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   In the year 2013 pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history 16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand  

Feb 14   On this day in history a suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan  

Feb 15   Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia in the year 2013.  

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   On this day in history 37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings  

Feb 18   In the year 2013 15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia  

Feb 19   12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 2013 estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars  

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   29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history 51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan  

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

Feb 25   Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election in the year 2013.  

Feb 26   In the year 2013 a flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed  

Feb 27   On this day in history 20 people are killed in a market fire in Calcutta, India  

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

Mar 01   The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect in the year 2013.  

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

Mar 04   40 Syrian soldiers are killed in an ambush in Western Iraq on this day in history.  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city  

Mar 07   In the year 2013 hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature  

Mar 08   North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea in the year 2013.  

Mar 09   On this day in history 19 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan  

Mar 10   Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy in the year 2013.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   On this day in history 10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan  

Mar 14   In the year 2013 25 people are killed and 50 are wounded by a series of car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq  

Mar 15   24 people die after a double decker bus veers of a pass in Cape Town, South Africa in the year 2013.  

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   Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914) died on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history death of robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937)  

Mar 05   In the year 2013 death of hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)  

Mar 05   Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954) died on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history death of peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947)  

Mar 07   Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922) died on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946) died in the year 2013.  

Mar 23   On this day in history death of joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920)