WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 2013
Find out what all happened February to March 2013

Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415. (28. February 2013)

Pope Francis is elected in the papal conclave to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. (13. March 2013)

Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival. (10. February 2013)

A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada. (8. February 2013)

A hot-air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. (26. February 2013)

A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan, kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others. (16. February 2013)

The largest meteorite (since NASA started observing the moon in 2005) hit the moon. (17. March 2013)

The smallest Extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b is discovered. (20. February 2013)

Two bomb blasts in Hyderabad, India, kill at least 17 people and injure more than 100 others. (21. February 2013)

The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public. (1. February 2013)

A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14. (15. February 2013)

Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from the papacy, the first pontiff to resign in more than half a millennium. (11. February 2013)