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Events in the year 2013 in the United States.
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* February – The historic 1748 Terry Homestead building in Bristol, Connecticut, is demolished.
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* May 1 – Boston Police state that three more individuals are arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing.
* May 2 – Rhode Island becomes the tenth state to legalize Same-sex marriage in the United States, same-sex marriage.
* May 3 – ''Iron Man 3'', directed by Shane Black, is released by Marvel Studios as the seventh film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the first in its "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two, Phase Two" slate and the direct sequel to 2008's ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' and 2010's ''Iron Man 2''. It becomes the fifth highest-grossing film of all time at the time of release (currently the 20th).
* May 4 – In horse racing, People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Joel Rosario rides Orb (horse), Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby. Other noteworthy entrants were Kevin Krigger who was aboard Goldencents, trying to become the first black jockey to win since Jimmy Winkfield in 1902. Rosie Napravnik's fifth-place finish aboard Mylute made her the highest finishing female jockey in the race's history.
* May 5
** The world's first gun produced by Defense Distributed using a 3-D printer is fired successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials worry that such plastic weapons could evade detection at airport screenings.
** Five women are killed and four others are injured after a limousine catches fire on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, San Mateo Bridge in Hayward, California.
* May 6
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* June 5 – An abandoned building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22nd and Market building collapse, collapses onto a thrift store, killing six people and injuring 14 others.
* June 6–June 20 – The 2013 NBA Finals finishes the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference champion 2012–13 Miami Heat season, Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champion 2012–13 San Antonio Spurs season, San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20.
* June 7 – A spree 2013 Santa Monica shooting, shooting occurs at Santa Monica College in California, with six deaths and more than four injuries. Shooter John Zawahri killed his father and brother and set their house on fire before going on a rampage, ending with him being shot dead by police.
* June 9 – Published in the journal ''Nature (journal), Nature'', using the petascale supercomputer Blue Waters, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Physics Professor Klaus Schulten, UIUC Postdoctoral Researcher Juan R. Perilla, and their colleagues, with the aid of previous research, and data from the University of Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt University, publish a structure of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus capsid, potentially useful for drug development, drug and
* October 1–October 16, 16 – United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013, Debt-ceiling crisis: Following tensions between the largely Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
"FBI Arrests N.Y. Rabbis in Jewish Divorce-gang Probe
''USA Today'' * October 11 – The two-year-old son of NFL player Adrian Peterson (2012 NFL season, 2012 AP NFL MVP) dies at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital due to injuries sustained during an alleged assault by the boyfriend of the child's mother, Joseph Robert Patterson. * October 14 – ''The Thundermans'' debuts on
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* April 1
** David Burge, pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** William H. Ginsburg, lawyer (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943)
** Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936)
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* May 2 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist (b. 1964)
* May 4 – Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
* May 7
** Ray Harryhausen, film producer, director, and creator of special effects, died in London,
* June 1
** Mott Green, businessman (b. 1966)
** Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., sergeant and judge (b. 1924)
* June 3
** Will Campbell (Baptist minister), Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (b. 1924)
** Arnold Eidus, American violinist and producer (b. 1922)
** Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (b. 1938)
** Frank Lautenberg, American politician (b. 1924)
* June 6
** Maxine Stuart, actress (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer (b. 1921)
* June 7
** Charlie Coles, basketball player and coach (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
** Richard Ramirez, murderer (b. 1960 in the United States, 1960)
* June 8
** Paul Cellucci, politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948)
** Richard J. Seitz, military commander (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* June 11 – Robert Fogel, American Nobel Prize-winning economic historian (b. 1926)
* June 12
** Jason Leffler, American race car driver (b. 1975 in the United States, 1975)
** Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* June 15 – Stan Lopata, baseball player (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* June 19
** James Gandolfini, American actor, died in Rome, Italy (b. 1961)
** Kim Thompson, Danish-American publisher (b. 1956 in Denmark, 1956)
* June 20 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer (b. 1913)
* June 23
** Bobby Bland, American singer and songwriter (b. 1930)
** Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* June 24 – Puff Johnson, American singer (b. 1972)
* June 26 – Marc Rich, Belgian-born American commodities trader and criminal (b. 1934)
* June 29 – Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly, American martial artist and actor (b. 1946)
* July 2 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist and inventor (b. 1925)
* July 4
** James Fulton (dermatologist), James Fulton, dermatologist and academic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Charles A. Hines, general (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935)
* July 12 – Amar Bose, American engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1929)
* July 14 – Bill Warner (motorcycle racer), Bill Warner, motorcycle racer (b. 1969 in the United States, 1969)
* July 18
** John R. Deane Jr., general (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919)
** Francis X. Kane, colonel and engineer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Willie Louis, witness in the Emmett Till, Emmett Till murder trial (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
* July 20 – Helen Thomas, American journalist (b. 1920)
* July 22
** Hugo Black Jr., lawyer and author (b. 1922)
** Dennis Farina, American actor (b. 1944)
* July 23 – Emile Griffith, American welterweight boxer (b. 1938)
* July 25 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and composer (b. 1935)
* July 26 – JJ Cale, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
* July 28
** Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
** Frank Castillo, baseball player and coach (b. 1969)
** George Scott (first baseman), George Scott, baseball player (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* July 31 – Michael Ansara, American actor (b. 1922)
* August 1 – Gail Kobe, actress (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
* August 4 – Art Donovan, American football player (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
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* September 1 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer (b. 1969)
* September 2 – Frederik Pohl, American writer (b. 1919)
* September 3 – Ariel Castro, criminal (b. 1960 in the United States, 1960)
* September 11
** Marshall Berman, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Virgil A. Richard, American general (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
* September 12 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
* September 18 – Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943)
* September 22 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-born American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1926)
* September 27
**Gates Brown, baseball player and coach (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939)
**Elvin R. Heiberg III, general and engineer (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
**A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* October 1 – Tom Clancy, American writer (b. 1947)
* October 3
** Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
** Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
** Chuck Smith (pastor), Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
* October 10 – Scott Carpenter, astronaut and naval aviator (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* October 11
** Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912)
** William H. Sullivan, diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
* October 12 – Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910)
* October 16 – Ed Lauter, American actor (b. 1938)
* October 20 – Lawrence Klein, American Nobel economist (b. 1920)
* October 22 – Shooting of Andy Lopez, Andy Lopez, notable victim (b. 2000 in the United States, 2000)
* October 24 – Brooke Greenberg, notable victim of rare congenital disease (b. 1993 in the United States, 1993)
* October 25
** Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
** Marcia Wallace, actress and comedienne (b. 1942)
* October 27 – Lou Reed, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1942)
* October 28
** Nalini Ambady, Indian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1959)
** Ike Skelton, lawyer and politician (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
* November 2 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
* November 4 – Lois Graham, materials engineer (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* November 10 – Richie Jean Jackson, American author, teacher, and civil rights activist (b. 1932)
* November 12 – Al Ruscio, American actor (b. 1924)
* November 13 – Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1956)
* November 15
** T. J. Jemison, minister and activist (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Mickey Knox, actor and screenwriter (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
** Mike McCormack (American football), Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
* November 16
** Robert Conley (reporter), Robert Conley, journalist (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
** Oscar Lanford, mathematician and academic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Louis D. Rubin Jr., author, critic, and academic (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
** Charles Waterhouse (artist), Charles Waterhouse, painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* November 18 – Bennett Reimer, American author and academic (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
* November 20 – Joseph Paul Franklin, murderer (b. 1950)
* November 23
** Jay Leggett, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1963 in the United States, 1963)
** Peter B. Lewis, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Wayne Mills (singer), Wayne Mills, singer-songwriter (b. 1969 in the United States, 1969)
* November 25 – Chico Hamilton, drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
* November 30 – Paul Walker, American actor (b. 1973)
* December 2 – William Allain, soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
* December 9 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
* December 10
** Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** Don Lund, baseball player and coach (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* December 12
** Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator and activist (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
** Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917)
* December 15
** Harold Camping, American evangelist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
** Joan Fontaine, Japanese-born British American actress (b. 1917)
* December 16 – Ray Price (musician), Ray Price, American singer and songwriter (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
* December 20 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (b. 1973 in the United States, 1973)
* December 21
** Eli Beeding, pilot (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
** Rodolfo P. Hernández, soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
* December 22 – Ed Herrmann, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946 in the United States, 1946)
* December 23 – Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1920)
* December 26 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American singer and actress (b. 1912)
* December 28 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* December 31 – James Avery (actor), James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
Incumbents
Federal government
*President
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Automobiles
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: Barack Obama
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( D-Illinois
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)
* Vice President
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: Joe Biden (D-Delaware
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)
* Chief Justice: John Roberts (New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
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)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Boehner
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( R-Ohio
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)
* Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid (D-Nevada
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)
* Congress
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: 112th (until January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
), 113th (starting January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
)
Events
January
* January 1
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** New laws that go into effect on January 1:
***Maryland
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's voter-approved same-sex marriage
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law goes into effect.
*** Performing a "'' wheelie''" on a motorcycle is banned in Illinois.
*** Illinois bans the sale of shark fins
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.
** The Senate
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approves a deal to avert general tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff
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The Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which had been ex ...
".
* January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
– President Barack Obama
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signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
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, intended to prevent the "fiscal cliff
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The Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which had been ex ...
".
* January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Subaru
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issues a recall for nearly 634,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a lighting problem.
* January 4
Events Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1601–1900
*1649 – Engli ...
– Congress
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officially declares President Obama the winner of the 2012 presidential election
This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
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* January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– In ice hockey
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, the National Hockey League
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and the National Hockey League Players' Association
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reach an agreement that ends the 113-day lockout and averts the cancellation of the 2012–13 season.
* January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
** For $8.5 billion, ten banks settle to stop mortgage foreclosure process audits. The United States government regulators had been engaged in a loan-by-loan review of home loan practices during The Great Recession
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. Bank of America
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, Citigroup
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Inc, JPMorgan Chase
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& Co, Wells Fargo
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& Co, MetLife
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Bank, Aurora Bank
Aurora Bank was a federal savings bank (FSB) headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, established in 1921 under the name Delaware Savings And Loan Association.
FSB, PNC Financial Services Group
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Inc, Sovereign Bank
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NA, SunTrust Banks Inc, and U.S. Bancorp
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settle with regulators to pay out cash up to $125,000 to homeowners whose homes were being foreclosed when the paperwork problems emerged. Further, Bank of America
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agrees to pay $11.6 billion to government mortgage finance company Fannie Mae.
** 2013 BCS National Championship Game
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: Number one ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish plays number two ranked Alabama Crimson Tide
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at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Alabama defeats Notre Dame, 42–14.
* January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
** In baseball
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, no living candidates are elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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for the first time since 1996
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. Some candidates, such as Barry Bonds
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and Roger Clemens
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, receive few votes due to allegations of steroid
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use
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.
** Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin
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Accusation
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is sentenced to 33 months in prison by a U.S. court after pleading guilty to selling weapon parts to Iran
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.
* January 10
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
– 85th Academy Awards
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: Nominations are announced at Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Best Picture nominees are '' Amour'', ''Argo
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'', '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''Django Unchained
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'', ''Life of Pi
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'', '' Lincoln'', ''Les Misérables
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'', '' Silver Linings Playbook'', and ''Zero Dark Thirty
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''.
* January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– Mallory Hagan
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, Miss New York 2012, wins the 86th Miss America
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pageant.
* January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Mike Pence
Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...
is inaugurated as the 50th governor of Indiana, succeeding Mitch Daniels.
* January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
**New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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* '' ...
becomes the first state to pass a law relating to guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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. The new law bans possession of high-capacity magazines, requires a state-registry for assault-class weapons, and requires background checks.
** The Associated Press
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reports that the road cyclist
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Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping in his career during his interview with Oprah Winfrey
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.
* January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– Boeing 787 aircraft are grounded worldwide over concerns about the safety of their lithium-ion batteries
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.
* January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
– Ray Nagin, who was the Mayor
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of New Orleans
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, Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
Louisiana
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, when Hurricane Katrina
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killed 1,577 Louisianan people (most of whom drowned), is indicted on 21 different counts including fraud
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, embezzlement
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, money laundering
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, bribery
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, and tax evasion
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.
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
– President Barack Obama
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begins his second term, being sworn in to office in the Blue Room of the White House
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. Vice President Joe Biden begins his second term, being sworn into office at his official residence.
* January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
– Second inaugural address
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: The public portion of President Obama's and Vice President Biden's second inaugural takes place in Washington, D.C.
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, a day after they were officially sworn into office.
* January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
– Previously valued $2 billion video game company THQ
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sells most of its assets for $72 million after last month filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, whe ...
.
* January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
** Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lifts the ban upon women serving in combat. Congress will have a month to review the decision before it goes into effect, and could block lifting the rule.
** David Headley
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It has been alleged that Headl ...
is sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11, pronounced "twenty six eleven") were a series of Terrorism, terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from P ...
.
* January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
– August 14
Events Pre-1600
* 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– The North Korea crisis begins. There is extreme escalation of rhetoric by the new North Korea
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n Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
regime, and actions strongly implying imminent warfare against South Korea
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and the United States with nuclear weapons.
* January 29
Events
Pre-1600
* 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
* 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler o ...
** Hermilo Moralez, an illegal immigrant to the United States from Belize
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is convicted of the 2010 murder of Joshua Wilkerson and sentenced to life imprisonment in Texas.
** The Alabama bunker hostage crisis occurs after Vietnam War
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era veteran, Jimmy Lee Dykes, shoots and kills school bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr.
* January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– A judge sentences Russell Wasendorf
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, a founder of Peregrine Financial Group Peregrine Financial Group Inc., commonly known as PFGBest, was an Iowa-based financial firm that operated for over 20 years. It was shut down in July 2012 after it was put under investigation for a $200 million shortfall in customer funds. Peregrine ...
, to 50 years in prison for stealing $215.5 million from investors over 20 years.
February
* February – The historic 1748 Terry Homestead building in Bristol, Connecticut, is demolished.
* February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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submits her resignation. She is replaced by John Kerry
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after his confirmation by the Congress
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.
* February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
– After a 34-minute delay in the game's second half caused by a power outage, the Baltimore Ravens
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defeat the San Francisco 49ers
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in Super Bowl XLVII by a score of 34–31.
* February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Seven people are killed and thirty others are injured after a bus is struck by two vehicles and flips over in Yucaipa, California.
* February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
** Dell
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Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
announces it will go private after a $24 billion leveraged buyout deal with a consortium led by founder Michael Dell.
** Standard & Poor's
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is hit with a $5 billion lawsuit by the US government
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over its assessment of mortgage
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bonds prior to the subprime mortgage crisis
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.
* February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
** The United States Postal Service
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announces that it will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays as of August 5
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
.
** Authorities in the United States
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and United Kingdom
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fine The Royal Bank of Scotland more than $610 million for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor
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.
* February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
* 1539 – The first recorded race is hel ...
– The death toll from a nor'easter
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across the northeastern United States
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and southeastern Canada
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is 18, with 40 inches of snow reported from Hamden, Connecticut. More than 900,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm, while airports in the region cancelled over 5,300 flights.
* February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
– 14 – A Carnival Triumph Cruise Liner docks in Mobile, Alabama
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, after an engine room fire caused the ship to lose power and propulsion at sea. The standard rated capacity of passengers is 3,143 and of crew is 1,100.
* February 12
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under ...
** An assailant believed to be Christopher Jordan Dorner
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kills a sheriff's deputy and injures another in and around Big Bear Lake
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, California. He then barricades himself in a cabin, which catches on fire during a police assault. It is believed that Dorner dies in the fire, however this is later dismissed by law enforcement officials. Ultimately he is named as a suspect wanted in connection to a series of shootings that occurred throughout Southern California that killed four people and wounded three others. On February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
, it is announced by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Office that the body discovered in the cabin had been positively identified by medical examiners as that of Dorner.
** President Barack Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union Address.
* February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
** US Airways
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and the bankrupt American Airlines
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announce a merger to form the world's largest air carrier trading as American Airlines.
** Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital
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The firm is best known for implementing zero ...
announce that they are allying to buy H.J. Heinz
Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur of Palatine descent who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish concern in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business ex ...
for $28 billion.
* February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
– A federal grand jury in Georgia indicts four employees of bankrupt Virginia-based Peanut Corporation of America for the 2009 salmonella
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outbreak that killed nine people and infected hundreds. The 75–count indictment describes contaminated or misbranded food by company owner Stewart Parnell, his brother and company vice president Michael Parnell, and two company managers. The charges are conspiracy, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice. This infection triggered the most extensive food recall
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The recall is an effort to limit ruin ...
ever in United States history.
* February 21
Events Pre-1600
* 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
* 1440 – The Prus ...
** Retired police sergeant Drew Peterson
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, whose fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007, is sentenced by the state of Illinois
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to 38 years incarceration for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
** A watchdog group releases a report that details write-downs of $19 billion on more than 168,000 properties by five United States banks. Under terms of a federal and state settlement of foreclosure-processing violations reached one year ago in March, Bank of America
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lost the most and had $13.5 billion in homeowner debts written off. The other banks are Citigroup
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Inc, JPMorgan Chase
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& Co, Wells Fargo
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& Co, and Ally Financial Inc.
* February 23
Events Pre-1600
* 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
* 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
** The Air Force
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grounds its entire $400 billion fleet of 51 F-35 jets due to a major engine technical issue. During a routine inspection of the aircraft, maintenance personnel detected a cracked engine blade. On February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
, the Defense Department lifts the grounding after an investigation concludes that the cracks in that particular engine resulted from stressful testing, including excessive heat for a prolonged period during flight, and did not reflect a fleetwide problem. The total cost of all retrofits for problems found in flight testing is now $1.7 billion.
** A crash
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Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch su ...
during the final lap of the NASCAR
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DRIVE4COPD 300
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auto race at Daytona International Speedway
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in Florida
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, sends debris flying into the stands, injuring 33 spectators.
* February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
** In stock car racing
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, Jimmie Johnson
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wins the Daytona 500
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. Danica Patrick
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finishes eighth, marking the highest ever finish by a woman.
** 85th Academy Awards
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: The ceremony, hosted by Seth MacFarlane
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, is held at Dolby Theatre
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in Hollywood
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, with Ben Affleck's ''Argo
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'' winning Best Picture. With his portrayal of the title character in Steven Spielberg
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's '' Lincoln'', Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the only actor to have won the Academy Award
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for Best Actor
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three times. Ang Lee's ''Life of Pi
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'' wins four awards, including Lee's second for Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
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, while ''Lincoln'' leads in nominations with 12. The telecast garners nearly 40.4 million viewers.
* February 25
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
...
– A study from Spain published in the '' New England Journal of Medicine'' finds that following a Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of heart disease
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. Patients were followed with either a Mediterranean or standard low-fat diet for five years. The study is later retracted.
* February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– Pediatric clinical trial
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s of Amgen's Sensipar
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, used to treat various hyperparathyroidism
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problems which result in abnormal levels of serum calcium, are halted in the United States after a 14-year-old patient dies.
* February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– Chuck Hagel is sworn in as Secretary of Defense
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, replacing Leon Panetta.
* February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
** Jack Lew
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is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding Timothy Geithner
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.
** ''United States v. Manning
''United States v. Manning'' was the Courts-martial of the United States, court-martial of former United States Army Private First Class Bradley E. Manning,Jennifer Rizzo"Bradley Manning charged" CNN, February 23, 2012. known now as Chelsea Mann ...
'': Private First Class
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French speaking countries
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Chelsea Manning pleads guilty to 10 counts out of 22 against her for leaking
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classified material in the WikiLeaks
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case.
** ESPN
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reports that the seven Catholic
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schools that have announced plans to leave the Big East Conference will do so in July 2013, and will keep the "Big East" name. Butler University and Xavier University
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 studen ...
will reportedly leave the Atlantic 10 Conference
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to join the new Big East, and Creighton University may leave the Missouri Valley Conference to join as well.
March
* March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
** SpaceX
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's CRS-2 is launched. This launch is the fourth flight for the unmanned Dragon
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cargo spacecraft
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. The launch is also the fifth overall and final flight for the company's two-stage Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle. CRS-2 is the second SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
under a Commercial Resupply Services contract of 12 total. Once in orbit, CRS-2 encounters thruster issues, but they are ultimately resolved.
** 2013 Sequestration: A budget sequestration begins in the government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
.
* March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
reaches a new record high close of 14,253.77, last set in October 2007, on the back of more positive indicators about the US economy
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.
* March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– Senator
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Rand Paul
Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American physician and politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is a son of former three-time presidential candidate and 12 ...
ends a 13-hour filibuster
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to block voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan
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as the Director of the CIA
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Beginning February 2017, the D ...
, questioning President
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Barack Obama
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and his administration's use of drones, and the stated legal justification for hypothetical lethal use within the United States targeting against noncombatants. Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
Eric Holder states that combat drones would not be used to target and kill Americans not engaged in combat on American soil without due process
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.
* March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
* 1226 – ...
** A house fire kills five children (ages 10 months to 3 years) and two adults (including a pregnant woman) in the Gray community of Knox County, Kentucky.
** Google
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will pay a $7 million penalty to settle an investigation into the collection of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless network
A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes.
Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and business installations avoid the costly process of introducing c ...
s from 2007 to 2010 in the United States
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. Google company cars taking street-level photos for its online mapping service also had been vacuuming up personal data
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The abbreviation PII is widely accepted in the United States, but the phrase it abbreviates ha ...
transmitted over wireless networks that weren't protected by passwords.
* March 10 – Daylight saving time
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goes into effect.
* March 11 – Former Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick
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is convicted on corruption charges.
* March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
** Former New York City
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police officer Gilberto Valle
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is found guilty of plotting to kidnap, kill, and eat
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women.
** The Secret Service
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launches an investigation after hackers
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post what they claim is personal data
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The abbreviation PII is widely accepted in the United States, but the phrase it abbreviates ha ...
and credit information
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The abbreviation PII is widely accepted in the United States, but the phrase it abbreviates ha ...
of celebrities, including First Lady
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Michelle Obama
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, online.
* March 18
** Seven Marines
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are killed and eight others are injured when a mortar explodes during a training exercise
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in the Hawthorne Army Depot
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in Hawthorne, Nevada. Because of the accident, the Pentagon
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A pentagon may be simpl ...
has banned this type of shell.
** The FBI
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states that they know who carried out the greatest art heist in American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
history at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
* March 19
** A suspect, Qari Abdul Saeed, is arrested in Pakistan
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for the 2002 beheading of ''The Wall Street Journal
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'' reporter Daniel Pearl.
** American musician Richard Hinds is sentenced to between five and ten years in prison for the murder
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of Irish tourist Nicola Furlong in Japan.
** In Ohio, T. J. Lane receives three life sentence
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s for the child murders
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at Chardon High School that he committed on February 27, 2012, as a 17-year-old. Lane curses and makes obscene gestures at the victims' families during the sentencing.
** The Supreme Court
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holds in a 6–3 decision that the first-sale doctrine applies to the domestic sale of foreign copies of copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. The first-sale doctrine (also known as the "exhaustion rule") is a core feature of both copyright and patent law. The doctrine holds that intellectual property
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rights associated with a particular copy of a work are exhausted once there is an authorized sale or manufacture of that copy. Although the decision does not mention patent law, the case also has obvious implications for patents. The case may also have some implications for streaming of copyrighted content based on national origin. A Thailand man, Supap Kirtsaeng, had moved to the US and set up a side business of importing textbooks from Thailand and reselling them on eBay
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in the US for a substantial profit. The imported books were not counterfeit but actual publisher-printed versions of textbooks. The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
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sued for copyright infringement and argued that the first-sale doctrine did not apply to its authorized foreign sales.
* March 23 – The Senate
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approves its first budget
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in four years by a margin of 50–49.
* March 26 – T-Mobile USA
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removes the contract requirement from its mobile phone
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payment plans, becoming the first of the four major national wireless
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carriers in the U.S.
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to do so.
* March 29
** A study published in the ''Journal of Pediatrics
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'' confirms that there is no scientific evidence of a link between vaccine
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s and autism
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.
** North Korea
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n leader Kim Jong-Un
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orders preparations for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland at an overnight meeting with top army commanders, in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bombers in joint US-South Korea
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military drills. China
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appeals for calm on all sides.
** ''Lalaloopsy'' debuts on Nickelodeon
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.
April
*April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
** Six people, including multiple elected officials, are arrested on charges of fraud for allegedly attempting to rig
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* Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground
* Rig (stage lighting)
* rig, a horse-drawn carriage ...
the 2013 New York City mayoral election
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.
** Tonya S. Bundick is charged in connection with 70 arsons in Virginia
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.
* April 3
** Thirty-five teachers and administrators from Atlanta, Georgia
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, are indicted on fraud charges for allegedly facilitating cheating on standardized test
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s dating back to 2001.
**Disney
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announces that it is shutting down its LucasArts computer game making division.
*April 4
Events Pre-1600
* 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
– A group of Washington University scientists announce in a study published in the journal ''Neuron'' that they have identified a number of genetic markers that are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
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.
*April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– The Louisville Cardinals
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win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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defeating the Michigan Wolverines
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by a score of 82–76.
*April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
– The United States Post Office
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is forced by the United States Congress
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to continue mail service on Saturdays.
* April 11 – Maryland
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Governor Martin O'Malley
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O'Malley ...
approves a stormwater management fee derisively known as the rain tax.
*April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
**A disgraced former jurist, Eric Williams, and his wife, Kim Williams, are charged with three counts of homicide for the murders of two Texas prosecutors and one wife.
**Disneyland
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announces that it would temporarily close three of its attractions at its California theme park due to multiple OSHA
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Work
* Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal agency of the United States that regulates workplace safety and health
* Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) of 1970, a federal law in the Un ...
-related violations.
*April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
– In golf
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, Adam Scott becomes the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament
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by defeating Ángel Cabrera in a sudden-death final.
* April 15-April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
– Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon
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leave 3 people dead and 260 injured. Authorities found clear video images of two suspects carrying black backpacks and with their faces visible, each suspect separately at the scene of one of the two explosions. A campus police officer is shot dead in his vehicle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in Cambridge
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, Massachusetts
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. The Boston Police Department
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chases two carjacking suspects in the MIT campus shooting to the nearby suburb of Watertown Watertown may refer to:
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Places in the United States
*Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town
**Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...
where, after a gunfight that included explosives, one MBTA
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officer is injured, one suspect is killed, and the other is still at large. The suspects are brothers. One suspect is identified as Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
-born Cambridge
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resident 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar "Jahar" Anzorovich Tsarnaev born July 22, 1993)russian: Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев, link=no ; ce, Царнаев Анзор-кIант ДжовхӀар o; ( Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Жохар Анзор уу ...
. The deceased brother is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013)russian: link=no, Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев ; ce, Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан ; ky, Тамерлан Анзор уул ...
. A number of YouTube
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videos, posted by the suspects, surface that seek Muslim takeover of Chechnya
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. A tip leads police to the backyard-stored boat at a home in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts
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Watertown ...
, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is captured after an exchange of gunfire and a brief standoff. The Boston Bruins home game against the Ottawa Senators scheduled for that day is postponed.
* April 16– 27 – 2013 ricin attacks: Mail
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to the US Senate
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The composition and powe ...
is suspended after letter sent to U.S. Senator
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The composition and powe ...
Roger Wicker
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( R- MS) tests positive for the poison
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ous substance ricin
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at an offsite Congressional mail facility. The letter was sent to the FBI Laboratory
The FBI Laboratory (also called the Laboratory Division) is a division within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that provides forensic analysis support services to the FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies ...
in Quantico, Virginia, for further testing. After release of a previous suspect without charge, an adversary of his, Everett Dutschke of Mississippi, has been arrested for mailing letters containing ricin
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to the President of the United States, a senator, and a federal judge.
*April 17 – 15 people are dead and 160 injured after the West (Texas) explosion, Texas fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
*April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
**The Federal Aviation Administration, FAA has approved a fix of the lithium-ion battery in Boeing, Boeing's Boeing 787, 787s, clearing the way for its resumption of service.
**The Boston Bruins postpone their scheduled home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins due to the Boston Marathon bombing, manhunt for the Boston marathon bombing suspect.
*April 20
** Five people are killed and 17 are injured in Vail, Arizona, Vail, Arizona when a car accident occurs during a U.S. United States Border Patrol, Border Patrol pursuit.
**3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee, with vehicular homicide by Alcohol intoxication, intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver.
*April 23
** The United States stock market undergoes a AP Tweet Flash Crash of 2013, flash crash (similar to 2010 Flash Crash, 2010) of 1 percent when the Twitter feed from the Associated Press
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news agency is hack (computer security), hacked and erroneously states that several explosions have injured President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
.
** ''Teen Titans Go! (TV series), Teen Titans Go!'' debuts on Cartoon Network.
*April 25 – In American football, the 2013 NFL Draft begins with Kansas City Chiefs selecting Eric Fisher (American football), Eric Fisher in New York City
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's Radio City Music Hall.
*April 30
**NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
extends its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, paying $424 million for the RKA to Russian Federal Space Agency#ISS involvement, deliver and receive astronauts shuttled to the ISS through 2016.
**Apple Inc., Apple initiates the largest ever non-bank Corporate bond, bond offering, valued at $17 billion.
May
* May 1 – Boston Police state that three more individuals are arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing.
* May 2 – Rhode Island becomes the tenth state to legalize Same-sex marriage in the United States, same-sex marriage.
* May 3 – ''Iron Man 3'', directed by Shane Black, is released by Marvel Studios as the seventh film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the first in its "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two, Phase Two" slate and the direct sequel to 2008's ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' and 2010's ''Iron Man 2''. It becomes the fifth highest-grossing film of all time at the time of release (currently the 20th).
* May 4 – In horse racing, People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Joel Rosario rides Orb (horse), Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby. Other noteworthy entrants were Kevin Krigger who was aboard Goldencents, trying to become the first black jockey to win since Jimmy Winkfield in 1902. Rosie Napravnik's fifth-place finish aboard Mylute made her the highest finishing female jockey in the race's history.
* May 5
** The world's first gun produced by Defense Distributed using a 3-D printer is fired successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials worry that such plastic weapons could evade detection at airport screenings.
** Five women are killed and four others are injured after a limousine catches fire on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, San Mateo Bridge in Hayward, California.
* May 6
** Bank of America
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agrees to pay $1.6 billion to insurer MBIA to settle a long-running dispute between MBIA and two companies Bank of America had since acquired.
** Singer Lauryn Hill is sentenced to prison for three months after being convicted of tax evasion.
** Ariel Castro kidnappings, Three women missing (Michele Knight, Amanda Berry, Georgina DeJesus) for more than a decade are found alive in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, while a man, Ariel Castro, is charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
* May 7
** Delaware
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becomes the eleventh state to legalize Same-sex marriage in the United States, same-sex marriage.
** Singer Tim Lambesis is arrested on charges of attempting to hire a hit man to kill his wife.
** The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
closes above 15,000 for the first time, at 15,056.20 gaining 87.31 points.
* May 8 – Jodi Arias is convicted of the first-degree Murder of Travis Alexander, murder of her boyfriend by a court in Arizona.
* May 9 – It is revealed that in February, hackers stole $45 million from worldwide bank Automated teller machine, ATMs with large numbers of criminals using fraudulent debit cards.
* May 10
** Boston Marathon bombing: Evidence mounts that Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013)russian: link=no, Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев ; ce, Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан ; ky, Тамерлан Анзор уул ...
was involved in 2011 Waltham triple murder, an unsolved triple murder in Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
on September 11, 2011. One of the victims, Brendan Mess, was once a roommate of Tamerlan.
** After several years of construction, the spire is installed on New York's One World Trade Center, making it the List of tallest freestanding structures in the world#Freestanding structures (past or present) over 350 metres (1,148 ft), sixth tallest freestanding structure, at a symbolic 1,776 ft.
* May 12 – Gunmen open fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, wounding 19.
* May 13
** Kermit Gosnell, a Americans, U.S. abortion physician, is found guilty in Pennsylvania of three counts of murder of newborn infants, one count of involuntary manslaughter, and various other charges. In a plea bargain later he trades away his appeals in exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
** United States Attorney General, Attorney General Eric Holder, acting for the Obama Administration, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee that he was not party to the United States Justice Department, U.S. Justice Department's 2013 Department of Justice investigations of reporters, secret seizure of telephone records of the news agency the Associated Press
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. The Justice Department seized two months worth of telephone records from AP offices and reporters.
** The U.S. Department of Treasury may probe why Bloomberg News reporters were monitoring how investment bank employees searched their site for financial information, including U.S. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
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.
* May 14
** Minnesota becomes the twelfth state to legalize Same-sex marriage in the United States, same-sex marriage.
** The United States
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fines the Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories $500 million after they are found guilty of selling adulterated drugs to the United States.
** The U.S.
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Internal Revenue Service admits that it 2013 IRS scandal, targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny.
* May 20 – A 2013 Moore tornado, tornado kills 24 people and wounds over 300 in Moore, Oklahoma.
* May 23
** The Boy Scouts of America lifts its longstanding ban on gay youth members.
** A bridge near Mount Vernon, Washington, I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse, collapses after a truck full of drilling equipment bumps into the bridge's steel framework.
* May 24 – Eight year old boy Murder of Gabriel Fernandez, Gabriel Fernandez dies after being fatally beaten and tortured by his mother Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre. The pair are later convicted of murder, with the case highlighting numerous failings by social services in Los Angeles County.
* May 25 – Two freight trains collide fifteen miles southwest of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, causing a highway overpass to collapse; causing seven injuries.
* May 26-May 31 – An Tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013, outbreak of tornadoes affects the Great Plains, particularly Oklahoma and Kansas. Around 76 tornadoes were reported in the event including the widest tornado ever recorded near El Reno, Oklahoma, at a very large 2.6 miles in width. A total of ten confirmed fatalities were reported with the outbreak.
* May 26 – ''Avengers Assemble (TV series), Avengers Assemble'' debuts on Disney XD.
June
* June 5 – An abandoned building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22nd and Market building collapse, collapses onto a thrift store, killing six people and injuring 14 others.
* June 6–June 20 – The 2013 NBA Finals finishes the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference champion 2012–13 Miami Heat season, Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champion 2012–13 San Antonio Spurs season, San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20.
* June 7 – A spree 2013 Santa Monica shooting, shooting occurs at Santa Monica College in California, with six deaths and more than four injuries. Shooter John Zawahri killed his father and brother and set their house on fire before going on a rampage, ending with him being shot dead by police.
* June 9 – Published in the journal ''Nature (journal), Nature'', using the petascale supercomputer Blue Waters, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Physics Professor Klaus Schulten, UIUC Postdoctoral Researcher Juan R. Perilla, and their colleagues, with the aid of previous research, and data from the University of Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt University, publish a structure of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus capsid, potentially useful for drug development, drug and vaccine
A vaccine is a biological Dosage form, preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease, infectious or cancer, malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verifie ...
development.
* June 12-June 24 – The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals finishes the Best-of-seven playoff, championship series of the National Hockey League
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(NHL) season, and the conclusion of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference playoff champion 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season, Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference playoff champion 2012–13 Boston Bruins season, Boston Bruins in six games to capture their fifth Stanley Cup in team history.
* June 13
** The Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court rules that naturally occurring human genes may not be patented, with significant implications for future medical research.
** An ethylene- and propylene- manufacturing chemical plant explosion kills two and injures 75 others in Geismar, Louisiana.
* June 13-June 16 – Justin Rose wins the 113th edition of the U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open with a score of 281 (1 over par). He is the first English player to win the U.S. Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970.
* June 14 – ''Man of Steel (film), Man of Steel'', directed by Zack Snyder, is released in theatres as the first film in the DC Extended Universe.
* June 21 – Pixar Animation Studios' 14th feature film, ''Monsters University'', a prequel to 2001's ''Monsters, Inc.'', is released in theaters.
* June 25 – In a Shelby County v. Holder, 5–4 decision, the US Supreme Court, Supreme Court strikes down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Section 4 had required states with a history of discrimination to get permission from the federal government to change their election procedures in any way.
* June 26
** In a United States v. Windsor, 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court, Supreme Court strikes down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, allowing legally married gay couples to receive over 1,000 federal benefits and privileges.
** In a Hollingsworth v. Perry, 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court, Supreme Court rules that supporters of California Proposition 8 did not have legal standing in federal court, allowing same-sex marriages to resume in California.
* June 28
** The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lifts its stay on gay marriages in California, making the state the thirteenth to legalize same-sex marriage. Gay marriage in the state of California is legalized after the stay held on the unconstitutional California Proposition 8 is lifted. Two women who successfully challenged Proposition 8 in the Supreme Court of the United States are married in San Francisco, California, San Francisco.
** Australia-based News Corporation (1980–2013), News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox.
* June 30 – 19 elite firefighters are killed trying to contain a Yarnell Hill Fire, wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, Yarnell, Arizona.
July
* July 6 – Three Chinese nationals are killed when Asiana Airlines Flight 214, from Seoul,South Korea
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's Incheon International Airport bound for San Francisco, California, crashes upon attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport.
* July 7 – Ten people are killed when an Alaska Airlines, Alaskan Air Taxi crashes.
* July 8 – A 2013 California prisoner hunger strike, prisoner hunger strike in California begins, with upwards of 29,000 inmates protesting solitary confinement practices.
* July 10 – With still two years until its closest approach, NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
's ''New Horizons'' team releases the spacecraft's first high resolution view of the Pluto/Charon (moon), Charon dwarf planet system.
* July 11 – ''Sharknado'' airs for the first time on Syfy.
* July 12 – 648 counts are added to the previous 329 counts, for 977 total, against the Ariel Castro kidnappings, Cleveland kidnapper.
* July 13 – George Zimmerman, the man charged with the killing of Trayvon Martin, is acquittal, acquitted of all charges after a State of Florida v. George Zimmerman, trial.
* July 17 – ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' editors approve a cover photo that some believe glamourizes Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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.
* July 18 – The city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit bankruptcy, files for Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 9 Bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection against debts of $18.5 billion.
* July 26 – Kidnapper Ariel Castro pleads guilty in exchange for life imprisonment.
August
* August 11 – American people, Americangolf
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er Jason Dufner wins the 2013 PGA Championship played at the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.
* August 12
** American Irish Mob, mob boss Whitey Bulger is convicted of racketeering.
** ''PAW Patrol'' debuts on Nickelodeon
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.
* August 19 – A B-1B Lancer with the United States Air Force's 28th Bomb Wing crashes near Broadus, Montana, during a routine training mission.
* August 22
** Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is indicted for the murder of 27-year-old Murder of Odin Lloyd, Odin Lloyd.
** The American electronic stock exchange NASDAQ shuts down for 3 hours due to a computer problem.
* August 23
** Former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan is convicted of multiple murder and attempted murder counts in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
** Former U.S. Army Sergeant Robert Bales is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of 16 Afghan people, Afghan civilians in March 2012.
** Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego, mayor of San Diego, San Diego, California, agrees to resign on August 30 over sexual harassment allegations.
* August 27 – The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park grows to about 281 square miles.
* August 28 – Former U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan is sentenced to death for the November 5, 2009, 2009 Fort Hood shooting, Fort Hood massacre that killed 13 and wounded 32 others. He will be granted an automatic appeal; the Army general (convening authority) who will review the case can grant him life without parole; any eventual military execution would need presidential approval.
* August 29 – The NFL reaches a $765 million settlement of Concussions in American football#Federal NFL concussion litigation, concussion-related lawsuits.
* August 30 – Syrian civil war: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
says that Syrian government forces killed 1,429 people in the 2013 Ghouta attacks, August 21 chemical weapons attack.
* August 31 – WeSeed free website officially closes.
September
* September 2 ** The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to the public ahead of the schedule after more than a decade of construction to replace the old span which was damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. ** Verizon Communications agrees to acquire Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, the third largest Mergers and acquisitions, M&A deal ever. * September 3 ** The Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, Ariel Castro kidnappings, kidnapper Ariel Castro dies, apparently committing suicide by hanging. ** Microsoft purchases Nokia's mobile device division for $7.2 billion. * September 8–September 9, 9 – In 2013 US Open (tennis), US Open tennis, Serena Williams wins the women's singles final, and Rafael Nadal wins the men's singles final the following day. * September 9–September 16, 16 – In Colorado at least eight people are dead, 648 unaccounted for, and $2 billion in property losses from 2013 Colorado floods, flooding. * September 14 – In the Syrian civil war, theUnited States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
and Russia reach a deal on Syrian chemical weapons.
* September 15 – Nina Davuluri, Miss New York 2013, wins the Miss America 2014, 87th Miss America
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...
pageant.
* September 16 – A gunman Washington Navy Yard shooting, opens fire at Washington, D.C.'s Washington Navy Yard, Naval Yard; with twelve victims killed and eight injured. The perpetrator, Aaron Alexis, was killed by arriving police officers. It is the second worst shooting a military base after the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
* September 18 – Cygnus 1 (also known as Orbital Sciences COTS Demo Flight) launches the first planned flight of the Orbital Sciences Corporation, Orbital Sciences' uncrewed cargo spacecraft Cygnus (spacecraft), Cygnus, its first flight to the International Space Station and the second launch of the company's Antares (rocket), Antares launch vehicle. The flight is under contract to NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
as Cygnus' demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The launch site is Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, MARS on the Delmarva Peninsula in Virginia.
* September 22 – The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards are held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, with ''Breaking Bad'' winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, best drama and ''Modern Family'' winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, best comedy.
* September 23 – ''The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist'' debuts on NBC.
* September 24 – ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', ''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs'', ''Trophy Wife (TV series), Trophy Wife'' and ''Lucky 7 (TV series), Lucky 7'' premieres on American Broadcasting Company, ABC.
October
* October 1–October 16, 16 – United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013, Debt-ceiling crisis: Following tensions between the largely Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and the largely Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Affordable Care Act while voting on the mandatory budget for the 2014 fiscal year, Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
ultimately reaches a stalemate, resulting in a United States federal government shutdown of 2013, shutdown of all federal government departments deemed nonessential by the Antideficiency Act. Hundreds of thousands of federal government workers in these departments are temporarily furloughed. The juxtaposition of the shutdown poses a major threat to the United States Economy of the United States, economy, as it looms very closely to the date of the mandatory raising of the United States debt ceiling, debt ceiling. The shutdown ends with Congress voting to postpone debates over the debt ceiling until February 2014. It is the first federal government shutdown since the United States federal government shutdown of 1995-96, 1995-96 shutdown under the Presidency of Bill Clinton, Clinton administration.
* October 3
** Miriam Carey, a 34-year-old woman with a history of mental health issues, who was a New York and Connecticut-licensed dental hygienist, is Shooting of Miriam Carey, shot and killed by police in Washington, D.C.
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The incident leads to a lockdown in the city.
** Adobe Systems, Adobe reveals that 2.9 million customers' data was stolen in security breach which included credit card information.
* October 8 – The new United States one hundred-dollar bill, United States $100 bill with Counterfeit money, increased security features is released into circulation.
* October 9 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI raids a warehouse in Edison, New Jersey, and arrests 9 members of a gang that had been kidnapping and torturing Jewish men who refused to grant their wives Get (divorce document), religious divorces. The ringleader of the gang, Mendel Epstein, was arrested separately in Brooklyn, New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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''USA Today'' * October 11 – The two-year-old son of NFL player Adrian Peterson (2012 NFL season, 2012 AP NFL MVP) dies at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital due to injuries sustained during an alleged assault by the boyfriend of the child's mother, Joseph Robert Patterson. * October 14 – ''The Thundermans'' debuts on
Nickelodeon
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.
* October 18 – ''12 Years a Slave (film), 12 Years a Slave'' is released. The movie is about Solomon Northup, a free man living in the North in New York who gets kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film was nominated for and won many awards for its accurate portrayal of slavery.
* October 21 – New Jersey becomes the fourteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
* October 30 – In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox win the 2013 World Series, World Series defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2. This is the first series to be won in Boston by the Red Sox since 2004 World Series, see also 1918 World Series, 1918.
November
* November 1 – A gunman suspected to be 23-year-old Paul Ciancia 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting, opens fire at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, killing one Transportation Security Administration officer and injuring an additional six people. The apprehended suspect sustains several gunshot wounds from police officers and survives. A handwritten note is later found in Ciancia's bag describing his desire to kill TSA officers and "pigs". A text message sent to one of his siblings suggests he was suicide, suicidal. * November 3 –Daylight saving time
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ends.
* November 8 – ''Thor: The Dark World'', directed by Alan Taylor (director), Alan Taylor, is released by Marvel Studios as the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2011's ''Thor (film), Thor''.
* November 13
** Hawaii becomes the fifteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States, same-sex marriage. Legal marriages begin on December 2.
** Four U.S. Marines are killed in an accident involving an unexploded aircraft ordnance, ordnance at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California. Two Marines and one Navy hospital worker nearby sustain minor injuries.
* November 18 – MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) launches as a space exploration mission to send a space probe to orbit Mars and study its atmosphere. After its scheduled September 22, 2014 Martian orbital insertion, it will help determine what caused the atmosphere of Mars, Martian atmosphere—and Water on Mars, water—to be lost to space, making the climate increasingly inhospitable for life.
* November 19 – In the largest-ever settlement with the U.S. government, banking giant JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. As of 2022, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, the ...
agrees to pay $13 billion and admits to making serious misrepresentations over mortgage-backed securities.
* November 20 – Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
becomes the sixteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Provisions of the bill will not go into effect until June 1, next year.
* November 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...
closes 16,000 for the first time and gaining 109.17 points at 16,009.99.
* November 22
** Crystal Mangum, the false rape accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, is found guilty of murdering her boyfriend Reginald Daye and sentenced to 14–18 years in prison.
** Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd feature film, ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'', is released in theatres. Considered by some to be on the level of the studio's Disney Renaissance, Renaissance-era output, the film receives critical acclaim and is by far their biggest commercial success at that point, grossing $1.280 billion in worldwide revenue throughout its run.
* November 30 – Actor Paul Walker, and friend Roger Rodas, are killed in a single-vehicle accident when their Porsche Carrera GT catches on fire and disintegrates after hitting a lamp post and striking two trees while going over 100 MPH in Santa Clarita, California. After being notified of Walker's death, Universal Pictures, Universal announces Furious 7 will be delayed
December
* December 1 – At least four are dead and 63 others injured following a Metro-North Railroad train Spuyten Duyvil derailment, derailment near Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, Spuyten Duyvil, The Bronx, New York City. Preliminary reports by the NTSB determine that the train was traveling at 82 miles per hour; the speed limit for the section of track involved is 30 miles per hour. * December 2 – In the New Hampshire's U.S. District Court, the former medical technician David Kwiatkowski is sentenced to 39 years in prison for infecting unknown numbers of patients in various states with hepatitis C through the reuse of his contaminated syringes. * December 6 ** The United States Labor Department says that unemployment rate fell to 5-year low of 7 percent as employers added 203,000 jobs. ** A record 2013 North American cold wave, cold wave strikes with at least a dozen deaths due to ice storms. * December 9 – American Airlines Group is formed from the merger of AMR Corporation and US Airways Group and begins trading on the NASDAQ. * December 12 ** An ammonia cooling pump on the International Space Station malfunctions, requiring suspension of some non-critical systems. ** The United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the federal bus safety regulator, shuts down 52 bus line companies in a major nationwide crackdown on unsafe outfits. * December 13 ** A gunman identified as Karl Pierson Arapahoe High School shooting, opens fire at Arapahoe High School (Centennial, Colorado), Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. Pierson kills one girl before committing suicide. ** The U.S. National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable internet advertisers to track consumers, such tools are known as HTTP cookie, cookies; specifically,Google
Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...
cookies are being tracked in order to determine targets for hacking.
* December 14 – 2013 Florida State Seminoles football team, Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston wins the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding player in College football, U.S. college football.
* December 15 – Japanese people, Japanese-born British people, British and American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
actress Joan Fontaine, best known for her two roles under Alfred Hitchcock (''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'', ''Suspicion (1941 film), Suspicion''), and the sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96.
* December 16 – For an undisclosed price, Google
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acquires the robot-making company Boston Dynamics which had previously been contracted by the Armed Forces of the United States, U.S. military.
* December 17
** Six Americans, American troops die after their helicopter crashes in Afghanistan.
** A gunman is dead after shooting and killing one person and wounding two others at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada.
** A report by the American nonprofit investigative news organization The Center for Public Integrity details that the U.S. Federal Election Commission was hacked by China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
during the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, October 2013 federal government shutdown.
* December 18 – An EPA employee who committed fraud regarding his vacation pay is sentenced to 32 months in prison. John C. Beale had perpetrated a scam whereby he disappeared from work for years at a time saying he was a covert CIA agent.
* December 19
** Target Corporation and the United States Secret Service say that more than 40 million Credit card, credit and debit cards used in Target stores may have been compromised due to a Target Corporation#2013 security breach, data breach.
** Same-sex marriage is legalized in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
* December 20
** Utah becomes the eighteenth state to legalize same-sex marriage when District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby strikes down Utah Constitutional Amendment 3, Amendment 3 of Utah's Constitution of Utah, Constitution.
** At least five people die as the early 2014 North American cold wave begins.
* December 22 – Black market sales begin of Credit card, credit and Debit card, debit card data which was compromised due to a Target Corporation Target Corporation#2013 security breach, data breach.
* December 24
** American Express is ordered to pay $75.7 million in restitution and fines to customers and federal regulators over billing people for services they never received.
** Two NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
astronauts at the International Space Station complete a series of spacewalks to replace a International Space Station maintenance#2013 – Ammonia Leak, faulty ammonia coolant pump.
** The deadline for U.S. residents to sign up without penalty for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
* December 25 – An unnamed gunman shoots three teenagers, two fatally, in a neighborhood near Interstate 78 in New Jersey, Interstate 78 in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey. This occurs shortly after three other men are killed and two more wounded by a shooting at a strip club in Irvington, New Jersey, Irvington.
* December 26 – President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
signs the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, 2013 bipartisan budget deal, which successfully passed through the mostly Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, House and the mostly Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, easing spending cuts and including a projected $85 billion in savings for the next two years.
Ongoing
* War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)Deaths
January
* January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– Patti Page, singer (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
* January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
** Angelo Coia, American football player (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938)
** Lee Eilbracht, American baseball coach (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* January 4
Events Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
* 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1601–1900
*1649 – Engli ...
– Pete Elliott, American college football player and coach (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
* January 5
** Bruce McCarty, architect and educator, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
** Jeff Lewis (American football), Jeff Lewis, American football player (b. 1973 in the United States, 1973)
** Barbara Werle, actress and singer (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
** Richard McWilliam, businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (b. 1953 in the United States, 1953)
** Chandler Williams, American football player (b. 1985 in the United States, 1985)
* January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– John Ingram (politician), John Ingram, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929 in the United States, 1929)
* January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
** Richard Ben Cramer, journalist and author (b. 1950 in the United States, 1950)
** David R. Ellis, film director (b. 1952)
** Ada Louise Huxtable, curator and critic (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
** Harvey Shapiro (poet), Harvey Shapiro, poet (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
– James M. Buchanan, American Nobel economist (b. 1919)
* January 10
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
** Geoffrey W. Coates, Geoffrey Coates, British chemist, died in Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (b. 1917 in the United Kingdom, 1917)
** Evan S. Connell, novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* January 11 – Aaron Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (b. 1986 in the United States, 1986)
* January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
* January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– Pauline Phillips, a.ka. Dear Abby, columnist, radio show host, and twin sister of Ask Ann Landers, Ann Landers (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* January 17 – James Hood, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
* January 19
** Milt Bolling, baseball player and scout (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** John Braheny, singer-songwriter (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938)
** Stan Musial, baseball player (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
** Frank Pooler, conductor and composer (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
** Ron Fraser, baseball player and coach (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Dolores Prida, Cuban-American journalist and playwright (b. 1943)
* January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Co ...
– Jake McNiece, American veteran (b. 1919)
* January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
– Ed Bouchee, baseball player (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
* January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– Jean Giambrone, American sports journalist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
February
* February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
** Helene Hale, American politician (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Ed Koch, 105th Mayor of New York City from 1978 until 1989. (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* February 2 – Chris Kyle, soldier, writer, and murder victim (b. 1974 in the United States, 1974)
* February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
* February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Ronnie Allen (pool player), Ronnie "Fast Eddie" Allen, pool player (b. 1938 in the United States, 1938)
* February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– John Livermore, geologist and engineer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* February 8
** Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, writer and academic (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
** Maureen Dragone, writer and journalist (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
* February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
– Petro Vlahos, engineer and film special effects inventor (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916)
* February 12
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under ...
– Christopher Dorner, police officer and murderer (b. 1979 in the United States, 1979)
* February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
** Mary Brave Bird, writer, civil rights activist, and wife of Leonard Crow Dog (b. 1954 in the United States, 1954)
** Richard J. Collins, television and film screenwriter and producer, and husband of Dorothy Comingore (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
** Ronald Dworkin, philosopher and lawyer, died in London, England, London, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
(b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
** Walt Easley, American football player (b. 1957 in the United States, 1957)
** Shadow Morton, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** T. L. Osborn, evangelist and author (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* February 15
** Kenneth Dement, American football player and lawyer (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Pat Derby, British-born American animal trainer and rights activist (b. 1942 in the United Kingdom, 1942)
* February 16 – Ernie Vossler, American golf player and course designer and husband of Marlene Hagge (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
* February 17
** Phil Henderson (basketball), Phil Henderson, American basketball player (b. 1968 in the United States, 1968)
** Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
** Georg Luck, Swiss academic, died in Towson, Maryland, Towson, Maryland (b. 1926 in Switzerland, 1926)
** Mindy McCready, singer (b. 1975 in the United States, 1975)
* February 18
** Jerry Buss, basketball and hockey team owner, real estate investor, and chemist (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** B.G. Dyess, minister and politician (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
** Damon Harris, singer (b. 1950 in the United States, 1950)
** Shayle R. Searle, New Zealand mathematician, died in Ithaca, New York, Ithaca, New York (b. 1928 in New Zealand, 1928)
* February 19
** Armen Alchian, economist (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
** Robert Coleman Richardson, Nobel physicist (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
** Donald Richie, writer and film director, died in Tokyo, Japan (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
** Jane C. Wright, surgeon (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919)
* February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
– David S. McKay, geologist (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936)
* February 21
Events Pre-1600
* 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
* 1440 – The Prus ...
– Cleotha Staples, singer (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934)
* February 22 – Claude Monteux, musician and conductor (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
* February 23
Events Pre-1600
* 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
* 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
– Paul McIlhenny, businessman (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* February 25
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
...
– C. Everett Koop, 13th Surgeon General of the United States from 1982 until 1989. (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916)
* February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– Randolph Bromery, geologist, World War II airman, and college administrator (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
* February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
** Van Cliburn, pianist (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934)
** Dale Robertson, actor and World War II soldier (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
** Richard Street, singer, songwriter, and dancer (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
* February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Donald A. Glaser, Nobel physicist, molecular biologist, neurobiologist, and business executive (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
March
* March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
– Bonnie Franklin, actress (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* March 3 – Bobby Rogers, singer, songwriter, and husband of Wanda Young (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
* March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
** Arthur Storch, American actor (b. 1925)
** Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)
* March 13
** Ducky Detweiler, baseball player
** Cartha DeLoach, FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ...
agent and author (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
* March 14 – Jack Greene, country musician (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
* March 16 – Jason Molina, singer-songwriter (b. 1973 in the United States, 1973)
* March 19 – Harry Reems, pornographic actor (b. 1947 in the United States, 1947)
* March 20 – Nicholas C. Petris, lawyer and politician (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* March 21 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer, died in Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
(b. 1930 in Nigeria, 1930)
* March 23 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1919)
* March 24 – Deke Richards, songwriter and producer (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* March 28
** Hugh McCracken, musician, producer, and arranger (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
** Bob Teague, journalist and American football player (b. 1929 in the United States, 1929)
** Gus Triandos, American baseball player (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** Robert Zildjian, businessman (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
April
* April 1
** David Burge, pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** William H. Ginsburg, lawyer (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943)
** Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936)
* April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
** Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Duke Kimbrough McCall, pastor and activist (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
* April 4
Events Pre-1600
* 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
– Roger Ebert, film critic and writer (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
* April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– Annette Funicello, film and television actress and singer (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
* April 9 – Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect (b. 1919 in Italy, 1919)
* April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
– Jimmy Dawkins, singer and guitarist (b. 1936)
* April 11 – Jonathan Winters, film and television actor and comedian (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* April 15 – Joe Francis (American football), Joe Francis, American football player and coach (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936)
* April 16
** Jack Daniels (baseball), Jack Daniels, baseball player (b. 1927)
** George Horse Capture, anthropologist and author (b. 1937)
** Francis Leo Lawrence, academic and scholar (b. 1937)
** Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
* April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
** Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (b. 1918)
** Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013)russian: link=no, Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев ; ce, Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан ; ky, Тамерлан Анзор уул ...
, Russian-American terrorist (b. 1986)
* April 20
** Peter Kane Dufault, soldier and poet (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
** Rick Mather, American-English architect (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
** Howard Phillips (politician), Howard Phillips, politician (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941)
* April 21 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer and songwriter, died in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
(b. 1959 in Australia, 1959)
* April 22 – Richie Havens, American folk singer (b. 1941)
* April 24
** Richard Everett Dorr, judge (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943)
** Larry Felser, journalist (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Dave Kocourek, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
** Gary L. Lancaster, lawyer and judge (b. 1949 in the United States, 1949)
* April 26
** William L. Guy, soldier and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919)
** George Jones, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and husband of Tammy Wynette (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
** Marion Rushing, American football player (b. 1936 in the United States, 1936)
** Mary Thom, journalist and author (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
** Jim Tucker (journalist), Jim Tucker, journalist and author (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934)
* April 28 – János Starker, Hungarian-born American cellist (b. 1924)
* April 30 – Mike Gray, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935)
May
* May 2 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist (b. 1964)
* May 4 – Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
* May 7
** Ray Harryhausen, film producer, director, and creator of special effects, died in London, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
(b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
** Romanthony, American singer (b. 1967)
* May 8
** Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
** Asaph Schwapp, American football player (b. 1987 in the United States, 1987)
** Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945 in the United States, 1945)
** Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935)
* May 9 – Malcolm Shabazz, criminal (b. 1984 in the United States, 1984)
* May 11
** Jack Butler (American football), Jack Butler, American football player (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
** Marianne Ferber, economist and author (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* May 12
** Mr. Kenneth, hairdresser (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
** Kenneth Waltz, political scientist and academic (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* May 13 – Joyce Brothers, psychologist, columnist, and actress (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
* May 15 – Linden Chiles, actor (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
* May 17
** Penne Hackforth-Jones, American-Australian actress (b. 1949 in the United States, 1949)
** Alan O'Day, singer-songwriter (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Albert Seedman, police officer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* May 20
** Ray Manzarek, musician, died in Germany (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939)
** Zach Sobiech, singer and viral video performer (b. 1995 in the United States, 1995)
* May 23 – Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)
* May 26 – Jack Vance, American novelist (b. 1916)
* May 27 – Cullen Finnerty, American football player (b. 1982 in the United States, 1982)
* May 30 – Reveille VII, notable mascot (b. 2000 in the United States, 2000)
* May 31 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (b. 1923)
June
* June 1
** Mott Green, businessman (b. 1966)
** Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., sergeant and judge (b. 1924)
* June 3
** Will Campbell (Baptist minister), Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (b. 1924)
** Arnold Eidus, American violinist and producer (b. 1922)
** Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (b. 1938)
** Frank Lautenberg, American politician (b. 1924)
* June 6
** Maxine Stuart, actress (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer (b. 1921)
* June 7
** Charlie Coles, basketball player and coach (b. 1942 in the United States, 1942)
** Richard Ramirez, murderer (b. 1960 in the United States, 1960)
* June 8
** Paul Cellucci, politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948)
** Richard J. Seitz, military commander (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* June 11 – Robert Fogel, American Nobel Prize-winning economic historian (b. 1926)
* June 12
** Jason Leffler, American race car driver (b. 1975 in the United States, 1975)
** Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* June 15 – Stan Lopata, baseball player (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* June 19
** James Gandolfini, American actor, died in Rome, Italy (b. 1961)
** Kim Thompson, Danish-American publisher (b. 1956 in Denmark, 1956)
* June 20 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer (b. 1913)
* June 23
** Bobby Bland, American singer and songwriter (b. 1930)
** Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* June 24 – Puff Johnson, American singer (b. 1972)
* June 26 – Marc Rich, Belgian-born American commodities trader and criminal (b. 1934)
* June 29 – Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly, American martial artist and actor (b. 1946)
July
* July 2 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist and inventor (b. 1925)
* July 4
** James Fulton (dermatologist), James Fulton, dermatologist and academic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Charles A. Hines, general (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935)
* July 12 – Amar Bose, American engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1929)
* July 14 – Bill Warner (motorcycle racer), Bill Warner, motorcycle racer (b. 1969 in the United States, 1969)
* July 18
** John R. Deane Jr., general (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919)
** Francis X. Kane, colonel and engineer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Willie Louis, witness in the Emmett Till, Emmett Till murder trial (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
* July 20 – Helen Thomas, American journalist (b. 1920)
* July 22
** Hugo Black Jr., lawyer and author (b. 1922)
** Dennis Farina, American actor (b. 1944)
* July 23 – Emile Griffith, American welterweight boxer (b. 1938)
* July 25 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and composer (b. 1935)
* July 26 – JJ Cale, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
* July 28
** Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
** Frank Castillo, baseball player and coach (b. 1969)
** George Scott (first baseman), George Scott, baseball player (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* July 31 – Michael Ansara, American actor (b. 1922)
August
* August 1 – Gail Kobe, actress (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
* August 4 – Art Donovan, American football player (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* August 5
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
* 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
– George Duke, American keyboardist (b. 1946)
* August 8
** Karen Black, actress (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939)
** Jack Clement, record and film producer, songwriter and singer (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
* August 15
** Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (b. 1970)
** Bert Lance, businessman and civil servant, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
** William S. Livingston, political scientist and academic (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
** August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
* August 16 – Ray B. Sitton, general and pilot (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* August 19
** Cedar Walton, American pianist (b. 1934)
** Lee Thompson Young, actor (b. 1984)
* August 20 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist (b. 1925)
* August 21 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American astronaut (b. 1936)
* August 24
** Julie Harris (American actress), Julie Harris, actress (b. 1925)
** Muriel Siebert, stockbroker (b. 1928)
September
* September 1 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer (b. 1969)
* September 2 – Frederik Pohl, American writer (b. 1919)
* September 3 – Ariel Castro, criminal (b. 1960 in the United States, 1960)
* September 11
** Marshall Berman, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Virgil A. Richard, American general (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
* September 12 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
* September 18 – Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943)
* September 22 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-born American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1926)
* September 27
**Gates Brown, baseball player and coach (b. 1939 in the United States, 1939)
**Elvin R. Heiberg III, general and engineer (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
**A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
October
* October 1 – Tom Clancy, American writer (b. 1947)
* October 3
** Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
** Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
** Chuck Smith (pastor), Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
* October 10 – Scott Carpenter, astronaut and naval aviator (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* October 11
** Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912)
** William H. Sullivan, diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
* October 12 – Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910)
* October 16 – Ed Lauter, American actor (b. 1938)
* October 20 – Lawrence Klein, American Nobel economist (b. 1920)
* October 22 – Shooting of Andy Lopez, Andy Lopez, notable victim (b. 2000 in the United States, 2000)
* October 24 – Brooke Greenberg, notable victim of rare congenital disease (b. 1993 in the United States, 1993)
* October 25
** Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
** Marcia Wallace, actress and comedienne (b. 1942)
* October 27 – Lou Reed, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1942)
* October 28
** Nalini Ambady, Indian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1959)
** Ike Skelton, lawyer and politician (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
November
* November 2 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
* November 4 – Lois Graham, materials engineer (b. 1925 in the United States, 1925)
* November 10 – Richie Jean Jackson, American author, teacher, and civil rights activist (b. 1932)
* November 12 – Al Ruscio, American actor (b. 1924)
* November 13 – Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1956)
* November 15
** T. J. Jemison, minister and activist (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
** Mickey Knox, actor and screenwriter (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
** Mike McCormack (American football), Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
* November 16
** Robert Conley (reporter), Robert Conley, journalist (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
** Oscar Lanford, mathematician and academic (b. 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Louis D. Rubin Jr., author, critic, and academic (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
** Charles Waterhouse (artist), Charles Waterhouse, painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* November 18 – Bennett Reimer, American author and academic (b. 1932 in the United States, 1932)
* November 20 – Joseph Paul Franklin, murderer (b. 1950)
* November 23
** Jay Leggett, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1963 in the United States, 1963)
** Peter B. Lewis, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933 in the United States, 1933)
** Wayne Mills (singer), Wayne Mills, singer-songwriter (b. 1969 in the United States, 1969)
* November 25 – Chico Hamilton, drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
* November 30 – Paul Walker, American actor (b. 1973)
December
* December 2 – William Allain, soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
* December 9 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922 in the United States, 1922)
* December 10
** Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
** Don Lund, baseball player and coach (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* December 12
** Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator and activist (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
** Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917 in the United States, 1917)
* December 15
** Harold Camping, American evangelist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
** Joan Fontaine, Japanese-born British American actress (b. 1917)
* December 16 – Ray Price (musician), Ray Price, American singer and songwriter (b. 1926 in the United States, 1926)
* December 20 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (b. 1973 in the United States, 1973)
* December 21
** Eli Beeding, pilot (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
** Rodolfo P. Hernández, soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931 in the United States, 1931)
* December 22 – Ed Herrmann, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946 in the United States, 1946)
* December 23 – Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1920)
* December 26 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American singer and actress (b. 1912)
* December 28 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* December 31 – James Avery (actor), James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
See also
* 2013 in American music * 2013 in American soccer * 2013 in American television * List of American films of 2013 * Timeline of United States history (2010–present)References
External links
* {{Year in North America, 2013 2013 in the United States, 2010s in the United States 2013 by country, United States 2013 in North America, United States Years of the 21st century in the United States