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Canonization
Event of Interest
May 13 Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield departs the International Space Station to return to Earth
Chris Hadfield
- May 14 Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage
Historic Publication
May 14 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel "Americanah" is published
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- May 15 The Eurozone records a recession for the sixth straight quarter
Event of Interest
May 16 Bill Gates regains his position as the world's richest man with $72.7 billion after losing the position in 2008
Bill Gates
- May 16 Pope Francis calls for ethical financial reform to fight speculation
- May 16 Human stem cells are successfully cloned
- May 17 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq
- May 18 RC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final
- May 18 138th Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Oxbow wins in 1:57.54
- May 18 58th Eurovision Song Contest: Emmelie de Forest for Denmark wins singing "Only Teardrops" in Malmo
- May 19 Sweden defeats Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship
Music Awards
May 19 21st Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Red win
Taylor Swift
- May 20 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq
- May 20 2 people are killed and 20 are injured after a hot air balloon crashes in Cappadocia, Turkey
- May 20 The Church of Scotland votes to allow openly gay men and women to be ministers
- May 20 Yahoo purchases Tumbler for $1.1 Billion
- May 21 Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One
- May 22 British Army Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in London by two Islamic terrorists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
Event of Interest
May 23 Patrick Roy is named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, his former team where he won two Stanley Cups
Patrick Roy
- May 24 Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador
- May 25 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
- May 25 Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80
- May 25 21st UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at London
- May 26 The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League
- May 26 Golfer Matteo Manassero wins the BMW PGA Championship
- May 26 Indianapolis 500: Tony Kanaan wins in 2:40:03.4181 (301.644 km/h)
- May 26 66th Cannes Film Festival: "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d'Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded
- May 27 75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
- May 27 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
- Jun 1 Bayern Munich defeat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 to win the DFB-Pokal to become the first German treble-winning team
- Jun 3 20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Jun 3 US extends sanctions against Iran through its automotive industry and currency
- Jun 3 119 people are killed in a poultry farm fire in Jilin Province, China
Music Awards
Jun 5 47th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins
Carrie Underwood
Historic Publication
Jun 5 The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK
Edward Snowden
- Jun 6 Kevin Barry's City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- Jun 7 42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China
- Jun 7 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India
- Jun 7 NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 games to 0
- Jun 8 145th Belmont: Mike Smith aboard Palace Malice wins in 2:30.70
Tennis Open
Jun 8 French Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4
Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova
- Jun 8 NHL Western Conference Finals: Chicago Blackhawks beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1
- Jun 9 59th LPGA Championship won by Inbee Park
- Jun 9 67th Tony Awards: Kinky Boots & Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike win
- Jun 9 Edward Snowden publicly makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents
- Jun 9 112th Men's French Open: Rafael Nadal beats David Ferrer (6-3, 6-2, 6-3)
- Jun 10 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq
Event of Interest
Jun 10 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards: The Big Bang Theory wins Best Comedy Series, Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones win Best Drama Series (tie)
- Jun 12 Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda
Election of Interest
Jun 14 Hassan Rouhani is elected President of Iran
Hassan Rouhani
- Jun 14 Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people
- Jun 14 The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property
- Jun 16 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq
- Jun 16 113rd US Golf Open: Justin Rose shoots a 281 at the Merion Golf Club, PA
- Jun 16 "Despicable Me 2" directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud with voices by Steve Carrel and Kristen Wiig premieres at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival
- Jun 18 31 people are killed and 60 are injured by two suicide bombings in al-Qahira, Baghdad
- Jun 18 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
- Jun 18 Russia passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting children
- Jun 19 48 people are killed by armed bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria
- Jun 20 Miami heat defeat San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals 4-3
Event of Interest
Jun 20 LeBron James is named NBA finals MVP for the second straight year
LeBron James
- Jun 20 67th NBA Championship: Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs, 4 games to 3
- Jun 21 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan
- Jun 23 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
- Jun 23 18 Romanians are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crash in Montenegro
- Jun 23 India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket
- Jun 24 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Boston Bruins 4-2
- Jun 25 37 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in the Central African Republic
- Jun 26 20 people are killed after a rescue helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand
- Jun 26 Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in a leadership battle to become Australian Prime Minister
Theater Premiere
Jun 26 Peter Ustinov's "The Moment of Truth" opens at Southwark Playhouse in London starring Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)
Bonnie Wright
- Jun 27 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia
Event of Interest
Jun 28 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN
Jay Onrait
Dan O'Toole
- Jun 30 30 people are killed after a fuel truck explodes in Kampala, Uganda
- Jun 30 19 fire fighters are killed controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona
- Jul 1 Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of their President, Mohammed Morsi
- Jul 1 47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan
- Jul 1 Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union
- Jul 2 16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
- Jul 2 Reds pitcher Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants 3-0 in Cincinnati, his second no-hitter in 10 months
- Jul 3 Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president
- Jul 4 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago
- Jul 5 15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
- Jul 6 42 people are killed in an attack on a boarding school in Mamudo, Nigeria
- Jul 6 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
- Jul 6 42 people are killed and 5 missing after a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and set of fires in Lac-Megantic, Quebec
- Jul 6 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bob & Mike Bryan beat Ivan Dogic & Marcelo Melo to be the only pair to hold all 4 majors and Olympic gold medal at same time
- Jul 6 British & Irish Lions Rugby Union team thrash Australia 41-16 in Sydney for a 2-1 series win, their first against the Wallabies since 1997
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In her last appearance at a major Marion Bartoli of France beats German Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 for her only Grand Slam title
- Jul 7 10 people are killed after an air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Đoković 6-4. 7-5. 6-4 to become the first British man to win a Wimbledon singles title since 1936
- Jul 8 42 people killed, hundreds injured after the Egyptian army raids a sit-in protest in Cairo
- Jul 8 A dozen people are killed and injured after a hotel collapses in Hyderabad, India
- Jul 10 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China
- Jul 11 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
- Jul 12 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
Event of Interest
Jul 12 Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to education
Malala Yousafzai
- Jul 13 18 people are killed and 40 are injured after a gravel truck collides with a bus in Podolsk, Russia
- Jul 13 Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Jul 15 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
- Jul 15 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
- Jul 16 27 children are killed and 25 are hospitalized after eating lunch contaminated with insecticide in India
- Jul 16 84th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York
- Jul 17 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
- Jul 17 58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China
- Jul 17 21st ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Serena Williams win
- Jul 18 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion
- Jul 18 46th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 19 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq
- Jul 21 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway
- Jul 21 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Golf Major
Jul 21 142nd British Golf Open: Phil Mickelson shoots a 281 at Muirfield Golf Links
Phil Mickelson
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists)
Mike Babcock
- Jul 23 19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
- Jul 24 22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan
- Jul 24 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Jul 26 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
- Jul 27 100 people are killed and 1,500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt
- Jul 27 1,000 inmates escape from a prison in Benghazi, Libya
- Jul 27 First Przewalski’s horse (whose wild populations were believed extinct in 1969) is born via artificial insemination at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute as part of a worldwide effort to rebuild the wild herds
- Jul 28 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
- Jul 29 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
- Jul 29 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
- Jul 29 €103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France
- Jul 30 28 people are killed in a series of bombings in Kano, Nigeria
- Jul 30 134 people are killed in tribal conflicts in Darfyr, Sudan
- Jul 30 9 children are killed and 20 are injured after a school bus collides with a truck in Hanumangarh, India
- Jul 30 Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan
- Jul 30 Wikileaks discloser Bradley [later Chelsea] Manning convicted of 17 espionage charges
Election of Interest
Aug 1 Robert Mugabe continues to maintain power after winning 142 out of 210 seats in the Zimbabwean election
Robert Mugabe
- Aug 2 40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria
Event of Interest
Aug 2 Carl Icahn sues computer giant Dell in an attempt to derail a buyout bid by the CEO, Michael Dell
Carl Icahn
Michael Dell
- Aug 3 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
- Aug 3 80 people are killed in a wave of insurgency across Iraq
- Aug 3 Super 15 Rugby Final: Chiefs successfully defend title with a 27-22 over ACT Brumbies at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
- Aug 4 Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran
- Aug 5 160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Aug 5 The world's first bovine stem cell lab-grown burger is eaten in London
- Aug 5 Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankee MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones
Event of Interest
Aug 5 Samantha Power becomes the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Samantha Power
- Aug 6 18 people are killed and 55 are wounded by a car bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria
- Aug 6 25 people are killed and 60 are wounded by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
- Aug 6 1 person is killed and 4 are injured after a hot air balloon crash in Montbovon, Sweden
- Aug 6 An alleged chemical weapons attack on Damascus, Syria, is claimed by Syrian rebels
- Aug 7 11 people are killed by a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan
- Aug 8 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
- Aug 8 14 people are killed by a bomb explosion in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- Aug 8 4 people are killed and 4 are wounded in a shooting spree in Dallas, Texas
Event of Interest
Aug 8 Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama
Ben Bradlee
- Aug 9 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan
- Aug 10 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia
- Aug 10 16 Royal Guardsmen are killed in a bus accident in Al Hoceima, Morocco
- Aug 10 14th Athletics World Championships open at Moscow, Russia
- Aug 11 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Pakistan
- Aug 11 2 people are killed and 30 are injured after a coach crash in southern France
- Aug 11 95th PGA Championship: Jason Dufner shoots a 270 at Oak Hill Country Club
Event of Interest
Aug 11 14th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 100m
Usain Bolt
Murder of Interest
Aug 12 Whitey Bulger is found guilty on 31 of 32 counts, and is found to have been involved in 11 murders
Whitey Bulger
- Aug 13 "Crash My Party" 4th studio album by Luke Bryan is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2014)
- Aug 14 14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq
- Aug 14 638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
- Aug 15 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut
- Aug 16 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines
- Aug 17 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo
- Aug 17 18 people are killed in conflict between Boko Harem and Nigerian military
- Aug 17 14th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m
- Aug 18 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India
- Aug 19 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
- Aug 19 37 pilgrims are killed in a train accident in India
- Aug 19 91 people are killed by floods across China
- Aug 20 9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus
Film Premier
Aug 20 "One Direction: This Is Us" 3D concert film of One Direction directed by Morgan Spurlock premieres in London
Zayn Malik
Harry Styles
- Aug 21 37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia
- Aug 21 21 people are killed in flash floods in Qinghai province, China
- Aug 22 14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq
- Aug 23 50 people are killed in mosque bombings in Tripoli, Lebanon
- Aug 23 26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
- Aug 23 UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a chemical massacre
- Aug 24 4 people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Shetland Islands
- Aug 24 30 people are killed in a gang battle involving flame throwers in Palmasola prison, Bolivia
- Aug 25 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq
- Aug 25 4 people are killed and 25 are injured after a train derails in Tabasco, Mexico