2013 in History

Events 1 - 100 of 605

• Jan 1 13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Colombian military
• Jan 1 13 Boko Harem members are killed by Nigeria’s military in Maiduguri
• Jan 1 60 people are killed and 200 are injured after a stampede following New Year celebrations
• Jan 1 18 people are killed and 16 wounded after a bus and mini-bus collision in Thiès, Senegal
• Jan 1 10 people are killed and 120 are injured in a stampede in Luanda, Angola
• Jan 1 US bi-partisan deal temporarily avoids the fiscal cliff
• Jan 3 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq
• Jan 4 9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
• Jan 4 8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit, the Philippines
• Jan 4 6 people are killed a 2 are seriously injured after a snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mt Cermis, Italy
• Jan 4 3 people are killed after a Beechcraft BE35 crashes into a house in Florida
• Jan 6 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
• Jan 8 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
• Jan 8 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels
• Jan 10 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
• Jan 11 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China


• Jan 11 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
• Jan 12 A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths
• Jan 12 Beijing’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health
• Jan 15 83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria
• Jan 15 19 Egyptian Army recruits are killed and 120 are injured in a train accident in Giza
• Jan 16 24 people die after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria
• Jan 16 A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages
• Jan 16 25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt
• Jan 17 106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs
• Jan 17 33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
• Jan 17 4 people are killed and over 2,000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta, Indonesia
• Jan 17 8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas, Mexico
• Jan 17 Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
• Jan 19 Four climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland
• Jan 19 Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
• Jan 20 Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum
• Jan 21 30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh, Syria
• Jan 21 41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna, Austria
• Jan 21 18 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus falls down a ravine in Yungas, Bolivia
• Jan 21 1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia
• Jan 21 Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Netherlands’ Minister of Finance, becomes the President of the Euro Group
• Jan 22 A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
• Jan 22 The Bank of Japan doubles its inflation target to 2% and announces open-ended asset purchases for 2014 in the hope of ending deflation
• Jan 23 23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq
• Jan 23 18 people are killed in a market shooting in Damboa, Nigeria


• Jan 23 US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat
• Jan 24 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia
• Jan 24 A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute
• Jan 24 Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District, Chechnya
• Jan 25 8 people are killed by 2 car bombs in Golan Heights, Syria
• Jan 25 Islamist forces are driven out of Hombori by the Malian army
• Jan 25 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt’s 2011 revolution
• Jan 25 50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
• Jan 25 Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding
• Jan 25 Initial GDP figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 show the UK economy shrank by 0.3% raising fears of a triple dip recession
• Jan 26 30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt
• Jan 26 10 people are killed and 20 are injured by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan
• Jan 26 The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz
• Jan 26 Miloš Zeman wins the Czech Republic’s presidential election
• Jan 27 20 police officers have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan
• Jan 27 In Port Said, Egypt, protests result in 7 people being killed and 630 are injured
• Jan 27 11 people are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crashes down a ravine in Serta, Portugal
• Jan 28 10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China
• Jan 28 Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space
• Jan 28 20 people are killed after a Bombardier CRJ200 airliner crashes outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Jan 30 South Korea successfully launches its rocket Naro-1 which was carrying a scientific satellite
• Jan 31 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa
• Jan 31 36 people are killed and 126 are injured in an explosion at Torre Ejecutiva Pemex, Mexico

• Feb 1 The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people
• Feb 1 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan
• Feb 1 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China
• Feb 1 Zenit-3SL, a Ukranian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean
• Feb 2 23 people are killed and 8 are injured after militants attacked an army base in the Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan

• Feb 2 18 people are killed and 34 are injured after a bus catches fire after falling down a ravine in Gansu province, China
• Feb 3 33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq
• Feb 4 20 people are killed after an apartment building was struck by a rocket in Aleppo, Syria
• Feb 4 22 people are killed and 44 are injured after a suicide bombing in Taji, Iraq
• Feb 4 8 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus collides with two vehicles and flips in Yucaipa, California
• Feb 4 22 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus and a truck collide in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
• Feb 4 Paris, France annuls 213 year old law banning women from wearing trousers
• Feb 5 UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage
• Feb 5 The US Postal Service announces the cessation of Saturday first-class mail delivery from August 2013
• Feb 6 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people
• Feb 7 Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum
• Feb 7 Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1
• Feb 8 29 people are killed and 69 are injured in a series of Iraq bombings
• Feb 8 16 people are killed and 27 are wounded by a market bombing in Kalaya, Pakistan
• Feb 8 100, 000 people march to demand justice for the atrocities of the Bangladesh Liberation War in Dhaka
• Feb 8 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 9 5 people are killed after Cessna plane crashes on a Brussels runway
• Feb 10 36 people are killed and 39 are injured in a stampede at a train station in Allahabad, India
• Feb 10 5 people are killed by a falling lifeboat from the cruise ship Thomson Majesty in the Canary islands
• Feb 10 Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
• Feb 11 18 coal miners are killed in an explosion in the Komi region, Russia

• Feb 12 North Korea allegedly conducts its third nuclear test, saying it was a nuclear device that could be weaponized
• Feb 13 16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand
• Feb 13 10 civilians, including 3 children, are killed by a NATO airstrike in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan
• Feb 13 Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, says he believes "a recovery is in sight" after fears raised about a triple dip recession
• Feb 14 A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan
• Feb 14 Oscar Pistorius, a South African amputee sprinter, is charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp
• Feb 14 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, will be switched off for two years for upgrading

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• Jul 22 Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, England (3rd in line to the English throne), born in London, England

• Jan 19 "Big Brother" Daniele Donato (26) weds Dominic Briones at the Newland House Museum in Huntington Beach, California
• Feb 14 Wedding planner to the stars Preston Bailey (63) weds Theo Bleckmann (47) at Empire State Building
• Feb 16 "Devious Maids" actress Dania Ramirez (33) weds director Bev Land on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• Mar 30 ER actor Mekhi Phifer (38) weds long time girlfriend Reshelet Barnes at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
• Apr 20 "Hart of Dixie" actor Scott Porter (33) weds Kelsey Mayfield in Austin, Texas
• May 19 Former Armor for Sleep frontman Ben Jorgensen (29) weds actress Katrina Bowden (24) at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in NYC, New York
• Jun 1 "How to Make It in America" actress Lake Bell (34) weds tattoo artist Scott Campbell at The Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jun 7 "Client List" actress Alicia Lagano (34) weds manager Hector Rendon at the Malibu Lake Mountain Club in Agoura Hills, California
• Jun 8 Celebrity chef Curtis Stone (37) weds actress Lindsay Price (36) at a private villa in Mallorca, Spain
• Jun 8 Princess Madeleine of Sweden (30) weds banker Christopher O'Neill at The Royal Palace Church in Stockholm, Sweden
• Jun 14 90210 actor Matt Lanter (30) weds longtime girlfriend Angela Stacy at the Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California
• Jun 15 "Hart of Dixie" actor Cress Williams (42) weds girlfriend Kristen Torrianni in Texas
• Jun 21 Actor Peter Scolari (57) weds broadway actress Tracy Shayne in NYC, New York
• Jun 22 Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland (45) weds photographer Jamie Wachtel in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 28 Writer Josh Kilmer-Purcell (43) weds physician Brent Ridge in Sharon Springs, New York
• Jul 2 Actor John Barrowman (46) weds longtime boyfriend Scott Gill in California
• Jul 20 "Modern Family" actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (37) weds lawyer Justin Mikita in NYC, New York
• Jul 26 Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik (47) weds Melina Gallo at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California
• Aug 31 "Blue Crush" actress Kate Bosworth (30) weds director Michael Polish (42) in Philipsburg, Montana

• Oct 12 Actor Ben Feldman (33) weds longtime girlfriend Michelle Mulitz at Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Oct 12 "30 Rock" actor Keith Powell weds visual artist Jill Knox at Tribeca Rooftop in NYC, New York
• Oct 19 Actress Danielle Fishel (32) weds Tim Belusko in Los Angeles
• Oct 20 Actor Rider Strong (33) weds actress Alexandra Barreto (31) in Oregon
• Oct 26 Actress Christina Ricci (33) weds dolly grip James Heerdegen in Manhattan, New York
• Nov 2 'N Sync founding member Chris Kirkpatrick (42) weds his girlfriend Karly Skladany in Orlando, Florida
• Nov 2 "Smash" actress Megan Hilty (32) weds Brian Gallagher at a chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Dec 22 Actress Lacey Chabert (31) weds longtime boyfriend David Nehdar in Los Angeles, California

Deaths 1 - 100 of 142

• Jan 2 Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82
• Jan 4 Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Soviet fighter pilot, dies at 94
• Jan 5 Bruce McCarty, American architect, dies at 92
• Jan 7 Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), dies from complications of pneumonia at 80
• Jan 8 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist, dies from lung cancer at 85
• Jan 8 Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist, dies at 92
• Jan 9 James M. Buchanan, American economist (Nobel Memorial 1986), dies at 93
• Jan 10 Evan Connell, American author, dies at 88
• Jan 11 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
• Jan 11 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
• Jan 15 Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
• Jan 16 Abigail Van Buren [Pauline Phillips], American columnist and radio show host known for "Dear Abby" advice column, twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 94
• Jan 22 Ellen Blazer [Esther Clara Blazer], Dutch TV director (Sonja), dies at 81
• Jan 26 Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese doctor, dies at 84
• Jan 29 Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
• Feb 1 Ed Koch, American congressman and New York City Mayor (1977-89), dies from heart failure at 88
• Feb 2 Chris Kyle, American sniper, is shot at 38
• Feb 3 Cardiss Collins, American politician (first African-American woman to represent the Midwest in Congress), dies at 81
• Feb 5 Stuart Freeborn, English motion picture make-up artist, dies at 98
• Feb 9 Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-born American martial artist, dies at 99
• Feb 10 Eugenio Trias, Spanish philosopher, dies at 70
• Feb 12 Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukranian politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-98), dies at 81
• Feb 19 Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist (Nobel 1996), dies at 75
• Feb 25 Charles Koop, American pediatric surgeon, health administrator and 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96
• Feb 25 C. Everett Koop, 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96
• Feb 27 Stephane Hessel, German-born French diplomat, dies at 95
• Feb 28 Bruce Reynolds, English criminal, dies at 81
• Feb 28 Donald A. Glaser, American physicist (Nobel 1960), dies at 86

• Mar 7 Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect, dies at 92
• Mar 14 Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier, dies at 82
• Mar 15 Booth Gardner, American politician, dies from Parkinson's disease at 76
• Mar 18 Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and fighter ace, dies at 77
• Mar 20 James Herbert, British horror writer, dies at 69

• Mar 22 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
• Mar 23 David Bond, British sailor, dies at 90
• Mar 25 Anthony Lewis, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize 195,1963) & author, dies from kidney and heart failure at 85
• Mar 26 Yury Rudov, Soviet fencer, dies at 82
• Apr 4 Carmine Infantino, American comic book artist, dies at 87
• Apr 7 John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael's Mount), dies at 94

• Apr 9 David Hayes, American sculptor, dies from leukemia at 82
• Apr 9 Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985), dies at 93
• Apr 10 Robert Edwards, British physiologist, IVF pioneer, and Nobel laureate, dies at 87
• Apr 11 Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist and immunologist, dies at 96
• Apr 15 Sal Castro, Mexican-American activist, dies from thyroid cancer at 79
• Apr 19 Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), dies at 78
• Apr 19 Francois Jacob, French biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 92
• Apr 20 Howard Phillips, American politician, dies from dementia and Alzheimer's disease at 72
• Apr 20 Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), dies at 78
• Apr 21 Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, dies at 107
• Apr 23 Robert Edgar, American Congressman, dies from a heart attack at 69
• May 4 Christian de Duve, British cytologist and biochemist (Nobel 1974), dies from euthanasia at 95
• May 4 Morgan Morgan-Giles, British Naval officer and politician, dies at 98
• May 6 Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, dies at 94
• May 8 Taylor Mead, American writer, actor and performer (Factory, Taylor Mead's Ass), dies at 88
• May 13 Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, dies from respiratory failure at 85
• May 16 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986), dies at 79
• May 16 Bernard Waber, American children's book author, dies from kidney failure at 88
• May 17 Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinean dictator, dies from complications from a fall at 87
• May 22 Fusilier Lee Rigby, British Army soldier, murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in London by two Islamic terrorists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale
• May 26 Jack Vance, American sci-fi author, dies at 96
• May 31 Tim Samaras, American tornado chaser, dies from tornado injuries at 55
• Jun 2 John Gilbert, British politician and Minister (Labour), dies at 86
• Jun 3 Frank Lautenberg, American Politician, dies from complications from pneumonia at 89
• Jun 5 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish paramilitary and political leader of Sinn Féin, dies at 80
• Jun 6 Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
• Jun 6 Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85
• Jun 7 Pierre Mauroy, French Prime Minister, dies from lung cancer at 84
• Jun 8 Paul Cellucci, American politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65
• Jun 8 John Boyd [Boyd Bradfield Upchurch], American sci-fi author (The Last Starship from Earth), dies at 93
• Jun 9 Iain Banks, Scottish author, dies from gallbladder cancer at 59
• Jun 10 Barbara Vucanovich, American politician, dies at 91
• Jun 11 Robert Fogel, American economic historian and Nobel Laureate, dies at 86
• Jun 15 Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist (Nobel 1982), dies from lymphoma at 77
• Jun 19 Gyula Horn, Hungarian Prime Minister, dies at 80
• Jun 24 Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72, dies at 93
• Jun 26 Bert Stern, American photographer, dies at 83
• Jul 1 William Gray III, American politician, dies from natural causes at 71
• Jul 2 Arlan Stangeland, American politician, dies at 83

• Jul 2 Sef Imkamp, Dutch politician, dies at 88
• Jul 3 Radu Vasile, Prime Minister of Romania (1998-99), dies at 70
• Jul 7 Donald J. Irwin, American politician (32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut), dies from heart failure at 86
• Jul 11 Eugene Wilkinson, American naval officer, dies at 94
• Jul 11 Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), dies at 93
• Jul 25 Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer (Paper Airplane), commits suicide at 56
• Jul 26 Rolf Haufs, German writer , dies at 77
• Jul 27 Lindy Boggs [Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs], American political administrator, dies from natural causes at 97
• Jul 28 William Scranton, American politician, dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 96
• Jul 28 William Scranton, American Republican Party politician and diplomat, dies at 96
• Aug 3 Farman Fatehpuri [Syed Dildar Ali], Urdu scholar, linguist, critic and author, dies of natural causes at 87
• Aug 4 Sandy Woodward [John Forster], English admiral (British Naval Task Force, Falklands War), dies at 81
• Aug 19 José Sarria, American political activist, drag queen and 1st openly gay candidate for public office in the US (1961), dies of adrenal cancer at 90
• Aug 20 Elmore Leonard, American author (Glitz, Mr Majestyk, Touch, 52 Pick-Up), dies from complications from a stroke at 87
• Aug 23 William Glasser, American psychiatrist, dies from respiratory failure from pneumonia at 88

• Sep 2 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author, dies at 93
• Sep 2 Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician (2nd Governor-General of Grenada (1978-92)), dies at 78

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