Historical Events in 2013 (Part 3)

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• May 22 British Army Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in London by two Islamic terrorists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.

• 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 25  Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80

• May 27 75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
• May 27 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
• May 31 First tornado chaser to be killed by a tornado; Tim Samara and two others killed by El Reno tornado in Oklahoma, the widest ever recorded at 2.6 miles (4.2 km)

• Jun 3 119 people are killed in a poultry farm fire in Jilin Province, China
• Jun 3 20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

• Jun 3 US extends sanctions against Iran through its automotive industry and currency
• Jun 5 44 people are killed by a lightning storm in Bihar, India

• Jun 6 Kevin Barry's City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• Jun 6 MLB Draft: Stanford pitcher Mark Appel first pick by Houston Astros
• Jun 7 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India
• Jun 7 42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China

• Jun 9 67th Tony Awards: "Kinky Boots" (musical) & "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" (play) win
• Jun 9 67th Tony Awards: Cicely Tyson wins Best Actress for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in "The Trip to Bountiful"
• Jun 9 Edward Snowden publicly makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents

• Jun 10 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq

• Jun 12 Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda

• Jun 14 Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people
• Jun 14 The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property
• Jun 16 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq

• Jun 18 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
• Jun 18 31 people are killed and 60 are injured by two suicide bombings in al-Qahira, Baghdad
• Jun 18 Russia passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting children
• Jun 19 48 people are killed by armed bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria

• Jun 21 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan
• Jun 22 Roskilde 6, world's longest Viking longship (37 meters/123 ft) rediscovered 1996, probably part of King Canute's royal fleet (built 1025 AD) goes on display for the first time at National Museum in Copenhagen [1]
• Jun 23 18 Romanians are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crash in Montenegro
• Jun 23 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
• Jun 23 ICC Men's Cricket Champions Trophy, Edgebaston, Birmingham: India defeats England by 5 runs; Player of the series: Shikhar Dhawan, IND 363 runs
• Jun 24 Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2 for 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 5th Championship
• Jun 25 37 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in the Central African Republic
• Jun 26 20 people are killed after a rescue helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand
• Jun 26 Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in a leadership battle to become Australian Prime Minister

• Jun 27 NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Anthony Bennett first pick Cleveland Cavaliers
• Jun 27 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia

• Jun 30 19 fire fighters are killed controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona
• Jun 30 30 people are killed after a fuel truck explodes in Kampala, Uganda
• Jun 30 NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche
• Jul 1 47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan
• Jul 1 Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union

• Jul 2 16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
• Jul 2 Reds pitcher Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants 3-0 in Cincinnati, his second no-hitter in 10 months
• Jul 3 President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is deposed by the military in a coup d'état with Adly Mansour appointed interim president
• Jul 4 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago
• Jul 5 15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
• Jul 6 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
• Jul 6 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport
• Jul 6 42 people are killed and 5 missing after a freight train carrying crude oil rolls unmanned for 12km before derailing at Lac-Megantic, Quebec igniting fires and explosions
• Jul 6 42 people are killed in an attack on a boarding school in Mamudo, Nigeria
• Jul 6 British & Irish Lions Rugby Union team thrash Australia, 41-16 in Sydney for a 2-1 series win, their first against the Wallabies since 1997
• Jul 7 10 people are killed after an air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska
• Jul 8 42 people killed, hundreds injured after the Egyptian army raids a sit-in protest in Cairo
• Jul 8 A dozen people are killed and injured after a hotel collapses in Hyderabad, India
• Jul 9 Adam Ondra onsights Cabane au Canada in Switzerland, the second-ever onsight of a 9a (5.14d) route
• Jul 10 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China

• Jul 11 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
• Jul 12 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris

• Jul 13 #BlackLivesMatter created in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin
• Jul 13 18 people are killed and 40 are injured after a gravel truck collides with a bus in Podolsk, Russia
• Jul 13 Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Jul 15 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
• Jul 15 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
• Jul 16 27 children are killed and 25 are hospitalized after eating lunch contaminated with insecticide in India

• Jul 17 58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China
• Jul 17 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria

• Jul 18 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion
• Jul 19 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq

• Jul 21 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
• Jul 21 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway

• Jul 22 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China

• Jul 23 19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
• Jul 24 22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan
• Jul 24 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Jul 26 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
• Jul 27 1,000 inmates escape from a prison in Benghazi, Libya
• Jul 27 100 people are killed and 1,500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt
• Jul 27 First Przewalski’s horse (whose wild populations were believed extinct in 1969) is born via artificial insemination at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute as part of a worldwide effort to rebuild the wild herds
• Jul 28 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
• Jul 29 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
• Jul 29 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
• Jul 29 US Coast Guard opens new headquarters in Washington, DC; officially designated as the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building in honor of USCG's only WWII Medal of Honor recipient
• Jul 29 €103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France
• Jul 30 134 people are killed in tribal conflicts in Darfyr, Sudan
• Jul 30 28 people are killed in a series of bombings in Kano, Nigeria
• Jul 30 9 children are killed and 20 are injured after a school bus collides with a truck in Hanumangarh, India
• Jul 30 Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan
• Jul 30 Wikileaks discloser Bradley [later Chelsea] Manning convicted of 17 espionage charges
• Aug 1 Jason Koumas signs a one-year deal with Tranmere Rovers after a successful trial

• Aug 2 40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria

• Aug 2 Naresh Sohal's orchestral work "The Cosmic Dance" first performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian, at the Royal Albert Hall, London
• Aug 3 80 people are killed in a wave of insurgency across Iraq
• Aug 3 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
• Aug 3 Super Rugby Final, Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: Chiefs successfully defend title with a 27-22 over ACT Brumbies
• Aug 4 Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran
• Aug 5 160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Aug 5 Rain intervenes to end the 3rd cricket Test between Australia and England at Old Trafford; England retains the Ashes after winning the first 2 Tests

• Aug 5 The world's first bovine stem cell lab-grown burger is eaten in London
• Aug 6 1 person is killed and 4 are injured after a hot air balloon crash in Montbovon, Sweden
• Aug 6 18 people are killed and 55 are wounded by a car bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria
• Aug 6 25 people are killed and 60 are wounded by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
• Aug 6 An alleged chemical weapons attack on Damascus, Syria, is claimed by Syrian rebels
• Aug 7 11 people are killed by a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan
• Aug 8 14 people are killed by a bomb explosion in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
• Aug 8 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
• Aug 8 4 people are killed and 4 are wounded in a shooting spree in Dallas, Texas

• Aug 9 8 people are killed and 24 are injured after gunmen open fire on a Sunni mosque in Quetta, Pakistan
• Aug 10 16 Royal Guardsmen are killed in a bus accident in Al Hoceima, Morocco
• Aug 10 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia
• Aug 11 2 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus crash in the Alps of southern France
• Aug 11 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Aug 12 30 people are killed by gunmen in northeast Nigeria
• Aug 12 8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq
• Aug 12 Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is elected President of Mali

• Aug 14 14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq
• Aug 14 638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
• Aug 15 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut
• Aug 16 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines
• Aug 17 15 civilians are killed by a Syrian warplane attack in Aleppo
• Aug 17 18 people are killed in conflict between Boko Harem and Nigerian military
• Aug 18 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India
• Aug 19 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
• Aug 19 37 pilgrims are killed in a train accident in India
• Aug 19 91 people are killed by floods across China

• Aug 20 9 Islamist militants are killed by Russian police in North Caucasus
• Aug 21 21 people are killed in flash floods in Qinghai province, China
• Aug 21 37 people are killed and 16 are injured in a bus crash near Chin Swee Temple, Malaysia
• Aug 22 14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq
• Aug 23 26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
• Aug 23 50 people are killed in mosque bombings in Tripoli, Lebanon
• Aug 23 UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a chemical massacre
• Aug 24 30 people are killed in a gang battle involving flame throwers in Palmasola prison, Bolivia
• Aug 24 4 people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Shetland Islands
• Aug 25 4 people are killed and 25 are injured after a train derails in Tabasco, Mexico
• Aug 25 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq
• Aug 26 All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination

• Aug 28 51 people are killed in a series of bombings across Iraq
• Aug 28 China and Russia walk out of a UN Security Council meeting after the US pushes for immediate action against Syria's use of chemical weapons
• Aug 29 41 people are killed and 33 are injured in a bus accident in Kenya

• Aug 30 15 people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China

• Sep 3 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula
• Sep 3 Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion
• Sep 6 20 people are killed by Islamist militants in villages in northeast Nigeria
• Sep 7 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus
• Sep 7 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia

• Sep 7 Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election
• Sep 8 11 people are killed after a minibus collides with a train in Lasi, Romania
• Sep 8 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City
• Sep 8 6 people are killed and 9 are injured after a minibus collides with a car in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Sep 9 18 people are killed in conflict between government and Boko Harem troops in Borno State, Nigeria
• Sep 9 44 people are killed and 45 are injured after a bus crashes into a ravine in Northern Guatemala
• Sep 9 60 people are killed in conflict between rebels and loyalists in the Central African Republic
• Sep 9 Erna Solberg is elected Prime Minister of Norway after a centre-right coalition wins a majority in their elections
• Sep 10 16 people are killed after a series of bomb attacks across Iraq
• Sep 10 Three people are killed after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashes in the Arctic Ocean
• Sep 11 12 Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria
• Sep 13 30 people are killed by a mosque bombing attack in Baghdad, Iraq
• Sep 13 9 people are killed after massive floods in Galati County, Romania

• Sep 15 21 people are killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Shia provinces, Iraq
• Sep 15 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
• Sep 15 Edi Rama is elected Prime Minister of Albania

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