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{{Events by month|2013|prefix=Portal:Current events/}}
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[[File:2013 Events Collage V2.png|From left, clockwise: [[Edward Snowden]] becomes internationally famous for leaking classified [[NSA]] [[wiretapping]] information; [[Typhoon Haiyan]] kills over 6,000 in the [[Philippines]] and [[Southeast Asia]]; the [[Rana Plaza collapse]] in [[Bangladesh]] kills over 1,000 people; the streak from the [[Chelyabinsk meteor]] that rocketed across the [[Russia]]n morning sky; protests occur amid the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup d'état]] that overthrew President [[Mohamed Morsi]] of [[Egypt]]; smoke rises as a result of the [[Westgate shopping mall attack]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], carried out by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militants; the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] marks the first major Islamic [[terrorist attack]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] since [[9/11]]; [[Pope Francis]] is elected to the [[Papacy]] in the [[2013 papal conclave|papal conclave]].|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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*The [[2013 Boston Marathon]] is disrupted by the [[Boston Marathon bombing|bombing]], becoming one of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in the [[United States|US]];
*[[Pope Francis]] is elected in the [[2013 conclave|conclave]]; the conclave happened because Pope [[Benedict XVI]] [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigned]] due to health reasons;
*[[Edward Snowden]], former [[NSA]] contractor and whistleblower, [[2010s global surveillance disclosures|leaks]] classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs;
*a [[Westgate shopping mall shooting|shooting]] on the [[Westgate, Nairobi|Westgate mall]] in [[Kenya]] that took place over several days kills 71, including all perpetrators;
* the mysterious [[Chelyabinsk meteor]] superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over [[Russia]]; no deaths have been reported, but almost 1,500 are injured;
* a [[2013 Savar building collapse|building collapse in Bangladesh]] kills 1,134 and is one of the biggest structural failures in [[Bangladesh]];
*[[2013 North India floods|North India floods]] kill 6,054; the floods also expanded to [[Nepal]] and [[Tibet]];
*a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] leads to a stampede that killed 242;
*[[Microsoft]] launches the [[Xbox One]];
*''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' is released, becoming a global phenomenon with its signature song "[[Let It Go]]".
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'''2013''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday|common year that started on a Tuesday]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it is the 2013th year in the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations; the 13th year in the [[3rd millennium]] and the [[21st century]]; and the 3rd year of the [[2010s]]. -->
'''2013''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday|common year that started on a Tuesday]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it is the 2013th year in the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations; the 13th year in the [[3rd millennium]] and the [[21st century]]; and the 3rd year of the [[2010s]]. -->


2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was the first year since 1987 (after 26 years) to contain four unique digits, or no repeating numbers.<ref name="theworld.org unique digits">{{cite news |date=4 January 2013 |title=2013: What's in a Number? |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number |publisher=[[theworld.org]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251113010522/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number |archive-date=13 November 2025 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>


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* [[January 10]] &ndash; At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in [[January 2013 Pakistan bombings|several bomb blasts in Pakistan]].
* [[January 10]] &ndash; At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in [[January 2013 Pakistan bombings|several bomb blasts in Pakistan]].
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The [[French Armed Forces|French military]] begins a 5-month intervention into the [[Northern Mali conflict]], targeting the militant [[Islamist]] [[Ansar Dine]] group.<ref>{{cite news|title=France launches Mali military intervention|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|access-date=January 11, 2013|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=January 11, 2013|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170912/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|title=France army in key Mali withdrawal|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617214140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The [[French Armed Forces|French military]] begins a 5-month intervention into the [[Northern Mali conflict]], targeting the militant [[Islamist]] [[Ansar Dine]] group.<ref>{{cite news|title=France launches Mali military intervention|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|access-date=January 11, 2013|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=January 11, 2013|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170912/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|title=France army in key Mali withdrawal|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617214140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]]&ndash;[[January 20|20]] &ndash; 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a [[In Amenas hostage crisis|hostage crisis]] at a [[natural gas]] facility near [[In Aménas]], [[Algeria]].<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|title=Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault|last=Chikhi|first=Lamine|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201180721/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|title=Foreigners held hostage by terrorists in Algeria|publisher=BBC|date=January 16, 2013|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216181952/http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|title=Algeria hostage crisis: Briton confirmed dead as workers held hostage by terrorists|last=Peterkin|first=Tom|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=July 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|title=Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field|last1=Watkins|first1=Tom|date=January 16, 2013|publisher=[[CNN]]|last2=Smith-Spark|first2=Laura|last3=Yousuf|first3=Basil|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117181553/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]]&ndash;[[January 20|20]] &ndash; 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a [[In Amenas hostage crisis|hostage crisis]] at a [[natural gas]] facility near [[In Aménas]], Algeria.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|title=Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault|last=Chikhi|first=Lamine|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201180721/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|title=Foreigners held hostage by terrorists in Algeria|publisher=BBC|date=January 16, 2013|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216181952/http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|title=Algeria hostage crisis: Briton confirmed dead as workers held hostage by terrorists|last=Peterkin|first=Tom|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=July 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|title=Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field|last1=Watkins|first1=Tom|date=January 16, 2013|publisher=[[CNN]]|last2=Smith-Spark|first2=Laura|last3=Yousuf|first3=Basil|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117181553/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; An estimated 245 people die in a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] in [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|agency=Associated Press|date=27 January 2013|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220207/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; An estimated 245 people die in a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] in [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|agency=Associated Press|date=27 January 2013|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220207/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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===March===
===March===
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Jorge Mario Bergoglio of [[Argentina]] is [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the [[papal name|name]] [[Pope Francis|Francis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|publisher=BBC|title=Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis|date=March 13, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916140850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|title=Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis|last1=Pullella|first1=Philip|date=March 14, 2013|work=Reuters|last2=Moody|first2=Barry|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202002516/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|title=New pope chosen: Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio who becomes Pope Francis|last=Hahn|first=Phil|date=March 13, 2013|publisher=[[CTV News]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=March 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|url-status=live}}</ref> and becomes the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal|title=Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal|last=Bell|first=Caleb|date=March 20, 2013|publisher=[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church USA]]|access-date=July 24, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015843/http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Jorge Mario Bergoglio of [[Argentina]] is [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the [[papal name|name]] [[Pope Francis|Francis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|publisher=BBC|title=Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis|date=March 13, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916140850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|title=Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis|last1=Pullella|first1=Philip|date=March 14, 2013|work=Reuters|last2=Moody|first2=Barry|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202002516/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|title=New pope chosen: Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio who becomes Pope Francis|last=Hahn|first=Phil|date=March 13, 2013|publisher=[[CTV News]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=March 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|url-status=dead}}</ref> and becomes the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal|title=Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal|last=Bell|first=Caleb|date=March 20, 2013|publisher=[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church USA]]|access-date=July 24, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015843/http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Central African Republic]] President [[François Bozizé]] flees to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], after [[Séléka|rebel forces]] [[Central African Republic Civil War#Fall of Bangui|capture]] the nation's capital, [[Bangui]].<ref name=BBC24march>{{cite news|title=Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|publisher=BBC|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627113933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AJE CAR">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|title=CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace|date=March 24, 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324125650/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Central African Republic]] President [[François Bozizé]] flees to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], after [[Séléka|rebel forces]] [[Central African Republic Civil War#Fall of Bangui|capture]] the nation's capital, [[Bangui]].<ref name=BBC24march>{{cite news|title=Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|publisher=BBC|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627113933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AJE CAR">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|title=CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace|date=March 24, 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324125650/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The European Union [[2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis|agrees to a €10&nbsp;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 [[2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis|banking crisis]] in the island nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|title=Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal|date=March 17, 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eurogroup bailout package agreement on 25 March">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142434/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=live|title=Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus|publisher=[[Eurogroup]]|date=March 25, 2013}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The European Union [[2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis|agrees to a €10&nbsp;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 [[2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis|banking crisis]] in the island nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|title=Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal|date=March 17, 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eurogroup bailout package agreement on 25 March">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142434/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=live|title=Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus|publisher=[[Eurogroup]]|date=March 25, 2013}}</ref>
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*[[April 13]] &ndash; [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election|Venezuelan presidential election]]: [[Nicolás Maduro]] is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent [[Henrique Capriles Radonski]].<ref name="BBC19April">{{cite web|date=19 April 2013|title=Venezuela election vote to be audited|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|access-date=19 April 2013|publisher=BBC|archive-date=April 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420002730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|url-status=live}}</ref> [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests|Protests continue to October]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 April 2013|title="Cacerolazo" contra Maduro ensordece a Venezuela|work=Diario Libre|publisher=Omnimedia|url=http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=May 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200332/http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[April 13]] &ndash; [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election|Venezuelan presidential election]]: [[Nicolás Maduro]] is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent [[Henrique Capriles Radonski]].<ref name="BBC19April">{{cite web|date=19 April 2013|title=Venezuela election vote to be audited|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|access-date=19 April 2013|publisher=BBC|archive-date=April 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420002730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|url-status=live}}</ref> [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests|Protests continue to October]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 April 2013|title="Cacerolazo" contra Maduro ensordece a Venezuela|work=Diario Libre|publisher=Omnimedia|url=http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=May 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200332/http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|title=Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores|publisher=CNN|author=Josh Levs and Monte Plott|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145041/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html|title=Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264|quote=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|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|last=Kotz|first=Deborah|date=April 24, 2013|access-date=May 3, 2013|archive-url=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|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|title=Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores|publisher=CNN|author=Josh Levs and Monte Plott|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145041/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html|title=Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264|quote=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|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|last=Kotz|first=Deborah|date=April 24, 2013|access-date=May 3, 2013|archive-url=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|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[April 20]] &ndash; A [[2013 Lushan earthquake|magnitude 6.6 earthquake]] jolts [[Sichuan]], [[China]], leaving 193 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.<ref name="3rd press conference">{{cite web |url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |title=雅安地震共造成193人死亡21人失踪 |publisher=[[:zh:凤凰网|凤凰网资讯]] |date=April 21, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224030028/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 20]] &ndash; A [[2013 Lushan earthquake|magnitude 6.6 earthquake]] jolts [[Sichuan]], China, leaving 193 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.<ref name="3rd press conference">{{cite web |url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |title=雅安地震共造成193人死亡21人失踪 |publisher=[[:zh:凤凰网|凤凰网资讯]] |date=April 21, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224030028/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 21]] &ndash; Businessman [[Horacio Cartes]] wins the [[2013 Paraguayan general election]] against [[Efraín Alegre]].
*[[April 21]] &ndash; Businessman [[Horacio Cartes]] wins the [[2013 Paraguayan general election]] against [[Efraín Alegre]].
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The [[2013 Savar building collapse]], one of the worst [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Structural collapses|industrial disasters]] in the world, kills 1,134 people in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|title=Action on Bangladesh|website=IndustriALL|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026065216/http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|title=After Rana Plaza horror, what changed for Bangladesh garment workers?|date=April 24, 2018|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424065719/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The [[2013 Savar building collapse]], one of the worst [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Structural collapses|industrial disasters]] in the world, kills 1,134 people in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|title=Action on Bangladesh|website=IndustriALL|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026065216/http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|title=After Rana Plaza horror, what changed for Bangladesh garment workers?|date=April 24, 2018|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424065719/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref>
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**Researchers from [[Oregon Health & Science University]] in the United States describe the first production of human [[embryonic stem cell]]s by [[cloning]], in a study published in the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|title=Human stem cells created by cloning|last=Cyranoski|first=David|date=May 15, 2013|work=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216093235/http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|url-status=live}}</ref>
**Researchers from [[Oregon Health & Science University]] in the United States describe the first production of human [[embryonic stem cell]]s by [[cloning]], in a study published in the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|title=Human stem cells created by cloning|last=Cyranoski|first=David|date=May 15, 2013|work=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216093235/http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The [[World Health Organization]] names the novel coronavirus [[Middle East respiratory syndrome]] (MERS).<ref>{{cite web |title=Novel coronavirus update – new virus to be called MERS-CoV |url=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 |website=World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |access-date=30 December 2020 |date=16 May 2013 |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The [[World Health Organization]] names the novel coronavirus [[Middle East respiratory syndrome]] (MERS).<ref>{{cite web |title=Novel coronavirus update – new virus to be called MERS-CoV |url=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 |website=World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |access-date=30 December 2020 |date=16 May 2013 |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – The [[2013 Moore tornado|latest EF5 tornado]] in the United States hits [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]] and several other surrounding areas near Oklahoma City, resulting in 24 deaths and many injuries.<ref>{{cite report|author=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF5 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2013|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113956/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|url-status=live}}</ref>   
* [[May 20]] – An [[2013 Moore tornado|EF5 tornado]] in the US state of [[Oklahoma]] hits [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]] and several other surrounding areas near [[Oklahoma City]], resulting in 24 deaths and many injuries.<ref>{{cite report|author=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF5 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2013|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113956/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|url-status=live}}</ref>   
* [[May 22]] – Off-duty [[British Army]] soldier [[Fusilier#United Kingdom|Fusilier]] [[Murder of Lee Rigby|Lee Rigby]] of the [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] is murdered in [[Woolwich]], southeast [[London]], by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html|title=Lee Rigby murder suspect transferred from hospital to police station|first=Claire|last=Carter|date=May 28, 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] – Off-duty [[British Army]] soldier [[Fusilier#United Kingdom|Fusilier]] [[Murder of Lee Rigby|Lee Rigby]] of the [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] is murdered in [[Woolwich]], southeast [[London]], by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html|title=Lee Rigby murder suspect transferred from hospital to police station|first=Claire|last=Carter|date=May 28, 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 31]] – The [[2013 El Reno tornado|largest tornado ever recorded]] hits [[El Reno]], United States. This rain-wrapped, [[multiple-vortex tornado]] was the [[Tornado records#Largest path width|widest tornado]] ever recorded, and results in eight deaths, including four storm-chasers. Measurements from mobile [[weather radar]]s revealed extreme winds up to 296&nbsp;mph (476&nbsp;km/h) within the vortex, among the highest observed wind speeds on [[Earth]]. As it crosses [[U.S. Route 81 in Oklahoma|U.S. 81]], the tornado grows to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2&nbsp;km).<ref>{{cite news|title=Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/|author=Nolan Clay|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|publisher=[[The Anschutz Corporation|Oklahoma Publishing Company]]|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=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/|archive-date= May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 31]] –
**The [[2013 El Reno tornado|largest tornado ever recorded]] hits [[El Reno]], United States. This rain-wrapped, [[multiple-vortex tornado]] was the [[Tornado records#Largest path width|widest tornado]] ever recorded, and results in eight deaths, including four storm-chasers. Measurements from mobile [[weather radar]]s revealed extreme winds up to 296&nbsp;mph (476&nbsp;km/h) within the vortex, among the highest observed wind speeds on [[Earth]]. As it crosses [[U.S. Route 81 in Oklahoma|U.S. 81]], the tornado grows to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2&nbsp;km).<ref>{{cite news|title=Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/|author=Nolan Clay|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|publisher=[[The Anschutz Corporation|Oklahoma Publishing Company]]|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=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/|archive-date= May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Multiply (website)|Multiply]] cease operations.


===June===
===June===
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee [[Edward Snowden]] discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government [[mass surveillance]] program to [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|news publications]] and flees the country, later being granted temporary [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline|last=Gidda|first=Mirren|date=June 23, 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105235/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020|title=Snowden's best refuge|work=United Press International|author=Walker, Martin|date=2013-07-22|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726210847/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|title=Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum|first1=Steven|date=August 1, 2013|work=The New York Times|last2=Kramer|first2=Andrew|issn=0362-4331|last1=Myers|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120175922/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee [[Edward Snowden]] discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government [[mass surveillance]] program to [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|news publications]] and flees the country, later being granted temporary [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline|last=Gidda|first=Mirren|date=June 23, 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105235/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020|title=Snowden's best refuge|work=United Press International|author=Walker, Martin|date=2013-07-22|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726210847/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|title=Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum|first1=Steven|date=August 1, 2013|work=The New York Times|last2=Kramer|first2=Andrew|issn=0362-4331|last1=Myers|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120175922/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Jiroemon Kimura]], the [[List of the verified oldest people#100 verified oldest men|verified oldest man to have ever lived]], dies at 116 years and 54 days old.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-12 |title=Oldest man in history Jiroemon Kimura dies at 116 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22851848 |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Jiroemon Kimura]], the [[List of the verified oldest people#100 verified oldest men|verified oldest man to have ever lived]], dies at 116 years and 54 days old.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-12 |title=Oldest man in history Jiroemon Kimura dies at 116 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22851848 |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A bus carrying 47 [[Romania]]n tourists to [[Tivat]], [[Montenegro]], [[2013 Montenegro bus crash|crashes]] in the [[Morača |Morača canyon]] in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |title=Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro |publisher=BBC |date=2013-04-09 |accessdate=2013-06-24 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A bus carrying 47 [[Romania]]n tourists to [[Tivat]], Montenegro, [[2013 Montenegro bus crash|crashes]] in the [[Morača |Morača canyon]] in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |title=Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro |publisher=BBC |date=2013-04-09 |accessdate=2013-06-24 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] abdicates and his son [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] assumes power.<ref name="New Emir BBC">{{cite news|title=Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|publisher=BBC|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|title=Qatar's new emir: A hard act to follow|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074153/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] abdicates and his son [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] assumes power.<ref name="New Emir BBC">{{cite news|title=Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|publisher=BBC|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|title=Qatar's new emir: A hard act to follow|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074153/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 26]]
* [[June 26]]
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===August===
===August===
*[[August 13]] – Platform game, [[Geometry Dash]] is released by Swedish [[Video game developer|developer]], [[RobTop]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP-->
* [[August 14]] &ndash; Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|leaving 2,696 people dead]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|title=Egypt's Brotherhood to hold 'march of anger'|date=2013-08-16|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123944/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The raids were described by [[Human Rights Watch]] as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|title=Egypt: Rab'a Killings Likely Crimes against Humanity|date=2014-08-12|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=2017-02-11|language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218220007/https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|leaving 2,696 people dead]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|title=Egypt's Brotherhood to hold 'march of anger'|date=2013-08-16|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123944/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The raids were described by [[Human Rights Watch]] as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|title=Egypt: Rab'a Killings Likely Crimes against Humanity|date=2014-08-12|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=2017-02-11|language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218220007/https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 15]] &ndash; [[Horacio Cartes]] is sworn in as [[President of Paraguay]].
*[[August 15]] &ndash; [[Horacio Cartes]] is sworn in as [[President of Paraguay]].
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===September===
===September===
* [[September 7]]  
* [[September 7]]  
** [[2013 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Tony Abbott]] defeats the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Rudd Government (2013)|Government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|title=Kevin Rudd concedes defeat|work=AM|publisher=ABC Radio|author=Eastley, Tony|location=Australia|format=transcript|date=September 8, 2013|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132821/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Abbott would be sworn in on [[September 18]]th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|title=2013 Federal Election {{pipe}} AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=September 22, 2019|archive-date=September 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214531/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2013 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Tony Abbott]] defeats the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Rudd Government (2013)|Government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|title=Kevin Rudd concedes defeat|work=AM|publisher=ABC Radio|author=Eastley, Tony|location=Australia|format=transcript|date=September 8, 2013|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132821/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Abbott is sworn in on [[September 18]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|title=2013 Federal Election {{pipe}} AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=September 22, 2019|archive-date=September 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214531/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Tokyo]] the right to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryall  |first=Julian  |date=September 8, 2013 |title=Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul |url=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 |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Tokyo]] the right to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryall  |first=Julian  |date=September 8, 2013 |title=Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul |url=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 |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
* [[September 9|September 8]] &ndash; The [[2013 Colorado floods]] begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin.
* [[September 9|September 8]] &ndash; The [[2013 Colorado floods]] begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin.
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* [[October 10]] &ndash; Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the [[Minamata Convention on Mercury|Minamata Treaty]], a [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]] treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of [[mercury (element)|mercury]] and mercury compounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Minamata-mercury-treaty-signed-at-UN-conference/articleshow/23918246.cms|title=Minamata mercury treaty signed at UN conference|date=2013-10-10|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2013-10-11}}
* [[October 10]] &ndash; Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the [[Minamata Convention on Mercury|Minamata Treaty]], a [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]] treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of [[mercury (element)|mercury]] and mercury compounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Minamata-mercury-treaty-signed-at-UN-conference/articleshow/23918246.cms|title=Minamata mercury treaty signed at UN conference|date=2013-10-10|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2013-10-11}}
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* [[October 15]] &ndash; A [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.2 [[earthquake]] [[2013 Bohol earthquake|struck]] [[Bohol]], [[Philippines]], leaving 222 dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ,%203Nov2013,%206AM.pdf |title=SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake |publisher=[[National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council]] |date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] &ndash; A [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.2 [[earthquake]] [[2013 Bohol earthquake|struck]] [[Bohol]], Philippines, leaving 222 dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ,%203Nov2013,%206AM.pdf |title=SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake |publisher=[[National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council]] |date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] &ndash; Twelve people are killed when an [[Collapse of the Space Building|apartment building collapses]] in [[Medellín|Medellín, Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-23 |title=Medellin tower blocks demolished after collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29324660 |access-date=2024-09-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] &ndash; Twelve people are killed when an [[Collapse of the Space Building|apartment building collapses]] in [[Medellín|Medellín, Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-23 |title=Medellin tower blocks demolished after collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29324660 |access-date=2024-09-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Lao Airlines Flight 301]] crashes on approach to [[Pakse Airport]], Laos, killing all 49 people on board.
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Lao Airlines Flight 301]] crashes on approach to [[Pakse Airport]], Laos, killing all 49 people on board.
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* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013|Ninth Ministerial Conference]] of the [[World Trade Organization]] delegates sign the [[Bali Package]] agreement aimed at loosening global [[trade barrier]]s.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|title=WTO agrees global trade deal worth $1tn|last=Walker|first=Andrew|date=December 7, 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207070903/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013|Ninth Ministerial Conference]] of the [[World Trade Organization]] delegates sign the [[Bali Package]] agreement aimed at loosening global [[trade barrier]]s.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|title=WTO agrees global trade deal worth $1tn|last=Walker|first=Andrew|date=December 7, 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207070903/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[China National Space Administration|Chinese]] uncrewed spacecraft [[Chang'e 3]], carrying the ''[[Yutu (rover)|Yutu]]'' [[Lunar rover|rover]], becomes the first spacecraft to "soft"-[[Moon landing|land]] on the [[Moon]] since [[Luna 24|1976]] and the third ever robotic rover to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|title=China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon|last=Rincon|first=Paul|date=December 14, 2013|access-date=2017-02-11|publisher=BBC|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112042913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[China National Space Administration|Chinese]] uncrewed spacecraft [[Chang'e 3]], carrying the ''[[Yutu (rover)|Yutu]]'' [[Lunar rover|rover]], becomes the first spacecraft to "soft"-[[Moon landing|land]] on the [[Moon]] since [[Luna 24|1976]] and the third ever robotic rover to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|title=China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon|last=Rincon|first=Paul|date=December 14, 2013|access-date=2017-02-11|publisher=BBC|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112042913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] &ndash; Fighting between ethnic [[Dinka people|Dinka]] and [[Nuer people|Nuer]] members of the presidential guard break out in [[Juba]], [[South Sudan]], plunging the country into [[South Sudanese Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|title=South Sudan: the state that fell apart in a week|last=Howden|first=Daniel|date=2013-12-23|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-11|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225021638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] &ndash; Fighting between ethnic [[Dinka people|Dinka]] and [[Nuer people|Nuer]] members of the presidential guard break out in [[Juba]], South Sudan, plunging the country into [[South Sudanese Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|title=South Sudan: the state that fell apart in a week|last=Howden|first=Daniel|date=2013-12-23|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-11|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225021638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|url-status=live}}</ref>


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