2013

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Birth and death categories
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EstablishmentsDisestablishments
Works and introductions categories
WorksIntroductions
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2013 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2013
MMXIII
Ab urbe condita 2766
Armenian calendar 1462
ԹՎ ՌՆԿԲ
Assyrian calendar 6763
Bahá'í calendar 169–170
Bengali calendar 1420
Berber calendar 2963
British Regnal year 61 Eliz. 2 – 62 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2557
Burmese calendar 1375
Byzantine calendar 7521–7522
Chinese calendar 壬辰(Water Dragon)
4709 or 4649
    — to —
癸巳年 (Water Snake)
4710 or 4650
Coptic calendar 1729–1730
Discordian calendar 3179
Ethiopian calendar 2005–2006
Hebrew calendar 5773–5774
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2069–2070
 - Shaka Samvat 1934–1935
 - Kali Yuga 5113–5114
Holocene calendar 12013
Igbo calendar 1013–1014
Iranian calendar 1391–1392
Islamic calendar 1434–1435
Japanese calendar Heisei 25
(平成25年)
Javanese calendar 1946–1947
Juche calendar 102
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4346
Minguo calendar ROC 102
民國102年
Nanakshahi calendar 545
Thai solar calendar 2556
Unix time 1356998400–1388534399

2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium, the 13th year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.

2013 was designated as:


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  • August 14 – Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces leaving 2,600 dead.[35] The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as "one of the world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history”.[36]
  • August 21 – 1,429 are killed in the Ghouta chemical attack during the Syrian Civil War.[37]

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Main article: Deaths in 2013
Further information: Category:2013 deaths
Deaths
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Nobel Prizes[edit]

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References[edit]

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  2. ^ "France launches Mali military intervention". Al Jazeera. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  3. ^ "France army in key Mali withdrawal". BBC. May 25, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013. 
  4. ^ "Thirty hostages reported killed in Algeria assault". Reuters. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013. 
  5. ^ "Foreigners held hostage by terrorists in Algeria". BBC. January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013. 
  6. ^ "Algeria hostage crisis: Briton confirmed dead as workers held hostage by terrorists". The Scotsman. January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013. 
  7. ^ "Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field". CNN. January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013. 
  8. ^ Bilby, Ethan (February 18, 2013). "EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea". Reuters. Retrieved July 11, 2013. 
  9. ^ "UN adopts tough new North Korea sanctions after nuclear test". BBC. March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013. 
  10. ^ "Russia meteor eyewitness: 'Something like the sun fell'". BBC. February 15, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013. 
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  14. ^ Pullella, Philip (February 28, 2013). "Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope". Reuters. Retrieved February 28, 2013. 
  15. ^ "Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis". BBC. March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013. 
  16. ^ "Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis". Reuters. March 14, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013. 
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  20. ^ "Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees'". BBC. March 24, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013. 
  21. ^ "CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace". Al Jazeera English. March 24, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2013. 
  22. ^ "Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal". BBC News. BBC. March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013. 
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  26. ^ Josh Levs and Monte Plott (April 18, 2013). "Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores". CNN. Retrieved April 22, 2013. 
  27. ^ Kotz, Deborah (April 24, 2013). "Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 3, 2013. It turns out that we had double-counted some patients who were transferred from one hospital to another, so we reviewed our spreadsheets and cleaned up the duplicates 
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  29. ^ Gidda, Mirren (June 23, 2013). "Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2013-07-27. 
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  32. ^ "Croatia joins EU amid celebrations and uncertainty about future". The Guardian. London. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
  33. ^ "Coup topples Egypt's Morsy; deposed president under 'house arrest'". CNN. July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013. 
  34. ^ "Egypt declares national emergency". BBC. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013. 
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  38. ^ "Nairobi siege: What we know". BBC News. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. 
  39. ^ "Minamata mercury treaty signed at UN conference". THE TIMES OF INDIA. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2013-10-11. 
  40. ^ "Mars mission starts, Mangalyaan launched successfully". Times of India. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-11-05. 
  41. ^ "Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines". BBC News. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10. 
  42. ^ "Bacon painting fetches record price". BBC News. BBC. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013. 
  43. ^ Vogel, Carol (12 November 2013). "At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2013. 
  44. ^ "Ukraine's Euromaidan: Now Comes the Hard Part". name. 
  45. ^ "Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons". CNN. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013. 
  46. ^ "Iran agrees to curb nuclear activity at Geneva talks". BBC. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013. 
  47. ^ Walker, Andrew (7 December 2013). "WTO agrees global trade deal worth $1tn". BBC News. Retrieved 7 December 2013. 
  48. ^ "China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon". BBC. 14 December 2013.