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
  • 2006 WikiLeaks is launched.
  • 2017 Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.

Famous people born on October 4

  • Dakota Johnson, American actress (born 1989)
  • Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress (born 1983)
  • Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist (born 1946)
  • Liev Schreiber, American actor and director (born 1967)

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Events of 2023 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2023 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 12 – The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations with eleven. The film wins seven of those awards, including Best Picture.
  • April 20 – Elon Musk's SpaceX launches its first test flight of Starship. The device explodes shortly after launch.
  • July 5 – Meta Platforms launches Threads as a direct competitor to Twitter.
More events of 2023 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 2023

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.53

Loaf of Bread

$2.96

Average House

$412,300

Weekly Wage

$1,108

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