At A Glance

5 October 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
5 October 2013 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus.
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 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 October 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 October 2013 was New Moon.

On this day: 5 October

  • 1984 Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
  • 1988 A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • 1990 After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
  • 2000 Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
  • 2021 Windows 11 is released to the general public.

Famous people born on October 5

  • Travis Kelce, American football player (born 1989)
  • Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1952)
  • Kate Winslet, English actress (born 1975)
  • Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (born 2006)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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