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yes August 2019 2013 Portal:Current events/ 2013 350 border:none;b 3/3/3 Papa Francisco recién elegido 2.jpg Edward Snowden 2013-10-9 (1) (1x1 cropped).jpg 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor trace.jpg 1st Boston Marathon blast seen from 2nd floor and a half block away.jpg Euromaidan 02.JPG Antiharassment tahrir feb 2013.jpg Basey after Yolanda (5x7 tiny cropped).JPG 2013 savar building collapse02.jpg Smoke above Westgate mall (3x2 cropped).jpg From left to right, top to bottom: Pope Francis is elected to the Papacy in the papal conclave; Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; The streak from the Chelyabinsk meteor that rocketed across the Russian morning sky; The Boston Marathon bombing kills three and injures hundreds; Euromaidan erupts in Ukraine; Protests lead to the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people; Smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants. 2013 2013 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 (after 26 years) to contain four unique digits, or no repeating numbers.4 January 2013 2013: What's in a Number? https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number theworld.org live https://web.archive.org/web/20251113010522/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number 13 November 2025 12 November 2025 2013 was designated as: International Year of Water CooperationUnited Nations Observances: International Years https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html United Nations April 14, 2015 United Nations Observances: International Years May 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150508170503/http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html live International Year of Quinoa Events January January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake: A w 7.5 (s 7.7, 'Moderate') earthquake shakes Prince of Wales Island. January 10 – At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan. January 11 – The French military begins a 5-month intervention into the Northern Mali conflict, targeting the militant Islamist Ansar Dine group.France launches Mali military intervention http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html January 11, 2013 Al Jazeera January 11, 2013 July 30, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170912/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484 France army in key Mali withdrawal BBC May 25, 2013 July 25, 2013 June 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190617214140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484 live January 16–20 – 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117 Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault Chikhi Lamine January 17, 2013 Reuters January 17, 2013 February 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201180721/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117 livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659 Foreigners held hostage by terrorists in Algeria BBC January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659 livehttp://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491 https://archive.today/20130216181952/http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491 dead February 16, 2013 Algeria hostage crisis: Briton confirmed dead as workers held hostage by terrorists Peterkin Tom January 17, 2013 The Scotsman July 11, 2013http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field Watkins Tom January 16, 2013 CNN Smith-Spark Laura Yousuf Basil January 16, 2013 January 17, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130117181553/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html live January 27 – An estimated 245 people die in a nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil Associated Press 27 January 2013 27 January 2013 January 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220207/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil dead February February 3 – 2013 Liechtenstein general election: The Progressive Citizens' Party led by Adrian Hasler wins a plurality of 10 seats in the Landtag.Landtagswahlen 2013 - Ergebnisse https://www.landtagswahlen.li/resultat/8 2013-02-03 www.landtagswahlen.li de https://web.archive.org/web/20260218233248/https://www.landtagswahlen.li/resultat/8 18 February 2026 live February 10 – Severe weather spawns eight tornadoes across southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, including an EF4 tornado which struck the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. February 11 – The Emergency Alert Systems of five different television stations across the U.S. states of Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Mexico are hijacked, airing a false "Zombie apocalypse" hoax. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history. 2013-02-14 Zombie hack blamed on easy passwords https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/02/14/zombie-hack-blamed-on-easy-passwords/ 2024-09-16 Chicago Tribune en-USAnders Melissa 2013-02-13 Zombie apocalypse now? Michigan TV stations' Emergency Alert Systems hacked with notice of walking dead https://www.mlive.com/news/2013/02/zombie_apocalypse_now_michigan.html 2024-09-16 mlive enMarch 2025 The material preceding this tag may lack sufficient importance. February 12 – North Korea conducts its third underground nuclear test, prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.Bilby Ethan https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea Reuters February 18, 2013 July 11, 2013 February 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201110756/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 live https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 UN adopts tough new North Korea sanctions after nuclear test March 7, 2013 BBC March 16, 2013 November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129223256/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 live February 15 – A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,489–1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere since the 1908 Tunguska event.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942 Russia meteor eyewitness: 'Something like the sun fell' BBC February 15, 2013 July 11, 2013 June 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614033439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942? live The incident, along with a coincidental flyby of a larger asteroid, prompts international concern regarding the vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes.McKie Robin Scientists unveil new detectors in race to save Earth from next asteroid https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid The Guardian February 16, 2013 July 11, 2013 London May 7, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065953/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid livehttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html The New York Times Vindication for Entrepreneurs Watching Sky: Yes, It Can Fall April 22, 2013 February 16, 2013 William J. Broad November 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104050747/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html live February 21 – American scientists use a 3D printer to create a living lab-grown ear from collagen and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as transplants for human patients with ear trauma or amputation.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130221195804/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html dead February 21, 2013 Scientists create artificial ear using 3D printing and living-cell gels The Daily Telegraph February 21, 2013 February 25, 2013 London February 25 – Park Geun-hye becomes the first woman to become the president of South Korea.http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 Park's swearing-in draws record 70,000 participants The Korea Herald 16 October 2015 24 February 2013 June 19, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170619225516/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 live February 28 – Benedict XVI resigns as pope, becoming the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope February 28, 2013 Pullella, Philip Reuters February 28, 2013 February 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201073212/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 dead March March 13 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the name Francishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494 BBC Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis March 13, 2013 April 22, 2013 September 16, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180916140850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494 livehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314 Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis Pullella Philip March 14, 2013 Reuters Moody Barry April 22, 2013 February 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160202002516/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314 livehttp://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437 New pope chosen: Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio who becomes Pope Francis Hahn Phil March 13, 2013 CTV News April 22, 2013 March 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437 dead and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal Bell Caleb March 20, 2013 Presbyterian Church USA July 24, 2013 August 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015843/http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal/ live March 24 – Central African Republic President François Bozizé flees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after rebel forces capture the nation's capital, Bangui.Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901 BBC March 24, 2013 June 21, 2018 June 27, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180627113933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901 livehttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace March 24, 2013 Al Jazeera March 26, 2013 March 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130324125650/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html live March 25 – 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis: The European Union agrees to a €10 billion economic bailout for Cyprus. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund. The deal precipitates a banking crisis in the island nation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888 Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal March 17, 2013 BBC News BBC June 21, 2018 March 26, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888 livehttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142434/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf 2013-04-03 live Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus Eurogroup March 25, 2013 April April 2 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE9310MN20130402 U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty Reuters Charbonneau, Louis April 2, 2013 April 8, 2013 February 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160202001250/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE9310MN20130402 live April 8 – Death of Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. April 13 – Venezuelan presidential election: Nicolás Maduro is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent Henrique Capriles Radonski.19 April 2013 Venezuela election vote to be audited https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387 19 April 2013 BBC April 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130420002730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387 live Protests continue to October.15 April 2013 "Cacerolazo" contra Maduro ensordece a Venezuela Diario Libre Omnimedia http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html March 9, 2021 May 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200332/http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html dead April 15 – Boston Marathon bombing: Two Chechnya-born Islamist brothers (one a United States citizen) detonate 2 bombs at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores CNN Josh Levs and Monte Plott April 18, 2013 April 22, 2013 April 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145041/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions livehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264 It turns out that we had double-counted some patients who were transferred from 1 hospital to another, so we reviewed our spreadsheets and cleaned up the duplicates The Boston Globe Kotz Deborah April 24, 2013 May 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20190331141156/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html March 31, 2019 dead April 20 – 2013 Lushan earthquake: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake jolts Sichuan, China, leaving 193 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml 雅安地震共造成193人死亡21人失踪 凤凰网资讯 April 21, 2013 April 21, 2013 December 24, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191224030028/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml live April 21 – Businessman Horacio Cartes wins the 2013 Paraguayan general election against Efraín Alegre. April 24 – The 2013 Savar building collapse, one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, kills 1,134 people in Bangladesh.http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh Action on Bangladesh IndustriALL June 11, 2018 October 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131026065216/http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh livehttps://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh After Rana Plaza horror, what changed for Bangladesh garment workers? April 24, 2018 South China Morning Post February 24, 2021 April 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180424065719/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh live April 30 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of his mother, Beatrix.Royal House of the Netherlands https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander royal-house.nl January 14, 2015 November 30, 2017 October 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151017101613/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander live May May 14–18 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 takes place in Malmö, Sweden, and is won by Danish entrant Emmelie de Forest with the song "Only Teardrops". May 15 Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in the United States describe the first production of human embryonic stem cells by cloning, in a study published in the scientific journal Nature.http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983 Human stem cells created by cloning Cyranoski David May 15, 2013 Nature May 15, 2013 February 16, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190216093235/http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983 live The World Health Organization names the novel coronavirus Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).Novel coronavirus update – new virus to be called MERS-CoV https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2013/05/novel-coronavirus-update-new-virus-to-be-called-mers-cov World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe 30 December 2020 16 May 2013 October 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151010085242/https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2013/05/novel-coronavirus-update-new-virus-to-be-called-mers-cov live May 20 – An EF5 tornado in the US state of Oklahoma hits Moore and several other surrounding areas near Oklahoma City, resulting in 24 deaths and many injuries.National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma Event Report: EF5 Tornado https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572 National Centers for Environmental Information 2013 May 11, 2018 May 12, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113956/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572 live May 22 – Off-duty British Army soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is murdered in Woolwich, southeast London, by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html Lee Rigby murder suspect transferred from hospital to police station Claire Carter May 28, 2013 The Daily Telegraph April 18, 2019 April 18, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190418050321/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html live May 31 – The largest tornado ever recorded hits El Reno, United States. This rain-wrapped, multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded, and results in eight deaths, including four storm-chasers. Measurements from mobile weather radars revealed extreme winds up to 296 mph (476 km/h) within the vortex, among the highest observed wind speeds on Earth. As it crosses U.S. 81, the tornado grows to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km).Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/ Nolan Clay The Oklahoman Oklahoma Publishing Company June 3, 2013 June 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20220503150711/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/ May 3, 2022 live Social website Multiply, based at this time in Indonesia, ceases operations. June June 6 – Global surveillance disclosures: Former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country, later being granted temporary asylum in Russia.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline Gidda Mirren June 23, 2013 The Guardian London 0261-3077 2013-07-27 September 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105235/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH livehttp://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020 Snowden's best refuge United Press International Walker, Martin 2013-07-22 2013-07-27 July 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130726210847/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020/ livehttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum Steven August 1, 2013 The New York Times Kramer Andrew 0362-4331 Myers February 26, 2017 January 20, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170120175922/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html live June 12 – Jiroemon Kimura, the verified oldest man to have ever lived, dies at 116 years and 54 days old in Japan.2013-06-12 Oldest man in history Jiroemon Kimura dies at 116 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22851848 2024-12-22 BBC News en-GB June 23 – A bus carrying 47 Romanian tourists to Tivat, Montenegro, crashes in the Morača canyon in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro BBC 2013-04-09 2013-06-24 June 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 live June 25 – Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani abdicates and his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani assumes power.Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870 BBC June 25, 2013 March 18, 2019 June 25, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870 livehttps://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow Qatar's new emir: A hard act to follow The Economist June 27, 2013 March 18, 2019 June 9, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074153/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow live June 26 Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in an Australian Labor Party leadership ballothttps://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/news-story/1b68b8ec20d54f32e10c0775da245933 Labor leadership live: Kevin Rudd returns, Julia Gillard loses support of partyroom news.com.au June 26, 2013 February 25, 2018 October 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131016132633/http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/story-fnho52ip-1226669921693 live and consequently becomes Prime Minister of Australia, three years after Gillard replaced Rudd.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister June 26, 2013 February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd live United States v. Windsor (570 U.S. 744) decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, overturning a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act and hence granting federal recognition to same-sex marriage in the United States. June 30 – Nineteen firefighters are killed as a result of the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. July July 1 – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/croatia-joins-eu-celebrations-uncertainty Croatia joins EU amid celebrations and uncertainty about future July 1, 2013 The Guardian London 0261-3077 July 1, 2013 September 5, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130905054606/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/croatia-joins-eu-celebrations-uncertainty live July 3 – Amid protests, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is deposed in a military coup d'état, leading to widespread violence.https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Coup topples Egypt's Morsy; deposed president under 'house arrest' Wedemen Ben July 3, 2013 CNN Sayah Reza Smith Matt July 11, 2013 July 8, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130708082258/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663 Egypt declares national emergency BBC August 14, 2013 June 21, 2018 March 27, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327000849/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663 live July 6 A runaway train carrying crude oil derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, catching fire and exploding, killing 47 people.Canada train derailment: Death toll at 50; Lac-Megantic residents jeer rail CEO (photos) https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/07/canadian_train_derailment_death_roll_at_50_residents_of_lac-megantic_jeer_rail_c.html 11 July 2013 Associated Press Syracuse.com June 17, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230617165023/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/07/canadian_train_derailment_death_roll_at_50_residents_of_lac-megantic_jeer_rail_c.html live Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing 3 people. July 21 – Philippe is sworn in as King of the Belgians, following the abdication of his father, Albert II.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-monarchy-king-idUSBRE96K03220130721 Belgium subdues divisions for a day to swear in king Bartunek Robert-Jan July 21, 2013 Reuters October 20, 2018 Blenkinsop Philip October 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181020225402/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-monarchy-king-idUSBRE96K03220130721 live July 22–28 – XIV World Youth Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. August August 14 – Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, leaving 2,696 people dead.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html Egypt's Brotherhood to hold 'march of anger' 2013-08-16 Al Jazeera 2017-02-11 August 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123944/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html live The raids are described by Human Rights Watch as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity Egypt: Rab'a Killings Likely Crimes against Humanity 2014-08-12 Human Rights Watch 2017-02-11 en December 18, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221218220007/https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity live August 15 – Horacio Cartes is sworn in as President of Paraguay. August 19 – All-time most expensive public school in Norway, Kuben Upper Secondary School, opens.NRK (31 July 2013): Her er Norges dyreste skole (Norwegian) August 21 – 1,429 are killed in the Ghouta chemical attack during the Syrian Civil War.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/30/government-assessment-syrian-government-s-use-chemical-weapons-august-21 Government Assessment of the Syrian Government's Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013 August 30, 2013 National Archives White House August 30, 2013 January 18, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118002457/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/30/government-assessment-syrian-government-s-use-chemical-weapons-august-21 live August 29 – The United Kingdom Parliament votes against UK military attacks on Syria.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/30/cameron-mps-syria Blow to Cameron's authority as MPs rule out British assault on Syria Nicholas Watt Rowena Mason Nick Hopkins The Guardian August 30, 2013 October 30, 2017 August 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130830032727/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/30/cameron-mps-syria live September September 7 2013 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm Kevin Rudd concedes defeat AM ABC Radio Eastley, Tony Australia transcript September 8, 2013 February 7, 2015 February 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132821/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm live Abbott is sworn in on September 18.https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013 2013 Federal Election AustralianPolitics.com australianpolitics.com September 22, 2019 September 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214531/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013 live The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.Ryall Julian September 8, 2013 Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20130911065415/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html September 11, 2013 September 17, 2017 The Daily Telegraph September 8 – The 2013 Colorado floods begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin. September 16 – Twelve people are killed during the Washington Navy Yard shooting.12 Victims Killed, 8 Wounded in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard, Suspected Gunman Killed http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Confirmed-Shooter-at-Navy-Yard-One-Person-Shot-223897891.html NBC Washington September 17, 2013 June 8, 2025 September 17 – Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.Lynch Kevin 2013-10-08 Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900 2019-03-28 Guinness World Records en-GB September 21 – Al-Shabaab militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 62 civilians and wounding over 170.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116 Nairobi siege: What we know BBC News September 23, 2013 September 24, 2013 December 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211231224748/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116 live October October 10 – Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the Minamata Treaty, a UNEP treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Minamata-mercury-treaty-signed-at-UN-conference/articleshow/23918246.cms Minamata mercury treaty signed at UN conference 2013-10-10 The Times of India 2013-10-11 October 12 – Twelve people are killed when an apartment building collapses in Medellín, Colombia.2014-09-23 Medellin tower blocks demolished after collapse https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29324660 2024-09-20 BBC News en-GB October 15 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Bohol, Philippines, leaving 222 dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ,%203Nov2013,%206AM.pdf SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council November 3, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131214193612/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ%2C%203Nov2013%2C%206AM.pdf December 14, 2013 October 16 – Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse Airport, Laos, killing all 49 people on board. October 17 – Microsoft releases Windows 8.1. October 18 – Saudi Arabia rejects a seat on the United Nations Security Council, making it the first country to reject a seat on the Security Council. Jordan takes the seat on December 6.http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55319608 Saudi Arabia declines UN Security Council seat Asharq Al-Awsat 2013-10-18 2013-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019022009/http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55319608 2013-10-19 November November 5 – The uncrewed Mars Orbiter Mission is launched by India from its launch pad in Sriharikota.Ram Arun 2013-11-05 Mars mission starts, Mangalyaan launched successfully https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mars-mission-starts-Mangalyaan-launched-successfully/articleshow/25259358.cms live https://web.archive.org/web/20131107190855/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-05/india/43693030_1_orbiter-mission-mars-orbiter-mission-director-p-kunhikrishnan 2013-11-07 2013-11-05 The Times of India November 8 – Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, hits the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 6,241 people dead.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337 Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines 2013-11-10 BBC News 2013-11-10 November 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113120653/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337 live November 12 – Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a series of portraits of Lucian Freud by the British painter Francis Bacon, sells for US$142.4 million in a New York City auction, setting a world record for an auctioned work of art.Bacon painting fetches record price https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24922106 November 14, 2013 November 13, 2013 BBC News BBC November 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131114015858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24922106 livehttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction Vogel Carol November 12, 2013 The New York Times 0362-4331 November 13, 2013 April 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190401110459/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html live November 17 Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia. A tornado outbreak occurs in Illinois, United States. An EF4 tornado in Washington causes $935 million ($US .935 2013 3 billion adjusted) of property damage, killing 3 people.https://www.weather.gov/ilx/17nov13 Historic Tornado Outbreak of November 17, 2013 National Weather Service Central Illinois November 21 Euromaidan pro-EU demonstrations begin in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych rejects an economic association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine in favor of closer ties to Russia.http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2013/12/23/81532/ukraines-euromaidan-now-comes-the-hard-part/ Ukraine's Euromaidan: Now Comes the Hard Part Welt Cory 2013-12-23 2017-02-11 Center for American Progress December 25, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131225050758/http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2013/12/23/81532/ukraines-euromaidan-now-comes-the-hard-part/ live Moldovan-flagged cargo ship Rhosus makes port in Beirut, Lebanon, carrying 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. After inspection by port state control, the Rhosus is deemed unseaworthy, and is forbidden to set sail. By order of an Urgent Matters judge in Beirut, the cargo is brought ashore in 2014 and placed in Warehouse 12 at the port, where it will remain for six years. The ammonium nitrate will erupt in a massive explosion on August 4, 2020.https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf#page=3 m/v Rhosus – Arrest and Personal Freedom of the Crew October 2015 11 The Arrest News 8 August 2020 Charbel Dagher Christine Maksoud live https://web.archive.org/web/20200805004609/https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf 5 August 2020https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53683082 How ship's deadly cargo ended up at Beirut port 6 August 2020 BBC News August 21, 2020 February 4, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210204075050/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53683082 live November 24 – Iran agrees to limit their nuclear development program in exchange for sanctions relief.http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/23/world/meast/iran-nuclear-talks-geneva/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons Sciutto Jim November 24, 2013 CNN Carter Chelsea November 24, 2013 December 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201204061733/https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/23/world/meast/iran-nuclear-talks-geneva/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25074729 Iran agrees to curb nuclear activity at Geneva talks BBC November 24, 2013 June 21, 2018 March 26, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25074729 live November 29 – A police helicopter crashes into The Clutha, a pub in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people and injuring 31. December December 7 – Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delegates sign the Bali Package agreement aimed at loosening global trade barriers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889 WTO agrees global trade deal worth $1tn Walker Andrew December 7, 2013 BBC News December 7, 2013 December 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131207070903/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889 live December 14 – Chinese uncrewed spacecraft Chang'e 3, carrying the Yutu rover, becomes the first spacecraft to "soft"-land on the Moon since 1976 and the third ever robotic rover to do so.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603 China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon Rincon Paul December 14, 2013 2017-02-11 BBC January 12, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200112042913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603 live December 15 – South Sudanese Civil War: Fighting between ethnic Dinka and Nuer members of the presidential guard break out in Juba, South Sudan, plunging the country into civil war.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week South Sudan: the state that fell apart in a week Howden Daniel 2013-12-23 The Guardian 2017-02-11 0261-3077 December 25, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171225021638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week live Births and deaths Category:2013 births Deaths in 2013 Nobel Prizes right|120px Chemistry – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel Economics – Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller Literature – Alice Munro Peace – Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Physics – François Englert and Peter Higgs Physiology or Medicine – James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof New English words bingeablehttps://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2013 Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2013 merriam-webster.com July 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003408/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2013 May 7, 2018 live See also List of international years 2010s References