WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 2013
Find out what all happened May to August 2013

A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, kills 31 people. (23. August 2013)

At least 46 people are killed by a pair of car bombs in Reyhanlı, Turkey. (11. 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)

19 firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona. (30. June 2013)

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

The ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people and 59 others missing. (16. August 2013)

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

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

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

The United Nations mission MINUSMA begins its operative mandate in Mali. (1. July 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)

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

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

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

At least 120 people are killed in a fire at a poultry plant in Northeast China. (3. June 2013)

An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. (15. May 2013)

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

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (26. June 2013)

A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing 10 people. (7. July 2013)

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