WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 2013
Find out what all happened July to August 2013

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

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

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

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

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

Philippe of Belgium becomes King of the Belgians (21. 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)

At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. (15. August 2013)

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. (29. July 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)

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

A train accident in India kills at least 37 people and injures over a dozen. (19. August 2013)

The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years. (15. August 2013)

The United Nations mission MINUSMA begins its operative mandate in Mali. (1. July 2013)

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

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

At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria. (6. July 2013)

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

A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people. (8. August 2013)