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Calendar year
2013
(
MMXIII
) was a
common year starting on Tuesday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 2013th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 13th year of the
3rd millennium
and the
21st century
, and the 4th year of the
2010s
decade.
Calendar year
2013 was designated as:
Events
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January
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February
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- February 12
–
North Korea
conducts its
third underground nuclear test
, prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.
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[10]
- February 15
– A
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
in over a century
.
[11]
The incident, along with a coincidental
flyby of a larger asteroid
, prompts international concern regarding the
vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes
.
[12]
[13]
- February 21
– 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
transplants
for human patients with ear trauma or amputation.
[14]
- February 25
–
Park Geun-hye
becomes the first woman to become the president of
South Korea
.
[15]
- February 28
–
Benedict XVI
resigns
as
pope
, becoming the first to
do so
since
Gregory XII
in
1415
, and the first to do so voluntarily since
Celestine V
in
1294
.
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March
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April
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- May 14
?
18
? The
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
takes place in
Malmo
, Sweden, and is won by
Danish
entrant
Emmelie de Forest
with the song "
Only Teardrops
".
- May 15
- May 20 ? The
latest EF5 tornado
in the United States hits
Moore
and several other surrounding areas near Oklahoma City. It is the second significant tornado to strike Moore since 1999, when the
Bridge Creek?Moore tornado
targeted similar areas with the highest winds ever recorded on Earth.
- May 22
? Off-duty
British Army
soldier
Fusilier
Lee Rigby
of the
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
is murdered in
Woolwich
, southeast
London
, by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
[36]
- May 31 ? The
largest tornado ever recorded
hit
El Reno
. This rain-wrapped,
multiple-vortex tornado
was the
widest tornado
ever recorded. Remaining over mostly open terrain, the tornado did not impact many structures; however, measurements from mobile
weather radars
revealed extreme winds up to 296 mph (476 km/h) within the vortex. These are among the highest observed wind speeds on
Earth
, just slightly lower than the wind speeds of
1999 Bridge Creek?Moore tornado
. As it crossed
U.S. 81
, it had grown to a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km).
June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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- November 5
– The uncrewed
Mars Orbiter Mission
is launched by India from its launch pad in
Sriharikota
.
[62]
- November 8
–
Typhoon Haiyan
(Yolanda), one of the strongest
tropical cyclones
on record, hits the
Philippines
and
Vietnam
, causing devastation with at least 6,241 dead.
[63]
- November 12
–
Three Studies of Lucian Freud
, a series of portraits of
Lucian Freud
by the
British
painter
Francis Bacon
, sells for
US$
142.4 million in a
New York City
auction, setting a world record for an auctioned work of art.
[64]
[65]
- November 17
– Fifty people are killed when
Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363
crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
- November 21
- November 22
?
Benjamin Britten
's opera
Peter Grimes
in Concert performance in
Carnegie Hall
of
Benjamin Britten
's Centennial birthday
- November 24
–
Iran
agrees
to limit their
nuclear development program
in exchange for sanctions relief.
[69]
[70]
- November 27
?
Frozen
is released, launching a global phenomenon and releasing the hit song
Let it Go
, recorded for the movie version by
Idina Menzel
as her character Elsa, and for the end credits and single version by the singer and actress
Demi Lovato
.
- November 29
? A police helicopter
crashes
into The Clutha, a pub in
Glasgow
, Scotland, killing 10 people and injuring 31.
December
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Births and deaths
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Nobel Prizes
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New English words
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See also
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