Historical Events In 2013

Jan 01   On this day in history 13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Columbian military   

Jan 03   On this day in history 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 2013 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history a failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths   

Jan 13   Argo wins the Golden Globe awards for best drama and best director in the year 2013.   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 2013.   

Jan 17   106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 2013 4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland   

Jan 20   On this day in history austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum   

Jan 21   In the year 2013 30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh, Syria   

Jan 22   A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people in the year 2013.   

Jan 23   On this day in history 23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq   

Jan 24   In the year 2013 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia   

Jan 25   On this day in history tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding   

Jan 26   On this day in history 30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt   

Jan 27   On this day in history 20 police officers have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan   

Jan 28   In the year 2013 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 in the year 2013.   

Jan 31   In the year 2013 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa   

Feb 01   In the year 2013 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 in the year 2013.   

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

Feb 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 2013.   

Feb 06   A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs Off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People is vandalized at the Louvre-Lens museum on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 5 people are killed after Cessna plane crashes on a Brussels runway   

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Feb 19   Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914) died on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937) died in the year 2013.   

Mar 05   On this day in history death of hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)   

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

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 in the year 2013.   

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 in the year 2013.