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February 24th, 2013

February 24th, 2013, fell on a Sunday. It was day 55 of 2013. The decade was the 2010s.

7 years, 4 months and 5 days have passed since February 24th, 2013.

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On This Date

Events that occurred on February 24th, 2013:

• The 85th Academy Awards are held. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln). Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook).

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Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on February 24th, 2013:

• United States: Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• United Kingdom: One Way Or AAnother - One Direction

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Movie Box Office

What movie was on top of the box office?

• The movie "Identity Thief" was at the top of the box office on this date.

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News Topics, Fads & Culture

Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on February 24th, 2013.

• 12 Years a Slave

  The movie "12 Years a Slave" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013.

• 2013 in movies.

  Popular movies in 2013 included Frozen, Iron Man 3, The Conjuring, 12 Years A Slave, Despicable Me 2, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Fast & Furious 6, Monsters University, Gravity, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, World War Z and Thor: The Dark World.

• Mila Kunis

  Actress Mila Kunis is the flavour of 2013 as she is named as FHM's sexiest woman.

• Time Person of the Year 2013

  Newly-elected Pope Francis is named as the Time Person of the Year 2013.

• 2013 in music.

  Popular music artists in 2013 included Macklemore, will.i.am, Swedish House Mafia, Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Drake, Pink, Imagine Dragons, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Avicii and Lorde.

• Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"

  "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) would go on to win a Grammy for 2013's Record of the Year.

• Harlem Shake

  An Internet meme called "The Harlem Shake" is going viral.

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Basic Facts

Basic facts and information about this date:

• This date fell on a weekend.
• 7 years, 4 months and 5 days have passed since February 24th, 2013.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 08 of 2013.
• Leap Year: 2013 was NOT a leap year.
• Age: Anyone born on February 24th, 2013, will be 7 years of age.
• People born in 2013 belong to the "Generation Z" generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1361664000.

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Around This Time...

Notable events that occurred around February 24th, 2013:

• January 25th, 2013: Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe is shot dead by an armed gang in County Louth, Ireland.
• January 27th, 2013: 242 people are killed when a fire breaks out at a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil.
• February 1st, 2013: Season One of House of Cards is released on Netflix.
• February 3rd, 2013: Super Bowl XLVII occurs at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans: The Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers and Beyonce performs at the halftime show.
• February 11th, 2013: Storage Wars cast member Mark Balelo commits suicide.
• February 11th, 2013: It is announced that Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger will retire as Pope Benedict XVI.
• February 14th, 2013: South African model Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp is shot and killed by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius was later found guilty of Culpable Homicide.
• February 17th, 2013: Country singer Mindy McCready shoots herself at her home in Arkansas.
• March 5th, 2013: Wrestling manager Paul Bearer passes away after a heart attack.
• March 5th, 2013: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies of cancer.

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Horoscopes & Birthstone Information

Zodiac & Birthstone information:

• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on February 24th, 2013, will have the star sign Pisces.
• Zodiac Element: Water.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2013 was the year of the Snake (Yin Earth).
• Native American Zodiac: February 24th, 2013 falls under the Wolf.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of February will have the birthstone Amethyst.

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Television Shows

TV shows that you might have been watching around this time.

• House of Cards - Political thriller.
• Black Mirror - Dystopian Sci-Fi series.
• American Horror Story - Anthology horror series.
• Homeland - Spy thriller about CIA operative Carrie Mathison.
• Suits - Legal drama television series.
• Game of Thrones - Fantasy drama series.
• RuPaul's Drag Race - Reality competition series.
• Breaking Bad - Series about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he is diagnosed with lung cancer.
• How I Met Your Mother - Sictom starring Neil Patrick Harris.
• Bones - Crime comedy-drama TV series.
• Prison Break - TV serial drama about how one man must save his falsely-accused brother from a death sentence.
• The Office - The US version of The Office, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott.

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2013 - Kid's TV

Children's and Teen TV shows that would have been airing on this date in 2013.

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Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 24th of February:

• February 24th, 1955: Steve Jobs: Entrepreneur.
• February 24th, 1977: Floyd Mayweather: Boxer.

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Weather

Weather information for February 24th, 2013:

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 4.6 degrees Celsius. It was a very wet day. It was a cloudy day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 29.8 degrees Fahrenheit. -1.22 degrees Celsius. Precipitation: 0cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 1.39 degrees Celsius.

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US President

Who was the US President on this particular date?

• Barack Obama was the President of the United States on February 24th, 2013.

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Conception Dates

Interesting facts about conception dates.

• A baby that was born on February 24th, 2013 was probably conceived around the 17th of May, 2012. (Rough Estimate).
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on February 24th, 2013 is the 4th of December, 2013. (Rough Estimate).

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Soccer Results

Premier League results from February 24th, 2013.

• Man City defeat Chelsea 2-0.
• Newcastle defeat Southampton 4-2.

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Video Games

Popular video games that you might have been playing around this time.

• Aliens: Colonial Marines - FPS based on the Alien film series.
• Dead Space 3 - Survival horror game.
• DmC: Devil May Cry - Reboot of the Devil May Cry series.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Developed by Treyarch.
• Halo 4 - The fourth game in the series.
• Borderlands 2 - Action role-playing game.
• Sleeping Dogs - An open-world adventure game.
• Diablo III - An action RPG game.
• Mass Effect 3 - Sci-fi role-playing game. Although the game itself was well-received, the ending of the game was considered by many to be sub-par.

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Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about February 24th, 2013.

• 2,685 days have passed since this date.
• 231,980,400 seconds have passed since the February 24th, 2013.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 270,643,800 times.
• Since February 24th, 2013, earth has travelled approximately 119,701,886,400 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 38,663,400 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 19,950,314 steps. That's about 8,867 miles!
• Since this date, 2,783,765 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

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