Information about 2013
| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2010 2011 2012 - 2013 - 2014 2015 2016 |
| 2013 by topic: |
| News by month |
| Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec |
| Arts |
| Architecture - Art - Literature - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video |
| Politics |
| Elections - Int'l leaders - Politics - State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Science and technology |
| Archaeology - Aviation - Birding/Ornithology - - Rail transport - Science - Spaceflight |
| Sports |
| Sport - Australian Football League - Baseball - Football (soccer) - - - |
| By place |
| Argentina - Australia - Brazil - Canada - Denmark - France - India - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Luxembourg - Malaysia - - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - South Africa - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Wales - Zimbabwe |
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| Deaths - - Games - - Religious leaders - Video gaming |
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| Gregorian calendar | 2013 MMXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2766 |
| Armenian calendar | 1462 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԲ |
| Bah' calendar | 169 – 170 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2557 |
| Chinese calendar | 4649/4709-7-16 (壬辰年七月十六日) — to — 4650/4710-6-26(癸巳年六月廿六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1729 – 1730 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2005 – 2006 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5773 – 5774 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2068 – 2069 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1935 – 1936 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5114 – 5115 |
| Holocene calendar | 12013 |
| Iranian calendar | 1391 – 1392 |
| Islamic calendar | 1434 – 1435 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 0 (平成0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2673 (皇紀2673年) |
| Julian calendar | 2058 |
| Korean calendar | 4346 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2556 |
Centennials
The Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity will celebrate its Centennial.Predicted events
- January 1 — Czech Republic and Hungary are scheduled to adopt the Euro as their official currency.
- January 20 — Inauguration of the President of the United States. Provided that the 44th President's term has been served fully, this will either mark the beginning of the second term of the 44th President, or the first term of the 45th President.
- May 10 — Annular solar eclipse.
- June — The British & Irish Rugby Union team are scheduled to return to Australia on tour for first time in 12 years.
- June — The James Webb Space Telescope is due for launch.
- November 3 — Hybrid solar eclipse.
Unknown dates
- The European Union will introduce a common EU-wide driving licence.
- Identity cards are set to be compulsory in the United Kingdom if the government ambitions of 2005 are adopted.
- Super Bowl XLVII.
- The United Kingdom completes its digital switchover with Channel Television in the Channel Islands being the last area to switch off analogue. http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/when.html
- The first stage of the Länsimetro extension of the Helsinki Metro should be finished, allowing metro traffic from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä.
- Compulsory school leaving age in the UK to be increased from 16 to 18 in 2013. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6254833.stm
- The East Side Access Project is scheduled to be completed in New York City, allowing Long Island Rail Road commuters to travel to Grand Central Terminal.
- Heavy goods vehicles are due to be forbidden from crossing the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland.
- This will be the year when Godzilla will make a comeback in order to renew interest in the series http://www.monsterzero.us/editorials/editorials.php?catID=&subCatID=15&contentID=702.
Anniversaries
- May 22 — 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth.
- July — Tour de France on the 100th anniversary of the first event.
- August - 50th anniversary of Spider-Man
- September 13 - 50th anniversay of the formation of Malaysia.
- November 22 - 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- November 23 — 50th anniversary of television sci-fi drama Doctor Who.
Major religious holidays
- February 1 — Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
- March 20 — Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara.
- May 1 — Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.
- June 21 — Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha.
- August 1 — Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.
- September 22 — Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon.
- November 1 — Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year.
- December 21 — Winter solstice, also known as Yule.
- December 25 — Christmas.
2013 in fiction and popular culture
Comic books
- X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
- In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."
Computer and video games
- Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) is supposed to take place in 2013, according to fictional journal entries on its website.
- Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
- (2006) takes place in 2013.
- Gyakuten Saiban 3 Based around this year.
Film
- Escape From LA, starring Kurt Russell takes place in 2013.
- The Postman (1997).
Television
- In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain, Tesco launch an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
- An episode in The Simpsons ("Future-Drama") takes place in 2013, at a time when the United States is in the middle of "Gulf War V".
- "24" ( season 7) takes place in this year. See Wikipedia under seach phase: 24 ( season 7)
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twentieth century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. Some historians consider the era from about 1914 to 1991 to be the Short Twentieth Century.
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21st Century is the present century of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and is due to end December 31, 2100. However, more modern methods of dating begin the century in the year 2000.
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes.
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