What was going on in January 2013?

January 2013 Pakistan bombings: Twin bombings at a billiard hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta kill at least 81 people and wound up to 120 others, hours after a bombing at a market area killed 11 people in the same city. (BBC) (CBC News) (The Guardian)

What was happening January 2015?

Here are the key events in world news for the month of January 2015. Twelve Are Killed in Terrorist Attack at Newspaper in Paris (Jan. French President Francois Holland responds to the attack by saying that “France is in shock.” It is the worst terrorist attack in the country since World War II.

What was happening in February 2013?

2013 United States embassy bombing in Ankara: A suicide bombing outside the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, kills at least two people. (BBC) (CNN) (Reuters)

What decade is 2013 in?

2010s decade
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.

What has happened in 2020 so far?

The history-making moments that have happened so far in 2020 — and we’re only halfway through

• Australian wildfires.
• Impeachment of President Donald Trump.
• Tensions with Iran.
• Death of Kobe Bryant.
• Iowa Caucus chaos.
• Harvey Weinstein convicted.
• COVID-19 pandemic.
• Death of George Floyd.

Which year is the best year in the world?

Mark J. Perry

• We have every reason to believe that 2013 was, in fact, the best year on the planet for humankind.
• Fewer people are dying young, and more are living longer.
• Global economic growth in the past five decades has dramatically reduced poverty and made people around the world happier.

What was the best year for the US?

1776 is America’s best year, mainly because it was our first year. Of course there were some parts of the year that poke some holes in it’s resume, but there isn’t a year in America’s checkered history that isn’t exactly that — checkered.

What are the 10s called?

2010s
The 2010s (pronounced “twenty-tens”; shortened to “the ’10s”, also known as the tens or the teens) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 2019….2010s.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Categories:	Births Deaths By country By topic Establishments Disestablishments

What is each decade nickname?

Roaring-20’s,-Roaring-80’s,-Swinging-60’s. -Naughty-90’s. -1900’s-or-1910’s-I-once-recall-reading-described-as-‘The-Sepia-Decade’. -I-have-a-theory,-everyone-idolises-the-decade-in-which-they-enjoyed-their-20’s.

What major events happened in 2013 in the United States?

Events in the year 2013 in the United States . January 20: Barack Obama, the President of the United States, begins his second term. Maryland ‘s voter-approved same-sex marriage law goes into effect.

Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2013?

Prime Minister – David Cameron ; Parliament – 55th; Events January. 1 January – the United Kingdom assumes presidency of G8 group. Next G8 summit is to be held on the shores of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh in June 2013.

What happened in January 2013 in the UK and Ireland?

18 January – snow falls across parts of the UK & Ireland during the January 2013 Great Britain and Ireland Snowfall, what goes on until 23 January. 19 January – an avalanche at Glencoe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, kills four people.

What happened in the year 2012 in America?

January 3 – Subaru issues a recall for nearly 634,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a lighting problem. January 4 – Congress officially declares President Obama the winner of the 2012 presidential election.