Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415 Pope…
Tag: 2013
19 March 2013
A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
13 March 2013
The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
29 December 2013
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps
8 December 2013
Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
24 July 2013
A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
27 June 2013
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
21 February 2013
At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
17 November 2013
Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
29 September 2013
Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.