Page 2: Historical Events In 2013

Feb 10   Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan in the year 2013.   

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 in the year 2013.   

Feb 17   37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan in the year 2013.   

Feb 24   In the year 2013 10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali   

Feb 25   In the year 2013 italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election   

Feb 26   A flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed in the year 2013.   

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   In the year 2013 the 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 2013 syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city   

Mar 07   Hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature in the year 2013.   

Mar 08   In the year 2013 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   On this day in history aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy   

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

Mar 12   On this day in history jOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits   

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

Mar 14   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits in the year 2013.   

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Feb 19   Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914) died in the year 2013.   

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

Mar 05   Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 2013 death of damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)   

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

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