Historical Events In 2013

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

Feb 11   Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415 in the year 2013.   

Feb 12   In the year 2013 north Korea confirms it has successfully tested a nuclear device that could be weaponized   

Feb 13   16 Muslim insurgents are killed in an attack on a Narathiwat military base, Thailand in the year 2013.   

Feb 14   On this day in history a suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan   

Feb 15   On this day in history over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia   

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 in the year 2013.   

Feb 18   On this day in history 15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia   

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

Feb 20   In the year 2013 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   On this day in history 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo   

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   Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election in the year 2013.   

Feb 26   On this day in history a flexible battery capable of being charged wirelessly and folded and stretched is developed   

Feb 27   On this day in history 20 people are killed in a market fire in Calcutta, India   

Feb 28   On this day in history 28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq   

Mar 01   The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect on this day in history.   

Mar 03   45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan in the year 2013.   

Mar 04   40 Syrian soldiers are killed in an ambush in Western Iraq on this day in history.   

Mar 05   The Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time in the year 2013.   

Mar 06   In the year 2013 syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city   

Mar 07   On this day in history hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature   

Mar 08   North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea in the year 2013.   

Mar 09   19 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy on this day in history.   

Mar 11   European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals in the year 2013.   

Mar 12   JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits in the year 2013.   

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

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   In the year 2013 24 people die after a double decker bus veers of a pass in Cape Town, South Africa   

Mar 16   On this day in history a €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits   

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Feb 19   In the year 2013 death of armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914)   

Feb 19   Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922) died in the year 2013.   

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 on this day in history.