Historical Events In 2013

Jan 01   13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Columbian military.   

Jan 03   27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq.   

Jan 04   9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria   

Jan 06   10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan.   

Jan 07   In this year, Lionel Messi claims the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year   

Jan 08   130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes.   

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 12   A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths   

Jan 13   In this year, Argo claims the Golden Globe awards for best drama and best director   

Jan 15   83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria   

Jan 16   24 people are dead after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria   

Jan 17   106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs.   

Jan 19   4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland   

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 22   A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people.   

Jan 23   23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq   

Jan 24   17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia.   

Jan 25   Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding   

Jan 26   30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt   

Jan 27   20 police officers have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan.   

Jan 28   10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China.   

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.   

Feb 01   The Nigerian Army bomb a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people   

Feb 02   23 people are killed and 8 are injured after militants attacked an army base in the Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan.   

Feb 03   33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq.   

Feb 04   20 people are killed after an apartment building was struck by a rocket in Aleppo, Syria.   

Feb 05   UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage.   

Feb 06   A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs Off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people.   

Feb 07   Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum   

Feb 08   16 people are killed and 27 are wounded by a market bombing in Kalaya, Pakistan   

Feb 09   5 people are killed after Cessna plane crashes on a Brussels runway.   

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Feb 19   Armen alchian: American economist (b. 1914)   

Feb 19   Robert coleman richardson: American nobel physicist (b. 1937)   

Mar 05   Hugo ch�vez: President of venezuela (b. 1954)   

Mar 05   Paul bearer: American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)   

Mar 07   Peter banks: British guitarist (b. 1947)   

Mar 07   Damiano damiani: Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)   

Mar 23   Boris berezovsky: Russian businessman (b. 1946)   

Mar 23   Joe weider: Canadian-born american bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920)