Historical Moments of Year 2013

Historical moments of 2013

Jan 1^st -13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Columbian military
Jan 1st - 13 Boko Harem members are killed by Nigeria’s military in Maiduguri
Jan 1st - 60 people are killed and 200 are injured after a stampede following New Year celebrations
Jan 1st - 18 people are killed and 16 wounded after a bus and mini-bus collision in Thiès, Senegal
Jan 1st - 10 people are killed and 120 are injured in a stampede in Luanda, Angola
Jan 1st - US bi-partisan deal temporarily avoids the fiscal cliff
Jan 1st - Magnus Carlsen breaks Garry Kasparov's chess FIDE rating, reaching 2,861

Jan 3rd - 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq
Jan 1th - 9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
Jan 4th - 8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit, the Philippines
Jan 4th - 6 people are killed a 2 are seriously injured after a snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mt Cermis, Italy
Jan 4th - 3 people are killed after a Beechcraft BE35 crashes into a house in Florida
Jan 6th - 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
Jan 6th - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout
Jan 7th - Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year
Jan 8th - 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
Jan 8th - 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels
Jan 10th - 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
Jan 11th - 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
Jan 11th - 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
Jan 12th - A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths
Jan 12th - Beijing’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health
Jan 13th - Argo wins the Golden Globe awards for best drama and best director
Jan 15th - 83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria
Jan 15th - 19 Egyptian Army recruits are killed and 120 are injured in a train accident in Giza
Jan 16th - 24 people are dead after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria
Jan 16th - A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages
Jan 16th - 25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt
Jan 17th - 106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs
Jan 17th - 33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
Jan 17th - 4 people are killed and over 2,000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta, Indonesia
Jan 17th - 8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas, Mexico
Jan 17th - Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Jan 19th - 4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland
Jan 19th - Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
Jan 19th - The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
Professional Road Cyclist and Testicular Cancer SurvivorLance Armstrong

Jan 19th - Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
Jan 20th - Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum
Jan 20th - The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens win the NFC and AFC championship games to reach Super Bowl XLVII
Jan 21st - 30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh, Syria
Jan 21st - 41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna, Austria
Jan 21st - 18 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus falls down a ravine in Yungas, Bolivia
Jan 21st - 1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia
Jan 21st - Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Netherlands’ Minister of Finance, becomes the President of the Euro Group
Jan 22st - A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
Jan 23rd - 23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq
Jan 23rd - 18 people are killed in a market shooting in Damboa, Nigeria
Jan 23rd - US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat 
Jan 24th - 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia
Jan 24th - A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute
Jan 24th - Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District, Chechnya
Jan 24th - 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia
Jan 25th - Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding
Jan 25th - 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt’s 2011 revolution
Jan 25th - Islamist forces are driven out of Hombori by the Malian army
Jan 25th - 8 people are killed by 2 car bombs in Golan Heights, Syria
Jan 25th - 50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Jan 26th - 30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt
Jan 26th - 10 people are killed and 20 are injured by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan
Jan 26th - The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz
Jan 26th - Miloš Zeman wins the Czech Republic’s presidential election
Jan 26th - Victoria Azarenka defeats Li Na to win the women's singles at the 2013 Australian Open
Jan 27th - 20 police officers have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Jan 27th - In Port Said, Egypt, protests result in 7 people being killed and 630 are injured
Jan 27th - 11 people are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crashes down a ravine in Serta, Portugal
Jan 27th - 7 people are killed and 3 are injured after a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility, Turkey
Jan 27th - Novak Djokovic defeats Andy Murray to wins his third consecutive men's singles title at the 2013 Australian Open
Jan 27th - Magnus Carlsen wins the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Jan 27th - Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Jan 27th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 62-35
Jan 28th - 10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China
Jan 28th - Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space
Jan 28th - 20 people are killed after a Bombardier CRJ200 airliner crashes outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
Jan 28th - John Kerry is voted to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the United States Secretary of State
Jan 30th - South Korea successfully launches its rocket Naro-1 which was carrying a scientific satellite
Jan 31st - 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa
Jan 31st - 36 people are killed and 126 are injured in an explosion at Torre Ejecutiva Pemex, Mexico
Feb 1st - The Nigerian Army bomb a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people
Feb 1st - 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan
Feb 1st - 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China
Feb 1st - Zenit-3SL, a Ukranian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean
Feb 2nd - 23 people are killed and 8 are injured after militants attacked an army base in the Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan
Feb 2nd - Shinzō Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs"
Feb 2nd - 18 people are killed and 34 are injured after a bus catches fire after falling down a ravine in Gansu province, China
Feb 3rd - 33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq
Feb 3rd - Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers, 34-31 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome MVP: Joe Flacco, Baltimore, QB
Feb 4th - 20 people are killed after an apartment building was struck by a rocket in Aleppo, Syria
Feb 4th - 22 people are killed and 44 are injured after a suicide bombing in Taji, Iraq
Feb 4th - 8 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus collides with two vehicles and flips in Yucaipa, California
Feb 4th - 22 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus and a truck collide in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Feb 4th - Europol announces it will investigate over 680 football matches alleged to involve match fixing
Feb 5th - UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage
Feb 5th - The US Postal Service announces the cessation of Saturday first-class mail delivery from August 2013
Feb 6th - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs Off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people 
Feb 7th - Eugene Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum 
Feb 7th - Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1
Feb 8th - 16 people are killed and 27 are wounded by a market bombing in Kalaya, Pakistan
Feb 8th - 100, 000 people march to demand justice for the atrocities of the Bangladesh Liberation War in Dhaka
Feb 8th - 29 people are killed and 69 are injured in a series of Iraq bombings
Feb 8th - A massive blizzard begins in the US and Canada that resulted in 15 deaths, 5,300 cancelled flights, and loss of power for 900,000 people
Feb 9th - 5 people are killed after Cessna plane crashes on a Brussels runway
Feb 10th - Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Feb 10th - 5 people are killed by a falling life boat from the MS Thomson Majesty in the Canary islands
Actor Ben AffleckFeb 10th - 66 British Academy Awards: Argo, Ben Affleck, Daniel Day-Lewis and Emmanuelle Riva win
Feb 10th - 55th Grammy Awards: Somebody That I Used To Know (Goyte), We are Young (Fun), and Babel (Mumford & Sons) win
Feb 10th - 36 people are killed and 39 are injured in a stampede at a train station in Allahabad, India
Feb 11th - Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415
Feb 11th - 18 coal miners are killed in an explosion in the Komi region, Russia
Feb 12th - North Korea confirms it has successfully tested a nuclear device that could be weaponized
Feb 13th - 16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand
Feb 13th - 10 civilians, including 3 children, are killed by a NATO airstrike in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Feb 14th - A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan
Feb 14th - Oscar Pistorius,a South African amputee sprint runner, is charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp
Feb 14th - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, will be switched off for two years for upgrading
Feb 15th - Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia
Feb 15th - 2012 DA14, an asteroid with a 50m diameter, comes within 27,700km from Earth
Feb 16th - 84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan
Feb 16th - Anthony Carmona is elected President of Trinidad and Tobago
265th Pope Benedict XVIFeb 16th - Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona
Feb 17th - 37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings
Feb 17th - 5 people are killed and 11 are injured after a gas explosion destroyed an apartment complex in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
Feb 17th - President Rafael Correa wins the Ecuadorian general election in a landslide victory
Feb 17th - Australia defeat the West Indies to win the women's 2013 Cricket World Cup
Feb 18th - 15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia
Feb 18th - $50 million worth of diamond is stolen in an armed robbery at Brussels Airport, Belgium
Feb 19th - 12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a
Feb 20th - Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars
Feb 20th - Kepler-37b, the smallest known exoplanet, is discovered
Feb 21st - 83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria
Feb 21st - 21 people are killed and 54 are injured in a bombing in Hyderabad, India
Feb 22nd - 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo
Feb 22nd - 13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Northern Mali
Feb 22nd - The UK's credit rating is downgraded from AAA to AA1 by Moody's Investors Service
Feb 23rd - 51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan
Feb 23rd - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 wins worst picture at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards
Feb 24th - 10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali
Actress Jennifer LawrenceFeb 24th - 85th Academy Awards: Argo, Ang Lee, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Jennifer Lawrence win
Feb 24th - Nicos Anastasiades wins the Cypriot presidential election
Feb 24th - Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba
Feb 24th - Jimmie Johnson wins the 2013 Daytona 500
Feb 25th - Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election
Feb 25th - Cuban President Raul Castro announces he will not seek another term in 2018
Feb 26th - A flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed
Feb 26th - A hot air balloon crashes in Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 tourists
Feb 26th - A rocket launched from the Gaza strip into Israel ends the ceasefire since November 2012
Feb 27th - 20 people are killed in a market fire in Calcutta, India
Feb 27th - 17 Afghan militia are killed by Taliban insurgents in an attack in the Andar District
Feb 27th - Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City
Feb 28th - 28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq
Feb 28th - 35 people are killed in violent demonstrations across Bangladesh

Feb 28th - The brains of two rats have been successfully connected so that they share information
Mar 1st - The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect
Mar 1st - 14 people are killed in the Lahad Datu standoff between Malaysian government and rebel forces 
Mar 3rd - 45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan
Mar 3rd - A 2 year old US girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured
Mar 4th - 40 Syrian soldiers are killed in an ambush in Western Iraq
Mar 4th - 11 children are killed after a bus collides a truck in the Jalandhar district, India
Mar 4th - The Papal Conclave begins to select the successor of Pope Benedict XVI
Mar 5th - The Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time
Mar 5th - Mexican Vice-President Nicolás Maduro assumes the presidency after the death of Hugo Chavez
Mar 5th - Willcom announces the world’s smallest mobile phone, weighing 32 grams
Mar 6th - Syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city
Mar 6th - Microsoft is fined €561 by the Euro Commission for not providing alternative web browsers
Mar 6th - 9 people die after a plane crashes after being ensnared in power lines in Peru
Mar 7th - Hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature
Mar 7th - UN Security Council approves further North Korean sanctions for its nuclear testing
Mar 8th - North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea 
Mar 9th - 19 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan
Mar 9th - Asteroid 2013 ET comes within 960,000 metres from the Earth’s surface
265th Pope Benedict XVIMar 9th - Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud to win IBF Light Heavyweight title
Mar 10th - Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy
Mar 11th - European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals
Mar 11th - North Korea cuts the phone line with South Korea, breaching the 1953 armistice
Mar 11th - Falkland Islands’ sovereignty referendum: 99.8% choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom 
Mar 12th - JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits
Mar 12th - The 2013 Papal conclave begins with no elected new Pope on the first day
Mar 13th - 10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan
Mar 13th - The European Parliament rejects a European Union budget for the first time
Mar 13th - An Embraer 821 aeroplane crashes and kills 9 people in Para, Brazil
Mar 13th - North Korea shreds the Korean Armistice agreement
Mar 13th - Aleqa Hammond’s Siumut party wins the Greenland parliamentary elections
Mar 13th - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis
Mar 14th - 25 people are killed and 50 are wounded by a series of car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
Mar 14th - 7 people are killed after gunmen storm a bar in Cancun, Mexico
Politician Aung San Suu KyiMar 14th - Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People's Republic of China
Mar 15th - 24 people die after a double decker bus veers of a pass in Cape Town, South Africa
Mar 15th - 16 people are killed by a fireworks accident in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Mar 15th - Patrick Chan of Canada wins the men’s 2013 World Figure Skating Championships
Mar 16th - A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits
Mar 16th - 24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed after their bus falls down a ravine in Rawalpindi
Mar 16th - Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the women’s 2013 World Figure Skating Championships
Mar 17th - 10 people are killed by a car bombing in Basra, Iraq
Mar 17th - Toyo Ito wins the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Mar 17th - Pope Francis delivers his first Angelus prayer and blessing
Mar 18th - Explosions kill 25 people at a bus park in Kano, Nigeria
Mar 18th - A car bombing kills 10 people and injures 20 in Mogadishu, Somalia
Mar 18th - 98 people are killed and 248 are injured across Iraq from a series of bombings and shootings
Mar 19th - 27 people are killed and 14 are injured in a bus crash in Maharashtra, India
Mar 19th - 16 people are killed by mudslides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mar 19th - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity discovers further evidence of water-bearing minerals
Mar 20th - Pierre Deligne wins the 2013 Abel Prize in mathematics
Mar 21st - 12 people are killed and 30 are injured by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
Mar 21st - 42 people are killed and 84 are injured by a bombing in a mosque in Damascus, Syria
Mar 21st - At least 45 people drown and 60 are missing after a Nigerian boat sinks off the shore of Gabon
Mar 21st - 24 people are killed and 100 are injured by a tornado and hail storm in southern China
Mar 21st - A barter dispute loses control and results in 10 people being killed, 20 injured, and 4 mosques being burnt to the ground in Myanmar
Mar 21st - The European Space Agency reveals new data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old
Mar 21st - Martin Gould defeats Ali Carter to win the snooker 2013 Championship League
Mar 22nd - 37 people are killed and 200 are injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand
Mar 23rd - 20 people are killed and 200 are injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh 
Mar 23rd - The US Senate approves its first budget in four years by a margin of 50–49
Mar 24th - 17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan
Mar 24th - 25 people are killed by gunmen in a coordinated attack in Adamawa State, Nigeria
Mar 24th - A series of emergency meetings in Brussels are undertaken to resolve Cyprus’ financial situation
Mar 24th - Scotland defeats Sweden to win the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship
Golfer Tiger WoodsMar 25th - Golfer, Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking
Mar 27th - 12 people are killed in the Philippines after a mini-tornado causes a boat to capsize
Mar 28th - 143 rebels and 20 government troop are killed in conflict in Pibor County, Sudan
Mar 28th - 15 students are killed and 7 are injured after a mortar strikes Damascus University
Mar 28th - Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service
Mar 29th - 10 people are killed and 31 are injured by a blast outside the US consulate in Pakistan
Mar 29th - 23 people are killed by coordinated bombings on Shiite mosques in Iraq
Mar 29th - 36 people are killed after a 16-floor building collapses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mar 29th - UN regulation of international arms trade is blocked by North Korea, Iran, and Syria
Mar 29th - Soyuz TMA-08M sets a new record of 6 hours in orbit before docking with the International Space Station
Mar 29th - American horse, Animal Kingdom, wins the 2013 Dubai World Cup
Mar 30th - North Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea
Mar 30th - Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the rightful winner of the Kenyan presidential election by the Supreme Court
Mar 31st - 14 Boko Haram suspects are killed in a Nigerian Army raid
Mar 31st - 11 people are killed in flooding at Port Louis, Mauritius
Mar 31st - 2 people die from bird flu (type H7N9) in China
Apr 1st - 9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq
Apr 1st - The world’s first smelling TV screen is unveiled in Japan
Apr 2nd - 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico
Apr 2nd - 7 people are killed in an attack on a power plant in Peshawar, Pakistan
Apr 2nd - Eurozone unemployment reaches a high of 12%
Apr 2nd - 13 children are killed in a fire in a mosque in Yangon, Burma
Apr 2nd - 13 people are killed in a quarry accident, in Arusha, Tanzania
Apr 2nd - 4 more critical cases of bird flu (H7N9) are reported in China
Apr 2nd - The UN General Assembly approves the first Arms Trade Treaty
Apr 2nd - Uruguay passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage
Apr 3rd - 46 people are killed and 100 are injured by a court-house suicide bombing in Farah, Afghanistan
Apr 3rd - 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina
Apr 3rd - 24 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff in Papa New Guinea
Apr 4th - 74 people are killed after an illegally constructed building collapses in Thane, India
Apr 4th - 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India
Apr 4th - Poecilotheria rajaei, a giant tarantula with a 20cm leg span, is discovered in Sri Lanka
Apr 5th - Japan’s Nikkei 225 reaches its highest level in five years
Apr 5th - 60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker
Apr 6th - 22 people are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing at an election campaign tent in Baquba, Iraq
Apr 6th - 11 people are killed in an attack on a village in Midlu, Nigeria
Apr 6th - Bayern Munich win their 23rd German Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare
Apr 6th - 48th Academy of Country Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert & Jason Aldean wins 
Apr 7th - 15 people, including 9 children, are killed by an air strike on Aleppo by the Syrian Air Force
Apr 7th - Sweden wins the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship defeating Canada
Apr 8th - 15 people are killed and 53 are wounded by a car bombing in Damascus
Apr 8th - 163 people are killed and 50,000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur, Sudan
Apr 8th - Filip Vujanović’s election as President of Montenegro is confirmed by the electoral commission
Apr 9th - 12 civilians and UN peacekeepers are killed in an ambush in Jonglei, Sudan
Apr 9th - 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran
Apr 9th - 13 people are killed and 3 are injured from a shooting spree in Velika Ivanča, Serbia
Apr 9th - The French Senate approves a bill for same-sex marriage
Apr 10th - Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands
Apr 11th - 14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico
Apr 11th - 57 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Daraa Governorate, Syria
Apr 11th - Two women are beheaded for sorcery in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Apr 11th - Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China
Apr 12th - 11 people are killed and 30 are injured in mosque attacks across Iraq
Apr 12th - A man-made 32-foot and 60 tonne monument that is dates around 2000 BC is discovered in the see of Galilee
Apr 13th - 8 people are killed after a bomb explodes on a bus in Peshawar, Pakistan
Apr 13th - 20 civilians are killed by the government bombing of Saraqib, Idlib
Apr 14th - 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
Apr 14th - 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru
Apr 14th - 11 people are killed and 50 are injured after a hotel fire in Xiangyang, China
Apr 14th - 77th Golf Masters Championship: Adam Scott wins, shooting a 279
Apr 15th - 3 people are killed and 183 are injured after two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon
Apr 15th - 33 people are killed and 163 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
Apr 15th - Nicolás Maduro is narrowly elected as president of Venezuela
Apr 16th - 37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country, Iran
Apr 16th - 16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana
Apr 17th - 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack
Apr 17th - 15 people are killed and 100 are injured after a fertilizer plant explodes in West, Texas
Apr 17th - North Korea blocks a South Korean supply delegation from the Kaesong joint industrial zone
Apr 17th - Same-sex marriage is legalized in New Zealand
Apr 18th - 27 people are killed and 65 are injured in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Apr 18th - Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star, Kepler-62
Apr 20th - 193 people are killed and 11,826 are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Lushan County, China
Apr 20th - 5 snowboarders are killed by an avalanche in Loveland Pass, Colorado
Apr 20th - Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy
Apr 21st - 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military
Apr 21st - Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay
Apr 21st - Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix
Apr 21st - Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo win the 2013 London Marathon
Apr 22nd - 6 people are killed in a shooting rampage in Belgorod, Russia
Apr 22nd - Manchester United defeat Aston Villa to claim the 2012/2013 English Premier League
Apr 23rd - 28 people are killed and 70 are injured during clashes between police and Sunni Muslims in Hawija, Iraq
Apr 23rd - 21 people are killed during violent unrest in Xinjiang, China
44th US President Barrack ObamaApr 23rd - A 1% flash crash hits the US stock market after a news agency was hacked and claimed injury to President Obama
Apr 23rd - The French National Assembly passes an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage
Apr 23rd - West Indian cricketer, Chris Gayle, smashes the fastest century in history (30 balls)

Apr 24th - 33 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Apr 24th - 256 people are killed and 1,000 are injured after a building collapses Savar Upazila, Bangladesh
Apr 25th - The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years
Apr 25th - Kansas City Chiefs select Eric Fisher as the first NFL draft pick
Apr 25th - 38 people are killed in a psychiatric hospital fire in Ramensky, Russia
Apr 26th - 30 people are killed after a bus crashes following a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan
Apr 27th - 10 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan
Apr 28th - 8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan
Apr 28th - 3 people are killed and 14 are injured after a gas explosions causes a building to collapse in Reims, France
Apr 29th - 7 people are killed after a Boeing 747 crashes in Bagram, Afghanistan
Apr 30th - 13 people are killed after a bomb explodes in Damascus
Apr 30th - Willem-Alexander becomes the first male Monarch of Netherlands in 123 years
Apr 30th - Apple offers the largest bond offering from a private company of 17 Billion
Apr 30th - Hannah Warren, who was born without a trachea, at 2, becomes the youngest patient to receive a stem cell bioengineered organ
May 1st - Insurgents kill 6 people in Pattani, Thailand
May 1st - 15 people are killed by multiple bomb attacks across Iraq
May 1st - 16 people are killed in a flash flood in Saudi Arabia
May 1st - A digital camera is created that can mimic insect compound eyes
May 2nd - 14 members of the Sons of Iraq are killed in attacks in Fallujah, Iraq
May 2nd - 100 people are killed by the Syrian Army in a raid on al-Bayda, Baniyas
May 2nd - 60 miners are killed after a gold mine collapses in Jebel Amir, North Darfur, Sudan
May 2nd - Rhode Island becomes the tenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage
May 3rd - Aorun zhaoi, a Theropod dinosaur, dating from 161 million years ago, is discovered in China
May 4th - 5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan
May 4th - 77 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Baniyas
May 4th - Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird
May 4th - 39 people are killed at a funeral in Wukari, Nigeria
May 4th - Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero to retain his WBC Welterweight title 
May 4th - Juventus F.C. win their 29th Serie A football title
May 4th - 139th Kentucky Derby: Joel Rosario aboard Orb wins in 2:02.89
May 5th - 10 people are killed in a church attack in Njilan, Nigeria
May 5th - 5 people are killed after a limousine catches fire in Hayward, California
May 6th - 10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq
May 6th - 13 people are killed in clashes with Bangladeshi police in Dhaka
May 6th - 15 people are killed and 50 are injured after a bomb detonates at a political rally in Pakistan
May 6th - Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list
May 6th - The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales
May 7th - 55 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
May 7th - The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 set record highs
May 7th - 4 people are killed after the Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines
May 7th - 20 people are killed and 36 are injured after a gas tanker explodes in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
May 7th - 8 people are killed and a dozen are injured after bear attacks in Orissa, India
May 7th - Jolly Nero, an Italian cargo ship, crashes into the port of Genoa, killing seven people
May 7th - Delaware becomes the 11th US State to legalize same-sex marriage
May 8th - 33 people are killed after an overloaded bus falls into a river in Himachal Pradesh, India 
May 8th - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi receives a four year prison sentence for fraud 
May 8th - Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's manager at the end of the season
May 9th - Everton Manager David Moyes is announced to become Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United
May 11th - 43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey 
May 11th - Bayern Munich set a new  Bundesliga points record of 91
May 11th - Barcelona wins its fourth La Liga title in four years
May 12th - Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints 
May 12th - Paris Saint-Germain win the Ligue 1 French football title
May 14th - Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage
May 15th - The Eurozone records a recession for the sixth straight quarter
May 15th - Chelsea defeats Benfica to win the UEFA Europa League
Microsoft Founder Bill GatesMay 16th - Bill Gates becomes the world's richest man with $72.7 Billion again after losing the position in 2008 
May 16th - Pope Francis calls for ethical financial reform to fight speculation
May 17th - 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq
May 18th - RC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final
May 18th - 139th Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Oxbow wins in 1:57.54
May 19th - Sweden defeat Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship
May 20th - 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq
May 20th - 2 people are killed and 20 are injured after a hot air balloon crashes in Cappadocia, Turkey
May 20th - The Church of Scotland votes to allow openly gay men and women to be ministers
May 21st - Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One
May 24th - Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador
May 25th - 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
May 25th - Bayern Munich defeat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League Final
May 25th -  Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80
May 26th - The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League
May 26th - Golfer Matteo Manassero wins the BMW PGA Championship
May 26th - Indianapolis 500: Tony Kanaan wins in 2:40:03.4181 (301.644 km/h)
May 27th - 75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
May 27th - The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
Jun 1st - Bayern Munich defeat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 to win the DFB-Pokal to become the first German treble-winning team
Jun 3rd - 20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
Jun 3rd - US extends sanctions against Iran through its automotive industry and currency
Jun 3rd - 119 people are killed in a poultry farm fire in Jilin Province, China
Jun 5th - 44 people are killed by a lightning storm in Bihar, India
Jun 5th - Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan
Jun 5th - 47th Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins
Jun 5th - 47th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins
Jun 6th - Kevin Barry's City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Russian President Vladimir PutinJun 7th - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces his divorce with his wife on national TV
Jun 7th - 42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China
Jun 7th - 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India
Jun 8th - Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova to win the French Open in tennis
Jun 8th - 145th Belmont: Mike Smith aboard Palace Malice wins in 2:30.70
Jun 9th - Rafael Nadel defeats David Ferrer to win his eighth French Open title
Jun 9th - 59th LPGA Championship won by Inbee Park
Jun 10th - 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq
Jun 12th - Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda
Jun 14th - Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran
Jun 14th - Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people
Jun 16th - 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq
Jun 16th - Golfer, Justin Rose wins the 2013 US Open
Jun 16th - 113th US Golf Open: Justin Rose shoots a 281 at Merion GC PA
Jun 18th - 31 people are killed and 60 are injured by two suicide bombings in al-Qahira, Baghdad
Tennis Player Serena WilliamsJun 18th - 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
Jun 18th - Russia passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting children
Jun 19th - 48 people are killed by armed bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Jun 20th - Miami heat defeat San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals 4-3
Jun 20th - LeBron James is named NBA finals MVP for the second straight year
Jun 20th - 67th NBA Championship: Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs, 4 games to 3
Jun 21st - 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan
Jun 23rd - 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
Jun 23rd - 18 Romanians are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crash in Montenegro
Jun 23rd - India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket
Jun 24th - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Boston Bruins to win the NHL Stanly Cup Finals
Jun 25th - 37 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in the Central African Republic
Jun 26th - 20 people are killed after a rescue helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand
Jun 26th - Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in a leadership battle to become Australian Prime Minister
Jun 27th - Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia
Jun 30th - 30 people are killed after a fuel truck explodes in Kampala, Uganda
Jun 30th - 19 fire fighters are killed controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona
Jul 1st - Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of their President, Mohammed Morsi
Jul 1st - 47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan
Jul 1st - Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union
Jul 2nd - 16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
Jul 3rd - Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president
Jul 4th - 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago
Jul 5th - 15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
264th Pope John Paul IIJul 5th - Pope John Paul II is canonized as a saint
Jul 6th - 42 people are killed in an attack on a boarding school in Mamudo, Nigeria
Jul 6th - 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Jul 6th - 42 people are killed and 5 missing after a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and set of fires in Lac-Megantic, Quebec
Jul 6th - 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport
Jul 6th - Bob and Mike Bryan defeat Ivan Dogic and Marcelo Melo to win the men's doubles tennis final at Wimbledon 
Jul 6th - The British Lions defeat Australia 41-16 to win their first rugby Test series since 1997 
Jul 6th - 120th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Marion Bartoli beats Sabine Lisicki (6-1 6-4) 
Jul 7th - 10 people are killed after an air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska
Jul 7th - 127th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic (6-4 7-5 6-4) becoming the first British man to win a Wimbledon tennis title since 1936
Jul 8th - 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Egyptian army raids a sit in protest in Cairo
Jul 8th - A dozen people are killed and injured after a hotel collapses in Hyderbad, India
Jul 10th - 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China
Jul 11th - 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
Jul 12th - 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
Jul 13th - 18 people are killed and 40 are injured after a gravel truck collides with a bus in Podolsk, Russia
Jul 13th - Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Jul 15th - 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
Jul 15th - 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
Jul 16th - 27 children are killed and 25 are hospitalized after eating lunch contaminated with insecticide in India
Jul 16th - 84th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York
Jul 17th - 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
Jul 17th - 58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China
Jul 18th - Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion
Jul 19th - 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq
Jul 21st - 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway
Jul 21st - 12 people have been killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines

Jul 21st - 142nd British Golf Open: Phil Mickelson shoots a 281 at Muirfield Golf Links
Jul 22nd - 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China
Jul 23rd - 19 people are killed and 22 are injure after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
Jul 24th - 22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan
Jul 24th - 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jul 26th - 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
Jul 27th - 100 people are killed and 1,500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt
Jul 27th - 1,000 inmates escape from a prison in Benghazi, Libya
Jul 28th - 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
Jul 29th - 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
Jul 29th - 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
Jul 29th - €103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France
Jul 30th - 28 people are killed in a series of bombings in Kano, Nigeria
Jul 30th - 134 people are killed in tribal conflicts in Darfyr, Sudan
Jul 30th - 9 children are killed and 20 are injured after a school bus collides with a truck in Hanumangarh, India
Jul 30th - Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan
Aug 1st - Robert Mugabe continues to maintain power after winning 142 out of 210 seats in the Zimbabwean election
Aug 2nd - 40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria
Aug 3rd - 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Zimbabwean President Robert MugabeAug 3rd - 80 people are killed in a wave of insurgency across Iraq
Aug 3rd - The Chiefs defeat the Brumbies to win the Super 15 Rugby Final
Aug 4th - Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran
Aug 5th - 160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan
Aug 5th - The world's first bovine stem cell lab-grown burger is eaten in London
Aug 5th - Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankee MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones
Aug 6th - 18 people are killed and 55 are wounded by a car bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria
Aug 6th - 25 people are killed and 60 are wounded by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
Aug 6th - 1 person is killed and 4 are injured after a hot air balloon crash in Montbovon, Sweden
Aug 6th - An alleged chemical weapons attack on Damascus, Syria, is claimed by Syrian rebels
Aug 7th - 11 people are killed by a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan
Aug 8th - 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
Aug 8th - 14 people are killed by a bomb explosion in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Aug 8th - 4 people are killed and 4 are wounded in a shooting spree in Dallas, Texas
Aug 9th - 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan
Aug 10th - 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia
Aug 10th - 16 Royal Guardsmen are killed in a bus accident in Al Hoceima, Morocco
Aug 11th - 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Pakistan
Aug 11th - 2 people are killed and 30 are injured after a coach crash in southern France
Aug 11th - 95th PGA Championship: Jason Dufner shoots a 270 at Oak Hill Country Club
Aug 12th - 8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq
Aug 12th - 30 people are killed by gunmen in northeast Nigeria
Aug 12th - Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is elected President of Mali
Aug 14th - 14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq
Aug 14th - 638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
Aug 15th - 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut
Aug 16th - 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines
Aug 17th - 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo
Aug 17th - 18 people are killed in conflict between Boko Harem and Nigerian military
Aug 18th - 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India
Aug 19th - 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
Aug 19th - 37 pilgrims are killed in a train accident in India
Aug 19th - 91 people are killed by floods across China
Aug 20th - 9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus 
Aug 21st - 37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia
Aug 21st - 21 people are killed in flash floods in Qinghai province, China
Aug 22nd - 14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq
Aug 23rd - 50 people are killed in mosque bombings in Tripoli, Lebanon
Aug 23rd - 26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Aug 23rd - UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a chemical massacre
Aug 24th - 4 people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Shetland Islands
Aug 24th - 30 people are killed in a gang battle involving flame throwers in Palmasola prison, Bolivia 
Aug 25th - 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq
Aug 25th - 4 people are killed and 25 are injured after a train derails in Tabasco, Mexico
Aug 25th - 30th MTV Awards: Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift & Bruno Mars wins
Aug 26th - 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination
Aug 28th - China and Russia walk out of a UN Security Council meeting after the US pushes for immediate action against Syria's use of chemical weapons
Aug 28th - 51 people are killed in a series of bombings across Iraq
Aug 29th - 41 people are killed and 33 are injured in a bus accident in Kenya
Aug 30th - 15 people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China
Sep 3rd - 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula
Sep 6th - 20 people are killed by Islamist militants in villages in northeast Nigeria
Sep 7th - 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus
Sep 7th - 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia
Sep 7th - Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election
Sep 8th - 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City
Sep 8th - 11 people are killed after a minibus collides with a train in Lasi, Romania
Sep 8th - 6 people are killed and 9 are injured after a minibus collides with a car in Jakarta, Indonesia
Sep 8th - Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Italian Formula One Grand Prix
Sep 8th - Serena Williams wins her fifth Women's Singles US Open title
Sep 9th - 60 people are killed in conflict between rebels and loyalists in the Central African Republic
Sep 9th - 18 people are killed in conflict between government and Boko Harem troops in Borno State, Nigeria
Sep 9th - 44 people are killed and 45 are injured after a bus crashes into a ravine in Northern Guatemala
Sep 9th - Erna Solberg is elected Prime Minister of Norway after a centre-right coalition wins a majority in their elections
Sep 9th - Rafael Nadal defeats Novak Djokovic to win the 2013 US Tennis Open
Sep 10th - 16 people are killed after a series of bomb attacks across Iraq
Sep 10th - 3 people are killed after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashes in the Artic Ocean
Sep 11th - 12 Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria
Sep 13th - 30 people are killed by a mosque bombing attack in Baghdad, Iraq
Sep 13th - 9 people are killed after massive floods in Galati County, Romania
Sep 15th - 21 people are killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Shia provinces, Iraq
Sep 15th - 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
Sep 15th - Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor
Sep 15th - Edi Rama is elected Prime Minister of Albania
Sep 16th - 21 people are killed by Hurricane Ingrid in Mexico
Sep 16th - 12 people are killed after a gunman opens fire at a naval yard in Washington DC
Sep 16th - Paul Kagame wins the Rwandan presidency in a landslide
Sep 17th - 6 people are killed after a train and double-decker bus collide in Ottawa, Canada
Sep 20th - 46 soldiers are killed in army-base attacks in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen
Sep 20th - Grand Theft Auto becomes the fastest entertainment product to reach $1 Billion in sales
Sep 20th - Greenpeace ship Artic Sunrise is boarded by Russian military
Sep 20th - Alex Rodriquez sets new MLB record with 24 Grand Slam home runs for the New York Yankees
Sep 21st - 6 people are killed in military and insurgent conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines
Sep 21st - 100 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq
Sep 21st - 59 people are killed and 175 wounded in a shopping mall gun battle in Nairobi, Kenya
Sep 22nd - 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
Sep 22nd - 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: Breaking Bad and Modern Family win 
Sep 22nd - Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats win a third term with their best result since 1990 in German Federal elections 
Sep 23rd - 25 people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China
Sep 24th - 515 people are killed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sep 25th - Oracle Team USA defeats Team New Zealand 9-8 to win the America's Cup
Sep 27th - 7 people are killed in mosque bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
Sep 27th - 19 people are killed and 45 are injured in a bus bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
Sep 27th - At least 22 people are killed after a refugee ship capsizes off the island of Java
Sep 27th - 60 people are killed after a building collapses in Mumbai, India
Sep 28th - 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria
Sep 28th - Hawthorn defeats Fremantle to win the 2013 Australian Rules Premiership
Sep 29th - 42 people are killed by Boko Harem in a college attack in Gujba, Nigeria
Sep 29th - 16 people are killed by a Syrian Army air strike that hit a secondary school in Raqqa, Syria
Sep 30th - 54 people are killed by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
Oct 1st - A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending 
Oct 2nd - 8 people are killed and 14 are injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee 
Oct 3rd - 325 people are killed after a migrant ship catches fire and shipwrecks of the coast of Lampedusa, Italy
Oct 3rd - 13 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria
Oct 5th - Wladimir Klitschko defeats Alexander Povetkin to retain his WBA Heavyweight Championship
Oct 6th - 53 people are killed in political clashes in Egypt
Oct 7th - Mulatu Teshome becomes president of Ethiopia
Oct 7th - James Rothman, Randy Schekman and  Thomas C. Südhof win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on transport systems in cells
Oct 8th - Peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles
Oct 9th - 60 people are killed in clashes between militias and Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic
Oct 9th - Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel win the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on multiscale models for complex chemical systems
Oct 10th - Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature
Oct 11th - 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Oct 11th - 27 people are killed after a migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily
Oct 11th - The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 12th - 50 people are killed after a truck veers of a cliff in  La Convencion Province, Peru
Oct 12th - 15 people are killed by a series of explosions in a fireworks factory in Vietnam
Oct 12th - Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title
Oct 13th - 109 people are killed in a stampede on a bridge in  Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Oct 14th - Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller win the 2013  Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on asset prices 
Oct 16th - 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria
Oct 16th - The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a Bi-partisan deal in the Senate
Oct 16th - 49 people are killed after Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes in the Mekong River, Laos
Oct 16th - 18 people are killed after Typhoon Wipha strikes Japan
Oct 17th - 59 people are killed in a wave of attacks on Shia Muslims in Iraq
Oct 18th - Saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria
Oct 19th - 16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia
Oct 19th - 11 people are killed after a plane crashes in Namur, Belgium
Oct 20th - 30 people are killed by a suicide truck bomber in Hama, Syria
Oct 20th - 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Oct 20th - 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei, Sudan

Oct 22nd - 37 Boko Harem Islamist militants are killed by air and ground strikes in Nigeria
Oct 22nd - 22 security force personal are killed in attacks on military checkpoints in Anbar Province, Iraq
Oct 23rd - Boston Red Sox defeat St Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series
Oct 24th - St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to tie the MLB 2013 World Series 1-1
Oct 25th - 74 Boko Harem members have been killed in a coordinated assault in Borno State, Nigeria
Oct 26th - St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World Series 2-1
Oct 27th - 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq
Oct 27th - 18 people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Oct 27th - Giorgi Margvelashvili wins the Georgian Presidential election in a landslide victory
Oct 30th - 44 people are killed after a bus catches fire in Mahbubnagar, India
Oct 30th - The Boston Red Sox defeat the St Louis Cardinals in game 6 to win the MLB 2013 World Series
Nov 3rd - 8 people are killed and 10 are injured after a turboprop plane crashes in northern Bolivia
Nov 3rd - 6 people are killed after an overcrowded ferry sinks in Pattaya, Thailand
Nov 5th - 4 people are killed after a 4-story building under construction collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
Nov 6th - 8 people are killed and 50 are injured by a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria
Nov 6th - 15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Nov 8th - 11 people are killed in a car park bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia
Nov 8th - At least 6,000 people are killed after Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm recorded at landfall, makes landfall in the Philippines
Nov 9th - 8 people are killed by a gunman in Cali, Columbia
Nov 9th - María Gabriela Isler, a 25yo Venezuelan, is crowned Miss Universe 2013
Nov 10th - Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20
Nov 11th - 4 people are killed and 8 are injured after a building catches fire in Mumbai, India
Nov 11th - 100 people are killed in a tropical cyclone in the Puntland region, Somalia
Nov 15th - 5 people are killed and 10 are injured after a train derails in Nashik, India
Nov 15th - Sony launches the Playstation Four, selling one million units on the first day
Nov 17th - 102nd Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Serbia in Belgrade (3-2)
Nov 17th - Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix
Nov 17th - 50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia
Nov 17th - Abdulla Yameen becomes the President of the Maldives
Nov 17th - Giorgi Margvelashvili becomes the President of Georgia
Nov 17th - Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the sixth time 
Nov 18th - 20 people are killed after a train collides with a minibus in Cairo, Egypt
Nov 19th - 23 people are killed by a suicide bombing attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon
Nov 21st - 31 people are killed by a truck bomb in northeaster Iraq
Nov 21st - The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
Nov 21st - 54 people are killed after the roof of a supermarket collapses in Riga, Latvia
Nov 22nd - Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen defeats  Viswanathan Anand to win the 2013 World Chess Championship
Nov 23rd - Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeats American Brandon Rios to win the World Boxing Organization International Welterweight title
Nov 24th - 40th American Music Award: Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win
Nov 24th - 101st CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23
Nov 25th - 17 people are killed and 37 are wounded in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Nov 27th - Tiger Woods is named PGA Tour's player of the year for the 11th time
Nov 27th - Greece becomes the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI index
Nov 30th - Australia defeats New Zealand to win the Rugby League World Cup