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*The [[2013 Boston Marathon]] is disrupted by the [[Boston Marathon bombing|bombing]], becoming one of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in the [[United States|US]];
*[[Pope Francis]] is elected in the [[2013 conclave|conclave]]; the conclave happened because Pope [[Benedict XVI]] [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigned]] due to health reasons;
*[[Edward Snowden]], former [[NSA]] contractor and whistleblower, [[2010s global surveillance disclosures|leaks]] classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs;
*a [[Westgate shopping mall shooting|shooting]] on the [[Westgate, Nairobi|Westgate mall]] in [[Kenya]] that took place over several days kills 71, including all perpetrators;
* the mysterious [[Chelyabinsk meteor]] superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over [[Russia]]; no deaths have been reported, but almost 1,500 are injured;
* a [[2013 Savar building collapse|building collapse in Bangladesh]] kills 1,134 and is one of the biggest structural failures in [[Bangladesh]];
*[[2013 North India floods|North India floods]] kill 6,054; the floods also expanded to [[Nepal]] and [[Tibet]];
*a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] leads to a stampede that killed 242;
*[[Microsoft]] launches the [[Xbox One]];
*''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' is released, becoming a global phenomenon with its signature song "[[Let It Go]]".
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'''2013''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday|common year that started on a Tuesday]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it is the 2013th year in the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations; the 13th year in the [[3rd millennium]] and the [[21st century]]; and the 3rd year of the [[2010s]]. -->

2013 was the first year since 1987 (after 26 years) to contain four unique digits, or no repeating numbers.<ref name="theworld.org unique digits">{{cite news |date=4 January 2013 |title=2013: What's in a Number? |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number |publisher=[[theworld.org]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251113010522/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/2013-whats-number |archive-date=13 November 2025 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>

2013 was designated as:

*International Year of Water Cooperation<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years">{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances: International Years|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=April 14, 2015|ref=United Nations Observances: International Years|archive-date=May 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508170503/http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[International Year of Quinoa]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years"/>
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==Events==

===January===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake]]: A {{M|w|7.5}} ({{M|s|7.7}}, 'Moderate') earthquake shakes [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]].
* [[January 10]] &ndash; At least 130 people are killed and 270 are injured in [[January 2013 Pakistan bombings|several bomb blasts in Pakistan]].
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The [[French Armed Forces|French military]] begins a 5-month intervention into the [[Northern Mali conflict]], targeting the militant [[Islamist]] [[Ansar Dine]] group.<ref>{{cite news|title=France launches Mali military intervention|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|access-date=January 11, 2013|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=January 11, 2013|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170912/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013111135659836345.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|title=France army in key Mali withdrawal|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617214140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22664484|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]]&ndash;[[January 20|20]] &ndash; 39 international workers and 1 security guard die in a [[In Amenas hostage crisis|hostage crisis]] at a [[natural gas]] facility near [[In Aménas]], Algeria.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|title=Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault|last=Chikhi|first=Lamine|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201180721/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130117|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|title=Foreigners held hostage by terrorists in Algeria|publisher=BBC|date=January 16, 2013|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21042659|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216181952/http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/algeria-hostage-crisis-briton-confirmed-dead-as-workers-held-hostage-by-terrorists-1-2740491|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|title=Algeria hostage crisis: Briton confirmed dead as workers held hostage by terrorists|last=Peterkin|first=Tom|date=January 17, 2013|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=July 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|title=Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field|last1=Watkins|first1=Tom|date=January 16, 2013|publisher=[[CNN]]|last2=Smith-Spark|first2=Laura|last3=Yousuf|first3=Basil|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117181553/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; An estimated 245 people die in a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] in [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police up death toll to 245 in Brazil club fire|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|agency=Associated Press|date=27 January 2013|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=January 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220207/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/more-90-dead-nightclub-fire-brazil|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===February===

* [[February 10]] – Severe weather spawns eight tornadoes across southern [[Mississippi]] and southwest [[Alabama]], including [[2013 Hattiesburg tornado|an EF4 tornado which struck the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi]].
* [[February 11]] – The [[Emergency Alert System]]s of five different television stations across the U.S. states of [[Montana]], [[Michigan]], [[Wisconsin]], and [[New Mexico]] are [[2013 Emergency Alert System hijackings|hijacked, airing a false "Zombie apocalypse" hoax]]. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2013-02-14 |title=Zombie hack blamed on easy passwords |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/02/14/zombie-hack-blamed-on-easy-passwords/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anders |first=Melissa |date=2013-02-13 |title=Zombie apocalypse now? Michigan TV stations' Emergency Alert Systems hacked with notice of walking dead |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2013/02/zombie_apocalypse_now_michigan.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref>{{Importance inline|date=March 2025|reason=The material preceding this tag may lack sufficient importance.}}
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] conducts its [[2013 North Korean nuclear test|third underground nuclear test]], prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bilby |first=Ethan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 |title=EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea |work=Reuters |date=February 18, 2013 |access-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201110756/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 |title=UN adopts tough new North Korea sanctions after nuclear test |date=March 7, 2013 |publisher=BBC |access-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129223256/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; A [[Chelyabinsk meteor|meteor]] explodes over the Russian city of [[Chelyabinsk]], injuring 1,489–1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere [[Tunguska event|in over a century]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942|title=Russia meteor eyewitness: 'Something like the sun fell'|publisher=BBC|date=February 15, 2013|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614033439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942?|url-status=live}}</ref> The incident, along with a coincidental [[2012 DA14|flyby of a larger asteroid]], prompts international concern regarding the [[global catastrophic risk#Asteroid impact|vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McKie|first=Robin|title=Scientists unveil new detectors in race to save Earth from next asteroid|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 16, 2013|access-date=July 11, 2013|location=London|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065953/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Vindication for Entrepreneurs Watching Sky: Yes, It Can Fall|access-date=April 22, 2013|date=February 16, 2013|first=William J.|last=Broad|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104050747/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; American scientists use a [[3D printer]] to create a living lab-grown [[ear]] from [[collagen]] and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as [[organ transplant|transplant]]s for human patients with ear trauma or amputation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221195804/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2013|title=Scientists create artificial ear using 3D printing and living-cell gels|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=February 21, 2013|access-date=February 25, 2013|location=London}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Park Geun-hye]] becomes the first woman to become the president of [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 |title=Park's swearing-in draws record 70,000 participants |newspaper=The Korea Herald |access-date=16 October 2015 |date=24 February 2013 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619225516/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigns]] as [[pope]], becoming the first to [[papal resignation|do so]] since [[Pope Gregory XII|Gregory XII]] in [[1415]], and the first to do so voluntarily since [[Pope Celestine V|Celestine V]] in [[1294]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 |title=Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope |date=February 28, 2013 |author=Pullella, Philip |work=Reuters |access-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201073212/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===March===
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Jorge Mario Bergoglio of [[Argentina]] is [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the [[papal name|name]] [[Pope Francis|Francis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|publisher=BBC|title=Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis|date=March 13, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916140850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|title=Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis|last1=Pullella|first1=Philip|date=March 14, 2013|work=Reuters|last2=Moody|first2=Barry|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202002516/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|title=New pope chosen: Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio who becomes Pope Francis|last=Hahn|first=Phil|date=March 13, 2013|publisher=[[CTV News]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=March 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|url-status=dead}}</ref> and becomes the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal|title=Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal|last=Bell|first=Caleb|date=March 20, 2013|publisher=[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church USA]]|access-date=July 24, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015843/http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Central African Republic]] President [[François Bozizé]] flees to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], after [[Séléka|rebel forces]] [[Central African Republic Civil War#Fall of Bangui|capture]] the nation's capital, [[Bangui]].<ref name=BBC24march>{{cite news|title=Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|publisher=BBC|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627113933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AJE CAR">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|title=CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace|date=March 24, 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324125650/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The European Union [[2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis|agrees to a €10&nbsp;billion economic bailout]] for [[Cyprus]]. The bailout loan will be equally split between the [[European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism]], the [[European Financial Stability Facility]], and the [[International Monetary Fund]]. The deal precipitates a [[2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis|banking crisis]] in the island nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|title=Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal|date=March 17, 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eurogroup bailout package agreement on 25 March">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142434/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=live|title=Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus|publisher=[[Eurogroup]]|date=March 25, 2013}}</ref>

===April===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts the [[Arms Trade Treaty]] to regulate the international trade of [[conventional weapon]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE9310MN20130402|title=U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty|work=Reuters|author=Charbonneau, Louis|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202001250/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE9310MN20130402|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[April 13]] &ndash; [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election|Venezuelan presidential election]]: [[Nicolás Maduro]] is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent [[Henrique Capriles Radonski]].<ref name="BBC19April">{{cite web|date=19 April 2013|title=Venezuela election vote to be audited|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|access-date=19 April 2013|publisher=BBC|archive-date=April 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420002730/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22215387|url-status=live}}</ref> [[2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests|Protests continue to October]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 April 2013|title="Cacerolazo" contra Maduro ensordece a Venezuela|work=Diario Libre|publisher=Omnimedia|url=http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=May 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504200332/http://www.diariolibre.com/internacionales/2013/04/15/i379410_cacerolazo-contra-maduro-ensordece-venezuela.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Boston Marathon bombing]]: Two Chechnya-born Islamist brothers (one a United States citizen) detonate 2 bombs at the [[Boston Marathon]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], in the United States, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|title=Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores|publisher=CNN|author=Josh Levs and Monte Plott|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145041/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html|title=Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264|quote=It turns out that we had double-counted some patients who were transferred from 1 hospital to another, so we reviewed our spreadsheets and cleaned up the duplicates|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|last=Kotz|first=Deborah|date=April 24, 2013|access-date=May 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331141156/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[April 20]] &ndash; A [[2013 Lushan earthquake|magnitude 6.6 earthquake]] jolts [[Sichuan]], China, leaving 193 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.<ref name="3rd press conference">{{cite web |url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |title=雅安地震共造成193人死亡21人失踪 |publisher=[[:zh:凤凰网|凤凰网资讯]] |date=April 21, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224030028/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/lushandizhen/content-3/detail_2013_04/21/24475808_0.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 21]] &ndash; Businessman [[Horacio Cartes]] wins the [[2013 Paraguayan general election]] against [[Efraín Alegre]].
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The [[2013 Savar building collapse]], one of the worst [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Structural collapses|industrial disasters]] in the world, kills 1,134 people in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|title=Action on Bangladesh|website=IndustriALL|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026065216/http://www.industriall-union.org/action-on-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|title=After Rana Plaza horror, what changed for Bangladesh garment workers?|date=April 24, 2018|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424065719/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2143075/five-years-nightmare-rana-plaza-what-changed-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]] is [[Inauguration of the Dutch monarch|inaugurated]] as [[King of the Netherlands]] following the abdication of [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]].<ref name="royalhouse">{{cite web|title=Royal House of the Netherlands|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander|website=royal-house.nl|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017101613/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander|url-status=live}}</ref>

===May===
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* [[May 14]]–[[May 18|18]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2013]] takes place in [[Malmö]], Sweden, and is won by [[Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest|Danish]] entrant [[Emmelie de Forest]] with the song "[[Only Teardrops]]".
* [[May 15]]
**Researchers from [[Oregon Health & Science University]] in the United States describe the first production of human [[embryonic stem cell]]s by [[cloning]], in a study published in the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|title=Human stem cells created by cloning|last=Cyranoski|first=David|date=May 15, 2013|work=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216093235/http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The [[World Health Organization]] names the novel coronavirus [[Middle East respiratory syndrome]] (MERS).<ref>{{cite web |title=Novel coronavirus update – new virus to be called MERS-CoV |url=https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2013/05/novel-coronavirus-update-new-virus-to-be-called-mers-cov |website=World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |access-date=30 December 2020 |date=16 May 2013 |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010085242/https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2013/05/novel-coronavirus-update-new-virus-to-be-called-mers-cov |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – An [[2013 Moore tornado|EF5 tornado]] in the US state of [[Oklahoma]] hits [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]] and several other surrounding areas near [[Oklahoma City]], resulting in 24 deaths and many injuries.<ref>{{cite report|author=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma|title=Oklahoma Event Report: EF5 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2013|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113956/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=451572|url-status=live}}</ref>  
* [[May 22]] – Off-duty [[British Army]] soldier [[Fusilier#United Kingdom|Fusilier]] [[Murder of Lee Rigby|Lee Rigby]] of the [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] is murdered in [[Woolwich]], southeast [[London]], by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html|title=Lee Rigby murder suspect transferred from hospital to police station|first=Claire|last=Carter|date=May 28, 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418050321/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10085080/Lee-Rigby-murder-suspect-transferred-from-hospital-to-police-station.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 31]] –
**The [[2013 El Reno tornado|largest tornado ever recorded]] hits [[El Reno]], United States. This rain-wrapped, [[multiple-vortex tornado]] was the [[Tornado records#Largest path width|widest tornado]] ever recorded, and results in eight deaths, including four storm-chasers. Measurements from mobile [[weather radar]]s revealed extreme winds up to 296&nbsp;mph (476&nbsp;km/h) within the vortex, among the highest observed wind speeds on [[Earth]]. As it crosses [[U.S. Route 81 in Oklahoma|U.S. 81]], the tornado grows to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2&nbsp;km).<ref>{{cite news|title=Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/|author=Nolan Clay|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|publisher=[[The Anschutz Corporation|Oklahoma Publishing Company]]|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503150711/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2013/06/03/oklahoma-storms-amateur-storm-chaser-took-photo-of-tornado-that-killed-him/60928721007/|archive-date= May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Multiply (website)|Multiply]] cease operations.

===June===
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee [[Edward Snowden]] discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government [[mass surveillance]] program to [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|news publications]] and flees the country, later being granted temporary [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline|last=Gidda|first=Mirren|date=June 23, 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105235/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020|title=Snowden's best refuge|work=United Press International|author=Walker, Martin|date=2013-07-22|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726210847/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|title=Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum|first1=Steven|date=August 1, 2013|work=The New York Times|last2=Kramer|first2=Andrew|issn=0362-4331|last1=Myers|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120175922/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Jiroemon Kimura]], the [[List of the verified oldest people#100 verified oldest men|verified oldest man to have ever lived]], dies at 116 years and 54 days old.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-12 |title=Oldest man in history Jiroemon Kimura dies at 116 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22851848 |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A bus carrying 47 [[Romania]]n tourists to [[Tivat]], Montenegro, [[2013 Montenegro bus crash|crashes]] in the [[Morača |Morača canyon]] in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |title=Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro |publisher=BBC |date=2013-04-09 |accessdate=2013-06-24 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] abdicates and his son [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] assumes power.<ref name="New Emir BBC">{{cite news|title=Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|publisher=BBC|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|title=Qatar's new emir: A hard act to follow|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074153/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 26]]
** [[Kevin Rudd]] defeats [[Julia Gillard]] in an Australian Labor Party [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013|leadership ballot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/story-fnho52ip-1226669921693|title=Labor leadership live: Kevin Rudd returns, Julia Gillard loses support of partyroom|work=News.com.au|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=February 25, 2018|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016132633/http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/story-fnho52ip-1226669921693|url-status=dead}}</ref> and consequently becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]], three years after Gillard [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010|replaced]] Rudd.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd|title=Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd|url-status=live}}</ref>
** ''[[United States v. Windsor]]'' (570 U.S. 744) decided in the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], overturning a key section of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] and hence granting federal recognition to [[same-sex marriage in the United States]].

===July===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Croatia]] becomes the 28th member of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/croatia-joins-eu-celebrations-uncertainty|title=Croatia joins EU amid celebrations and uncertainty about future|date=July 1, 2013|work=The Guardian|location=London|issn=0261-3077|access-date=July 1, 2013|archive-date=September 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905054606/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/croatia-joins-eu-celebrations-uncertainty|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 3]] &ndash; Amid [[2013 Egyptian Revolution|protests]], [[President of Egypt|Egyptian President]] [[Mohamed Morsi]] is deposed in a military [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup d'état]], leading to [[Political violence in Egypt (2013)|widespread violence]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title=Coup topples Egypt's Morsy; deposed president under 'house arrest'|last1=Wedemen|first1=Ben|date=July 3, 2013|publisher=CNN|last2=Sayah|first2=Reza|last3=Smith|first3=Matt|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-date=July 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708082258/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663|title=Egypt declares national emergency|publisher=BBC|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327000849/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 6]]
** A runaway train carrying crude oil [[Lac-Mégantic rail disaster|derails in Lac-Mégantic]], [[Quebec]], catching fire and exploding, killing 47 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada train derailment: Death toll at 50; Lac-Megantic residents jeer rail CEO (photos) |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/07/canadian_train_derailment_death_roll_at_50_residents_of_lac-megantic_jeer_rail_c.html |access-date=11 July 2013 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Syracuse.com |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617165023/https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/07/canadian_train_derailment_death_roll_at_50_residents_of_lac-megantic_jeer_rail_c.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] crashes while landing at [[San Francisco International Airport]], killing 3 people.
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]] is sworn in as [[List of Belgian monarchs|King of the Belgians]], following the abdication of [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-monarchy-king-idUSBRE96K03220130721|title=Belgium subdues divisions for a day to swear in king|last1=Bartunek|first1=Robert-Jan|date=July 21, 2013|work=Reuters|access-date=October 20, 2018|last2=Blenkinsop|first2=Philip|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020225402/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-monarchy-king-idUSBRE96K03220130721|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 22]]&ndash;[[July 28|28]] &ndash; XIV [[World Youth Day 2013|World Youth Day]], in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil.

===August===
* [[August 14]] &ndash; Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|leaving 2,696 people dead]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|title=Egypt's Brotherhood to hold 'march of anger'|date=2013-08-16|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123944/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381522364486906.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The raids were described by [[Human Rights Watch]] as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|title=Egypt: Rab'a Killings Likely Crimes against Humanity|date=2014-08-12|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=2017-02-11|language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218220007/https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypt-raba-killings-likely-crimes-against-humanity|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 15]] &ndash; [[Horacio Cartes]] is sworn in as [[President of Paraguay]].
* [[August 19]] &ndash; All time most expensive public school in Norway, [[Kuben Upper Secondary School]], opens.<ref>[[NRK]] (31 July 2013): [http://www.nrk.no/ostlandssendingen/skole-til-nesten-2-milliarder-1.11157172 ''Her er Norges dyreste skole''] (Norwegian)</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; 1,429 are killed in the [[Ghouta chemical attack]] during the Syrian Civil War.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/30/government-assessment-syrian-government-s-use-chemical-weapons-august-21|title=Government Assessment of the Syrian Government's Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013|date=August 30, 2013|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|publisher=[[White House]]|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118002457/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/30/government-assessment-syrian-government-s-use-chemical-weapons-august-21|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[August 29]] &ndash; The United Kingdom Parliament [[List of Government defeats in the House of Commons (1945–present)#Cameron (coalition government)|votes against]] UK military attacks on Syria.<ref name="blow">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/30/cameron-mps-syria|title=Blow to Cameron's authority as MPs rule out British assault on Syria|author1=Nicholas Watt|author2=Rowena Mason|author3=Nick Hopkins|website=The Guardian|date=August 30, 2013|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830032727/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/30/cameron-mps-syria|url-status=live}}</ref>

===September===
* [[September 7]] 
** [[2013 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Tony Abbott]] defeats the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Rudd Government (2013)|Government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|title=Kevin Rudd concedes defeat|work=AM|publisher=ABC Radio|author=Eastley, Tony|location=Australia|format=transcript|date=September 8, 2013|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132821/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Abbott is sworn in on [[September 18]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|title=2013 Federal Election {{pipe}} AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=September 22, 2019|archive-date=September 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214531/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Tokyo]] the right to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryall  |first=Julian  |date=September 8, 2013 |title=Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911065415/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html |archive-date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
* [[September 9|September 8]] &ndash; The [[2013 Colorado floods]] begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin.
*[[September 16]] &ndash; Twelve people are killed during the [[Washington Navy Yard shooting]].<ref name=nbcwashington>{{cite news |title=12 Victims Killed, 8 Wounded in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard, Suspected Gunman Killed |url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Confirmed-Shooter-at-Navy-Yard-One-Person-Shot-223897891.html |publisher=NBC Washington |date=September 17, 2013 |access-date=June 8, 2025}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] &ndash; ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Kevin |date=2013-10-08 |title=Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900 |access-date=2019-03-28 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] militants [[Westgate shopping mall attack|attack]] the [[Westgate, Nairobi|Westgate shopping mall]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], killing at least 62 civilians and wounding over 170.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116|title=Nairobi siege: What we know|work=BBC News|date=September 23, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231224748/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116|url-status=live}}</ref>

===October===
* [[October 10]] &ndash; Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the [[Minamata Convention on Mercury|Minamata Treaty]], a [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]] treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of [[mercury (element)|mercury]] and mercury compounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Minamata-mercury-treaty-signed-at-UN-conference/articleshow/23918246.cms|title=Minamata mercury treaty signed at UN conference|date=2013-10-10|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2013-10-11}}
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* [[October 15]] &ndash; A [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.2 [[earthquake]] [[2013 Bohol earthquake|struck]] [[Bohol]], Philippines, leaving 222 dead, 8 missing, and 976 people injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ,%203Nov2013,%206AM.pdf |title=SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake |publisher=[[National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council]] |date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214193612/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1108/NDRRMC%20Update%20SitRep%20no.%2035%20re%20Effects%20of%20M7.2%20Bohol%20EQ%2C%203Nov2013%2C%206AM.pdf |archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] &ndash; Twelve people are killed when an [[Collapse of the Space Building|apartment building collapses]] in [[Medellín|Medellín, Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-23 |title=Medellin tower blocks demolished after collapse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29324660 |access-date=2024-09-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Lao Airlines Flight 301]] crashes on approach to [[Pakse Airport]], Laos, killing all 49 people on board.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 8.1]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Saudi Arabia]] rejects a seat on the [[United Nations Security Council]], making it the first country to reject a seat on the Security Council. [[Jordan]] takes the seat on [[December 6]].<ref name="aawsat">{{cite news|url=http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55319608|title=Saudi Arabia declines UN Security Council seat|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=2013-10-18|access-date=2013-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019022009/http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55319608|archive-date=2013-10-19}}</ref>

===November===
* [[November 5]] &ndash; The uncrewed [[Mars Orbiter Mission]] is launched by India from its launch pad in [[Sriharikota]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ram |first=Arun |date=2013-11-05 |title=Mars mission starts, Mangalyaan launched successfully |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mars-mission-starts-Mangalyaan-launched-successfully/articleshow/25259358.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107190855/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-05/india/43693030_1_orbiter-mission-mars-orbiter-mission-director-p-kunhikrishnan |archive-date=2013-11-07 |access-date=2013-11-05 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Haiyan]] (Yolanda), one of the strongest [[tropical cyclone]]s on record, hits the [[Philippines]] and [[Vietnam]], causing devastation with at least 6,241 people dead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337 |title=Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines |date=2013-11-10 |work=BBC News |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113120653/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; ''[[Three Studies of Lucian Freud]]'', a series of portraits of [[Lucian Freud]] by the [[United Kingdom|British]] painter [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]], sells for [[United States dollar|US$]]142.4&nbsp;million in a [[New York City]] auction, setting a world record for an auctioned work of art.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bacon painting fetches record price|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24922106|access-date=November 14, 2013|date=November 13, 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114015858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24922106|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT sale">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html|title=At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction|last=Vogel|first=Carol|date=November 12, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401110459/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/arts/design/bacons-study-of-freud-sells-for-more-than-142-million.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 17]]
**Fifty people are killed when [[Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363]] crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
**A [[Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013|tornado outbreak]] occurs in [[Illinois]], United States. [[2013 Washington, Illinois, tornado|An EF4 tornado in Washington]] causes $935 million (${{inflation|US|.935|2013|r=3}} billion adjusted) of property damage, killing 3 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/ilx/17nov13 |title=Historic Tornado Outbreak of November 17, 2013 |publisher=[[National Weather Service Central Illinois]] }}</ref>
* [[November 21]] 
** [[Euromaidan]] pro-EU demonstrations begin in Ukraine after President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] rejects an economic association agreement between the [[European Union]] and Ukraine in favor of closer ties to Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2013/12/23/81532/ukraines-euromaidan-now-comes-the-hard-part/|title=Ukraine's Euromaidan: Now Comes the Hard Part|last=Welt|first=Cory|date=2013-12-23|access-date=2017-02-11|work=Center for American Progress|archive-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225050758/http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2013/12/23/81532/ukraines-euromaidan-now-comes-the-hard-part/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Moldova]]n-[[ship registration|flagged]] [[cargo ship]] {{MV|Rhosus}} makes port in [[Beirut, Lebanon]], carrying 2,750 tonnes of [[ammonium nitrate]]. After inspection by port state control, the ''Rhosus'' is deemed [[seakeeping|unseaworthy]], and is forbidden to set sail. By order of an Urgent Matters judge in Beirut, the cargo is brought ashore in [[2014]] and placed in Warehouse 12 at the port, where it will remain for six years. The ammonium nitrate will erupt in a [[2020 Beirut explosion|massive explosion]] on [[August 4]], [[2020]].<ref name="rhosus.shiparrested">{{cite journal |url=https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf#page=3 |title=m/v Rhosus – Arrest and Personal Freedom of the Crew |date=October 2015 |number=11 |journal=The Arrest News |access-date=8 August 2020 |first1=Charbel |last1=Dagher |first2=Christine |last2=Maksoud |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805004609/https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="rhosus.bbc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53683082|title=How ship's deadly cargo ended up at Beirut port|date=6 August 2020|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204075050/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53683082|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Iran]] [[Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program|agrees]] to limit their [[Nuclear program of Iran|nuclear development program]] in exchange for sanctions relief.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/23/world/meast/iran-nuclear-talks-geneva/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title=Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons|last1=Sciutto|first1=Jim|date=November 24, 2013|publisher=CNN|last2=Carter|first2=Chelsea|access-date=November 24, 2013|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204061733/https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/23/world/meast/iran-nuclear-talks-geneva/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25074729|title=Iran agrees to curb nuclear activity at Geneva talks|publisher=BBC|date=November 24, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25074729|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] – A police helicopter [[2013 Glasgow helicopter crash|crashes]] into The Clutha, a pub in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, killing 10 people and injuring 31.

===December===
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013|Ninth Ministerial Conference]] of the [[World Trade Organization]] delegates sign the [[Bali Package]] agreement aimed at loosening global [[trade barrier]]s.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|title=WTO agrees global trade deal worth $1tn|last=Walker|first=Andrew|date=December 7, 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=December 7, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207070903/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25274889|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[China National Space Administration|Chinese]] uncrewed spacecraft [[Chang'e 3]], carrying the ''[[Yutu (rover)|Yutu]]'' [[Lunar rover|rover]], becomes the first spacecraft to "soft"-[[Moon landing|land]] on the [[Moon]] since [[Luna 24|1976]] and the third ever robotic rover to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|title=China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon|last=Rincon|first=Paul|date=December 14, 2013|access-date=2017-02-11|publisher=BBC|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112042913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25356603|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] &ndash; Fighting between ethnic [[Dinka people|Dinka]] and [[Nuer people|Nuer]] members of the presidential guard break out in [[Juba]], South Sudan, plunging the country into [[South Sudanese Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|title=South Sudan: the state that fell apart in a week|last=Howden|first=Daniel|date=2013-12-23|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-11|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225021638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/23/south-sudan-state-that-fell-apart-in-a-week|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births and deaths==
{{Main|Category:2013 births|Deaths in 2013}}

==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Martin Karplus]], [[Michael Levitt (biophysicist)|Michael Levitt]], and [[Arieh Warshel]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] &ndash; [[Eugene Fama]], [[Lars Peter Hansen]] and [[Robert J. Shiller]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Alice Munro]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[François Englert]] and [[Peter Higgs]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] &ndash; [[James E. Rothman]], [[Randy W. Schekman]], and [[Thomas C. Südhof]]

==New English words==
*''[[binge-watching|bingeable]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2013|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2013|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003408/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2013|archive-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[International observance#2010s|List of international years]]
* {{portal-inline|2010s}}

==References==
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