At A Glance

8 April 2013 at a glance

Day of the week
8 April 2013 was a Monday.
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 8 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 8 April 2013 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 8 April 2013 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 8 April

  • 2005 A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
  • 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.
  • 2014 Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.
  • 2020 Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.
  • 2024 Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.

Famous people born on April 8

  • Patricia Arquette, American actress and director (born 1968)
  • Chris Kyle, American sniper and memoirist (1974–2013)
  • Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer (born 1966)
  • Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter (born 1963)

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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