WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 2013
Find out what all happened February to August 2013

The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (18. July 2013)

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injuring 21 others. (26. June 2013)

More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India. (4. April 2013)

6 people are killed and 200 injured in a passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France. (12. July 2013)

A gunman murders 13 people in a spree shooting in the village of Velika Ivanča, Serbia. (9. April 2013)

Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India. (25. May 2013)

At least 23 children die at a school in Bihar, India, after consuming food tainted with organophosphorus compounds. (16. July 2013)

At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria. (6. July 2013)

Neptune's moon S/2004 N 1 is discovered. (1. July 2013)

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others. (2. July 2013)

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram. (14. May 2013)

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

Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. (14. August 2013)

A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others. (22. July 2013)

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands. (20. April 2013)

The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years. (15. August 2013)

A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others. (15. June 2013)

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

A train accident in India kills at least 37 people and injures over a dozen. (19. August 2013)

At least 37 people are killed and 850 are injured when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Iranian province of Bushehr. (9. April 2013)