Historical Events In 2013

Feb 10   In the year 2013 nigeria defeat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations  

Feb 11   Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 2013 north Korea confirms it has successfully tested a nuclear device that could be weaponized  

Feb 13   In the year 2013 16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand  

Feb 14   A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia on this day in history.  

Feb 16   84 people are killed and 190 are injured after a market bombing in Hazara Town, Pakistan on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 2013 37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings  

Feb 18   15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia on this day in history.  

Feb 19   12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a in the year 2013.  

Feb 20   Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars in the year 2013.  

Feb 21   83 people are killed and 250 are injured in a series of bombing attacks in Damascus, Syria on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 2013 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo  

Feb 23   In the year 2013 51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan  

Feb 24   10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election on this day in history.  

Feb 26   On this day in history a flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed  

Feb 27   In the year 2013 20 people are killed in a market fire in Calcutta, India  

Feb 28   28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq on this day in history.  

Mar 01   The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history 45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan  

Mar 04   In the year 2013 40 Syrian soldiers are killed in an ambush in Western Iraq  

Mar 05   On this day in history the Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time  

Mar 06   Syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city in the year 2013.  

Mar 07   On this day in history hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature  

Mar 08   On this day in history north Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea  

Mar 09   19 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan in the year 2013.  

Mar 10   Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy on this day in history.  

Mar 11   In the year 2013 european Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals  

Mar 12   JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits in the year 2013.  

Mar 13   10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan in the year 2013.  

Mar 14   25 people are killed and 50 are wounded by a series of car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history 24 people die after a double decker bus veers of a pass in Cape Town, South Africa  

Mar 16   A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits on this day in history.  

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Feb 19   On this day in history death of armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914)  

Feb 19   Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937) died on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954) died in the year 2013.  

Mar 05   Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954) died in the year 2013.  

Mar 07   Peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947) died in the year 2013.  

Mar 07   On this day in history death of damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)  

Mar 23   On this day in history death of boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946)  

Mar 23   Joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920) died on this day in history.