WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 2013
Find out what all happened May to December 2013

The Freedom Tower becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. (10. May 2013)

NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars. (18. November 2013)

17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. (20. July 2013)

A 5.6 earthquake in Iran kills seven people and injures 45. (28. November 2013)

2013 Egyptian coup d'état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after 4 days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation, to which he didn't respond. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour is declared acting president. (3. July 2013)

A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers. (24. July 2013)

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in history hits the Visayas region in the Philippines. The typhoon killed 6,201 people as of 29 January 2014 and was considered the typhoon in the country. It caused around $1 billion in damages unofficially. (8. November 2013)

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

A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others. (19. November 2013)

The World Championships in Athletics takes place in Moscow, Russia. (10. August 2013)

A powerful EF5 tornado devastates El Reno, Oklahoma, killing nine people, and become the widest tornado in recorded history, with an astounding diameter of 2.6 miles (4.2 km). (31. May 2013)

Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria. (21. August 2013)

The Liberal Party of Australia led by Tony Abbott win the Australian federal election, 2013. (7. September 2013)

51 people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convencion Province in Peru. (12. October 2013)

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the 8th Emir of Qatar. (25. June 2013)

5 people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. (28. October 2013)

At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a church in Peshawar, Pakistan. (22. September 2013)

27 people are killed and more than 30 injured, when a tanker truck crashes and explodes outside Mexico City. (7. May 2013)

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

India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe. (5. November 2013)