WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 2013
Find out what all happened March to June 2013

A wave of bombings across Iraq kills 75 people and injures approximately 356 others. (15. April 2013)

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates and Willem-Alexander becomes King of the Netherlands. (30. April 2013)

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram. (14. May 2013)

27 people are killed and more than 30 injured, when a tanker truck crashes and explodes outside Mexico City. (7. May 2013)

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injuring 21 others. (26. June 2013)

NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun. (27. June 2013)

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands. (20. April 2013)

A suicide bomber kills 15 and injures 20 in a Shi'ite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. (21. June 2013)

More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India. (4. April 2013)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (26. June 2013)

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington. (23. May 2013)

An EF5 tornado strikes outside Oklahoma City killing 24 people and injuring 377 others. (20. May 2013)

Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, while a 52-year-old man, Ariel Castro, is taken into custody. (6. May 2013)

19 firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona. (30. June 2013)

A powerful EF5 tornado devastates El Reno, Oklahoma, killing nine people, and become the widest tornado in recorded history, with an astounding diameter of 2.6 miles (4.2 km). (31. May 2013)

An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. (15. May 2013)

The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries. (31. May 2013)

The largest meteorite (since NASA started observing the moon in 2005) hit the moon. (17. March 2013)

British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered in a London Street during a terrorist attack. (22. May 2013)

Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage. (30. May 2013)

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