Page 4: Historical Events In 2013

Apr 22   6 people are killed in a shooting rampage in Belgorod, Russia   

Apr 23   28 people are killed and 70 are injured during clashes between police and Sunni Muslims in Hawija, Iraq   

Apr 24   33 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan.   

Apr 25   The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years.   

Apr 26   30 people are killed after a bus crashes following a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan   

Apr 27   10 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan.   

Apr 28   8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan   

Apr 29   7 people are killed after a Boeing 747 crashes in Bagram, Afghanistan   

Apr 30   13 people are killed after a bomb explodes in Damascus.   

May 01   Insurgents kill 6 people in Pattani, Thailand   

May 02   14 members of the Sons of Iraq are killed in attacks in Fallujah, Iraq   

May 03   Aorun zhaoi, a Theropod dinosaur, dating from 161 million years ago, is discovered in China.   

May 04   5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.   

May 05   10 people are killed in a church attack in Njilan, Nigeria.   

May 06   10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq   

May 07   55 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Nigeria.   

May 09   Everton Manager David Moyes is announced to become Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United   

May 12   Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints   

May 14   Brazil is recorded as becoming the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage   

May 15   The Eurozone records a recession for the sixth straight quarter.   

May 16   Bill Gates is recorded as becoming the world's richest man with $72.7 Billion again after losing the position in 2008.   

May 17   90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq   

May 18   RC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final.   

May 19   Sweden defeat Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship.   

May 20   133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq.   

May 21   Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One   

May 24   Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador.   

May 25   17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan.   

May 26   The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League   

May 27   75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq.   

Jun 01   Bayern Munich defeat VfB Stuttgart 3-2 to win the DFB-Pokal to become the inaugural German treble-winning team.   

Jun 03   20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.   

Jun 05   44 people are killed by a lightning storm in Bihar, India   

Jun 06   In this year, Kevin Barry's City of Bohane claims the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award   

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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)