2013
From top to bottom, left to right: the Boston Marathon bombing kills three and injures hundreds in Boston; Pope Francis is elected after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI; Edward Snowden leaks classified documents revealing global surveillance by the National Security Agency; the Chelyabinsk meteor explodes over Chelyabinsk Oblast, injuring over 1,000 people; the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar kills more than 1,100 garment workers; Typhoon Haiyan devastates the Philippines; Frozen becomes the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide; Nelson Mandela dies in South Africa; and Brian Griffin is killed off in "Life of Brian" on Family Guy, sparking controversy.
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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
2013 was the first year since 1987 (after 26 years) to contain four unique digits, or no repeating numbers.
2013 was designated as:
- International Year of Water Cooperation
- International Year of Quinoa