WHAT HAPPENED IN 2013.
Look what happened the 2013.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 215 deaths. (15. October 2013)

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

At least 105 people have been injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires. (19. October 2013)

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

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)

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

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

India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe. (5. November 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)

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

NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars. (18. November 2013)

A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others. (19. November 2013)