WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2013
Find out what all happened September to December 2013

A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others. (29. December 2013)

At least four are dead and 63 are injured following a Metro-North Railroad train derailment near Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York City. (1. December 2013)

The Gambia withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. (3. October 2013)

5 people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. (28. October 2013)

The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure. (1. October 2013)

51 people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convencion Province in Peru. (12. October 2013)

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

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in history hits the Visayas region in the Philippines. The typhoon killed 6,201 people as of 29 January 2014 and was considered the typhoon in the country. It caused around $1 billion in damages unofficially. (8. November 2013)

Record smog closes schools, roadways, and the airport in Harbin, China. (21. October 2013)

A solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States. (3. November 2013)

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

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

The life of Nelson Mandela is celebrated in a memorial service at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. (10. December 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)

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

Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia. (17. November 2013)

China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. (20. December 2013)

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

A 5.6 earthquake in Iran kills seven people and injures 45. (28. November 2013)

At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. (3. October 2013)