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5 February 2013 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 February 2013 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz.
- 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 5 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 February 2013 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 February 2013 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 5 February
- 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
- 2016 New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.
- 2016 Cybercriminals initiate the Bangladesh Bank robbery, using the SWIFT network to fraudulently transfer $101 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account of Bangladesh Bank.
- 2019 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.
- 2020 United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.
Famous people born on February 5
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
- Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director (born 1969)
- Neymar, Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
- Laura Linney, American actress (born 1964)
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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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