Historical Events In 2013

Jan 01   In the year 2013 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria in the year 2013.   

Jan 06   10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan in the year 2013.   

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

Jan 08   130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes on this day in history.   

Jan 10   81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan on this day in history.   

Jan 11   46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China in the year 2013.   

Jan 12   In the year 2013 a failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths   

Jan 13   On this day in history argo wins 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   24 people are dead after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria on this day in history.   

Jan 17   106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs in the year 2013.   

Jan 19   On this day in history 4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland   

Jan 20   Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history a series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people   

Jan 23   In the year 2013 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 in the year 2013.   

Jan 25   Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   On this day in history 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   300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa in the year 2013.   

Feb 01   On this day in history the Nigerian Army bomb a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people   

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

Feb 03   In the year 2013 33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 2013.   

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

Feb 08   16 people are killed and 27 are wounded by a market bombing in Kalaya, Pakistan in the year 2013.   

Feb 09   In the year 2013 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   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   In the year 2013 death of paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)   

Mar 07   In the year 2013 death of peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947)   

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

Mar 23   Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946) died on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1920) died in the year 2013.