WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 2013
Find out what all happened April to December 2013

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

The Gambia withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. (3. October 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)

Turkey opens a sea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. (29. October 2013)

A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (16. September 2013)

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

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

A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties. (14. December 2013)

At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. (9. December 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)

A suicide bomber kills 15 and injures 20 in a Shi'ite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. (21. June 2013)

NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun. (27. June 2013)

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes. (17. November 2013)

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

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

China launches Yutu or Jade Rabbit, its first lunar rover, as part of the Chang'e 3 lunar exploration mission. (1. December 2013)

The riots between two religious communities started at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. (27. August 2013)

6 people die and 22 are injured when a train derails in Huimanguillo, Tabasco, Mexico. (25. August 2013)