WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 2013
Find out what all happened January to July 2013

The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries. (31. May 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)

Funeral of The Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (17. April 2013)

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

An explosion at the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City kills at least 33 people and injures more than 100. (31. January 2013)

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

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

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

At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (1. January 2013)

More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina. (3. April 2013)

Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. (1. July 2013)

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington. (23. May 2013)

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

British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered in a London Street during a terrorist attack. (22. May 2013)

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

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, the strongest in the country in 40 years, killing at least 35 people. (16. April 2013)

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

The trial of United States Army private Bradley Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. (3. June 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)