WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 2013
Find out what all happened February to October 2013

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others. (17. April 2013)

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

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates and Willem-Alexander becomes King of the Netherlands. (30. April 2013)

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

Gunmen attack a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 72 people. (21. September 2013)

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Japan last reactor is shut down at midnight. (20. April 2013)

Typhoon Soulik kills at least 9 people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. (13. July 2013)

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

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

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

Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people. (16. October 2013)

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people. (24. September 2013)

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality Legislation Australian Capital Territory, 2013 (22. October 2013)

Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria. (29. September 2013)

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

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