January 1, 2013, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un makes a rare New Year broadcast, calling for an improved economy and a reunified Korea. (BBC)
January 1, 2013,
January 1, 2013, United States "fiscal cliff" debate:
The U.S. Senate bipartisanly approves a deal to avert general tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff". (BBC)
-The U.S. House of Representatives approves the "fiscal cliff" deal, with Republican Speaker of the House John Bohener breaking with his party to vote "yes". Before the vote took place, congressional members were unsure whether or not the deal would be approved after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced his opposition to the deal, and other House Republicans raised concerns about it. (CNN)
January 1, 2013, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, as part of his military duties, pilots a Royal Air Force (RAF) Sea King helicopter which was sent out in the early morning hours to an as of yet unsuccessful search for a Blackpool, England man swept out to sea there. (NBC News)
January 1, 2013, Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea join the UN Security Council. (News24)
January 1, 2013, United Kingdom assumes presidency of G8 group. Next G8 summit is to be held on the shores of Lough Erne in Northern Ireland in June 2013. (BBC)
January 2, 2013,
January 2, 2013,
January 2, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, intended to prevent the "fiscal cliff". (The Huffington Post)
January 2, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is released from the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital after being treated for a blood clot. (CNN)
January 2, 2013, Pan-Arab cable news channel Al-Jazeera acquires struggling American left wing news network Current TV from Al Gore and Joel Hyatt. (AP)
January 2, 2013, An unnamed gunman, 33, kills 3 women and injures 2 men in the village of Daillon, Switzerland,
opening fire from his apartment, and pursuing the attack in the street;
he threatened police when they arrived and was shot and hospitalized
(it is speculated this will renew debate about males retaining their
arms after their mandated military service). (Chicago Tribune)
January 3, 2013,
January 3, 2013, The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron say the future of the Falkland Islands is up to its inhabitants, not Argentina. His statement comes after the President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged the prime minister to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to "negotiate a solution" to the dispute. (BBC)
January 3, 2013, United States Congress:The 113th United States Congress is sworn in, replacing the 112th Congress. (CNN)
January 3, 2013, In boxing, the personal doctor of Manny Pacquiao worries that he may have the initiation stages of Parkinson's disease. (Yahoo News)
January 4, 2013, Release of Texas Chainsaw 3D
January 4, 2013, Release of The Dark Truth
January 4, 2013,
January 4, 2013,
January 4, 2013,
January 4, 2013, Hundreds of thousands of people rally in Gaza in a show of unity between the governing Hamas, elected in 2006, and Fatah, in opposition since then. According to the French AFP news agency, President Mahmoud Abbas says: "Gaza was the first Palestinian territory rid of Israeli occupation and settlement and we want a lifting of the blockade so that it can be free and linked to the rest of the nation." (BBC)
January 4, 2013, Joblessness in the United States
remains constant, with latest official figures showing a modest job
creation total of 155 thousand for a country with a population of more
than 300 million. (Al Jazeera)
January 4, 2013, The United States Congress officially declares President Barack Obama the winner of the 2012 presidential election. (CNN)
January 4, 2013, The Church of England drops its prohibition on gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops, so long as they promise to be celibate. (BBC)
January 5, 2013,
January 5, 2013, An armed standoff between a gunman and police leaves three hostages and the perpetrator dead in an Aurora, Colorado home. (CNN)
January 6, 2013, Syrian civil war: The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad delivers a rare television appearance addressing the Syrian crisis and denounces the Syrian rebels as "enemies of God and puppets of the West". It is his first television appearance since June 2012. (BBC)
January 6, 2013, In ice hockey, the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association reach an agreement that ends the 113-day lockout and averts the cancellation of the 2012-13 season. (Think Progress)
January 6, 2013, At Apple, applications developers say they gave Apple plenty of warning about issues with its iOS maps issues. (CNET)
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013, In association football, Lionel Messi of Argentina wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or as the best player for a third consecutive time. Abby Wambach of the United States wins the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award, the first time in ten years that an American has won the award. (ABC News Australia)
January 7, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama nominates PIAB Chairman Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense and HSC Advisor John O. Brennan to be the next Director of the CIA. (BBC)
January 7, 2013, Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimate that there are at least 17 billion planets approximately the size of Earth in the Milky Way. (AP)
January 8, 2013, Release of Anarchy Reigns video game
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013, AIG, the insurance giant that has recently paid the U.S. treasury back funds it received on "too big to fail" grounds in 2008, says that it may join a lawsuit against the U.S. for the supposedly harsh nature of the bailout terms. (Reuters)
January 8, 2013, More than 130 wildfires are burning on the east coast of Australia with thousands of people forced to leave their homes. (The Telegraph)
January 8, 2013, Death of Amy Winehouse: A new inquest begins into the death of British singer Amy Winehouse after it was discovered that the original coroner was not qualified to conduct the inquiry. (AFP via France 24)
-A second inquiry into Winehouse's death concludes that the singer died of alcohol poisoning. (CNN)
January 8, 2013, The United States records its hottest year on record in 2012. (Associated Press)
January 9, 2013, A SeaStreak ferry traveling to Lower Manhattan, New York City crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people. (CNN)
January 9, 2013,
January 9, 2013, AIG announces that it will not join a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the 2008 bailout. (CNN)
January 9, 2013, In baseball, no candidates were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time since 1996, with some candidates such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens performing poorly due to allegations of steroid use. (The New York Times)
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013, Near-earth asteroid 99942 Apophis passes close to the Earth with observations by European astronomers estimating that it is larger than previously thought. (CBS News)
January 11, 2013, Release of Gangster Squad
January 11, 2013, Release of A Haunted House
January 11, 2013,
January 11, 2013, The first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, painted by Paul Emsley is unveiled to a mixed reception from critics. (BBC)
January 11, 2013, The Metropolitan Police and NSPCC have confirmed 214 separate sexual offences committed by Jimmy Savile over a period of fifty years. (BBC)
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013, In ice hockey, the National Hockey League Players' Association overwhelmingly votes to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement reached with the league. NHL training camps are scheduled to open on January 13, with a shortened 48-game regular season to begin on January 19. (ESPN)
January 13, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 15, 2013, The Associated Press reports that the U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping in his career during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, yet to be aired. (The Washington Post)
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013, Two people are shot dead and another person was wounded at Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, Kentucky. (Kentucky.com)
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013, A helicopter crash in central London kills two people and injures 13 others. (BBC News)
January 16, 2013, Boeing 787 aircraft are grounded worldwide over concerns about the safety of their lithium-ion batteries. (BBC)
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013, In basketball, Miami Heat forward LeBron James becomes the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points. (USA Today)
January 16, 2013,
January 17, 2013, Release of Devil Man Cry
January 17, 2013, Japan decides to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm near the site of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (New Scientist)
January 17, 2013, The European Space Agency officially joins a project to build a Service Module based on their Automated Transfer Vehicle for NASA’s Orion, a spacecraft to carry astronauts into deep space. (NASA)
January 17, 2013, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics by the IOC because of his involvement in doping. (BBC)
January 5, 2013,
January 5, 2013, An armed standoff between a gunman and police leaves three hostages and the perpetrator dead in an Aurora, Colorado home. (CNN)
January 6, 2013, Syrian civil war: The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad delivers a rare television appearance addressing the Syrian crisis and denounces the Syrian rebels as "enemies of God and puppets of the West". It is his first television appearance since June 2012. (BBC)
January 6, 2013, In ice hockey, the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association reach an agreement that ends the 113-day lockout and averts the cancellation of the 2012-13 season. (Think Progress)
January 6, 2013, At Apple, applications developers say they gave Apple plenty of warning about issues with its iOS maps issues. (CNET)
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013,
January 7, 2013, In association football, Lionel Messi of Argentina wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or as the best player for a third consecutive time. Abby Wambach of the United States wins the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award, the first time in ten years that an American has won the award. (ABC News Australia)
January 7, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama nominates PIAB Chairman Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense and HSC Advisor John O. Brennan to be the next Director of the CIA. (BBC)
January 7, 2013, Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimate that there are at least 17 billion planets approximately the size of Earth in the Milky Way. (AP)
January 8, 2013, Release of Anarchy Reigns video game
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013,
January 8, 2013, AIG, the insurance giant that has recently paid the U.S. treasury back funds it received on "too big to fail" grounds in 2008, says that it may join a lawsuit against the U.S. for the supposedly harsh nature of the bailout terms. (Reuters)
January 8, 2013, More than 130 wildfires are burning on the east coast of Australia with thousands of people forced to leave their homes. (The Telegraph)
January 8, 2013, Death of Amy Winehouse: A new inquest begins into the death of British singer Amy Winehouse after it was discovered that the original coroner was not qualified to conduct the inquiry. (AFP via France 24)
-A second inquiry into Winehouse's death concludes that the singer died of alcohol poisoning. (CNN)
January 8, 2013, The United States records its hottest year on record in 2012. (Associated Press)
January 9, 2013, A SeaStreak ferry traveling to Lower Manhattan, New York City crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people. (CNN)
January 9, 2013,
January 9, 2013, AIG announces that it will not join a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the 2008 bailout. (CNN)
January 9, 2013, In baseball, no candidates were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time since 1996, with some candidates such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens performing poorly due to allegations of steroid use. (The New York Times)
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013,
January 10, 2013, Near-earth asteroid 99942 Apophis passes close to the Earth with observations by European astronomers estimating that it is larger than previously thought. (CBS News)
January 11, 2013, Release of Gangster Squad
January 11, 2013, Release of A Haunted House
January 11, 2013,
January 11, 2013, The first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, painted by Paul Emsley is unveiled to a mixed reception from critics. (BBC)
January 11, 2013, The Metropolitan Police and NSPCC have confirmed 214 separate sexual offences committed by Jimmy Savile over a period of fifty years. (BBC)
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013,
January 12, 2013, In ice hockey, the National Hockey League Players' Association overwhelmingly votes to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement reached with the league. NHL training camps are scheduled to open on January 13, with a shortened 48-game regular season to begin on January 19. (ESPN)
January 13, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 14, 2013,
January 15, 2013, The Associated Press reports that the U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping in his career during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, yet to be aired. (The Washington Post)
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013,
January 15, 2013, Two people are shot dead and another person was wounded at Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, Kentucky. (Kentucky.com)
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013, A helicopter crash in central London kills two people and injures 13 others. (BBC News)
January 16, 2013, Boeing 787 aircraft are grounded worldwide over concerns about the safety of their lithium-ion batteries. (BBC)
January 16, 2013,
January 16, 2013, In basketball, Miami Heat forward LeBron James becomes the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points. (USA Today)
January 16, 2013,
January 17, 2013, Release of Devil Man Cry
January 17, 2013, Japan decides to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm near the site of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (New Scientist)
January 17, 2013, The European Space Agency officially joins a project to build a Service Module based on their Automated Transfer Vehicle for NASA’s Orion, a spacecraft to carry astronauts into deep space. (NASA)
January 17, 2013, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics by the IOC because of his involvement in doping. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, Release of Broken City
January 18, 2013, Release of Mama
January 18, 2013, Release of Mama
January 18, 2013, Release of The Last Stand
January 18, 2013, American cyclist Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all of his seven Tour de France victories in his interview given to Oprah Winfrey. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, The United States will officially recognize Somalia's new government and officially open diplomatic relations with Somalia for the first time since the Battle of Mogadishu. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, Benjamin Netanyahu says in an interview that he will not destroy any more Israeli settlements during his second term. (The Hindu)
January 18, 2013, Ray Nagin, the former Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, is indicted on 21 different counts including fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, NASA scientists beam a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting the Moon, marking a first in laser communication. (NASA)
January 18, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft observations show that the craters on Saturn’s moon Titan are disappearing. (NASA)
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013, NASA’s Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. (NASA)
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013, In ice hockey, a shortened 48-game (per team) 2012–13 NHL season begins today with 13 Saturday games after the end of the 119-day lockout. (NHL)
January 20, 2013, In American football, the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens win the NFC and AFC championship games, respectively, to advance to Super Bowl XLVII. The game will be the first time in NFL history that two brothers – Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers and John Harbaugh of the Ravens – have been opposing head coaches in the Super Bowl. (ESPN)
January 20, 2013, The second inauguration of Barack Obama as the President of the United States takes place in the Blue Room of the White House. (BBC)
January 20, 2013, A NASA spacecraft, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution. (NASA)
January 20, 2013,
January 20, 2013, In basketball, the owners of the NBA's Sacramento Kings reportedly reach an agreement to sell a controlling stake in the team to a Seattle-based group, fueling speculation that the team will move to Seattle. (ESPN)
January 21, 2013, The public portion of Barack Obama's second inaugural takes place in Washington, D.C., a day after he was officially sworn into office in the White House for his second term as President of the United States. (BBC)
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 22, 2013,
January 22, 2013, The United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 2087, condemning North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch and expanding economic sanctions against the country. (BBC News)
January 22, 2013, At least three people are injured after a gunman opens fire at the campus of Lone Star College–North Harris in Houston, Texas. (CNN)
January 22, 2013, An ancient human fossil in China is found to be closely related to both Asian and Native American peoples. (BBC News)
January 23, 2013, The United States Armed Forces overturns its ban on women serving in combat, reversing a 1994 rule, and potentially clearing the way for women to serve in front-line units and elite commando forces. (BBC)
January 23, 2013,
January 23, 2013, The 2013 World Economic Forum begins in Davos, Switzerland. (USA Today)
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013, North Korea authorities announce a new nuclear weapon and long range missile test, threatening their publicly manifested arch-enemy, the United States, as their primary target. (BBC)
January 24, 2013, NBA team New Orleans Hornets announce it will change its name to the Pelicans after the current season, the new team logo is officially released. (USA Today)
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013, David Headley is sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. (BBC)
January 24, 2013, Scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, England, successfully use DNA as a means of data storage. (Nature)
January 18, 2013, American cyclist Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all of his seven Tour de France victories in his interview given to Oprah Winfrey. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, The United States will officially recognize Somalia's new government and officially open diplomatic relations with Somalia for the first time since the Battle of Mogadishu. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, Benjamin Netanyahu says in an interview that he will not destroy any more Israeli settlements during his second term. (The Hindu)
January 18, 2013, Ray Nagin, the former Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, is indicted on 21 different counts including fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion. (BBC)
January 18, 2013, NASA scientists beam a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting the Moon, marking a first in laser communication. (NASA)
January 18, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft observations show that the craters on Saturn’s moon Titan are disappearing. (NASA)
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013, NASA’s Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. (NASA)
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013,
January 19, 2013, In ice hockey, a shortened 48-game (per team) 2012–13 NHL season begins today with 13 Saturday games after the end of the 119-day lockout. (NHL)
January 20, 2013, In American football, the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens win the NFC and AFC championship games, respectively, to advance to Super Bowl XLVII. The game will be the first time in NFL history that two brothers – Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers and John Harbaugh of the Ravens – have been opposing head coaches in the Super Bowl. (ESPN)
January 20, 2013, The second inauguration of Barack Obama as the President of the United States takes place in the Blue Room of the White House. (BBC)
January 20, 2013, A NASA spacecraft, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution. (NASA)
January 20, 2013,
January 20, 2013, In basketball, the owners of the NBA's Sacramento Kings reportedly reach an agreement to sell a controlling stake in the team to a Seattle-based group, fueling speculation that the team will move to Seattle. (ESPN)
January 21, 2013, The public portion of Barack Obama's second inaugural takes place in Washington, D.C., a day after he was officially sworn into office in the White House for his second term as President of the United States. (BBC)
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 21, 2013,
January 22, 2013,
January 22, 2013, The United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 2087, condemning North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch and expanding economic sanctions against the country. (BBC News)
January 22, 2013, At least three people are injured after a gunman opens fire at the campus of Lone Star College–North Harris in Houston, Texas. (CNN)
January 22, 2013, An ancient human fossil in China is found to be closely related to both Asian and Native American peoples. (BBC News)
January 23, 2013, The United States Armed Forces overturns its ban on women serving in combat, reversing a 1994 rule, and potentially clearing the way for women to serve in front-line units and elite commando forces. (BBC)
January 23, 2013,
January 23, 2013, The 2013 World Economic Forum begins in Davos, Switzerland. (USA Today)
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013, North Korea authorities announce a new nuclear weapon and long range missile test, threatening their publicly manifested arch-enemy, the United States, as their primary target. (BBC)
January 24, 2013, NBA team New Orleans Hornets announce it will change its name to the Pelicans after the current season, the new team logo is officially released. (USA Today)
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013,
January 24, 2013, David Headley is sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. (BBC)
January 24, 2013, Scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, England, successfully use DNA as a means of data storage. (Nature)
January 25, 2013, Release of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
January 25, 2013, Release of Movie 43
January 25, 2013, Release of Parker
January 25, 2013, The U.S. writer Stephen King issues a 25-page essay calling for gun control after numerous mass shootings. (The Guardian)
January 25, 2013, Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, and causes widespread flooding. (The Australian)
January 25, 2013, North Korea threatens to take "strong physical countermeasures" if South Korea co-operates with new United Nations Security Council resolutions against it. (BBC)
January 25, 2013, John Kiriakou, the former CIA agent, who publicly discussed the U.S. government agency's use of waterboarding interrogation techniques, is sentenced to 30 months in prison. An argument that he was a whistleblower was dismissed and he was instead convicted of violating an intelligence law, the first person to be successfully targeted under the statute in 27 years. (BBC)
January 25, 2013,
January 26, 2013,
January 26, 2013, 2012–2013 Egyptian protests: The Egyptian Army is dispatched to the town of Suez following the death of at least nine people in clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi. (CNN)
-At least 30 people die in violence that erupted in Port Said, Egypt, following the death sentences of 21 people for their roles in the Port Said Stadium disaster. (BBC)
January 26, 2013, Hacktivist group Anonymous claims credit for the hacking of the website of the United States Sentencing Commission in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz. (Chicago Tribune)
January 26, 2013, Kathleen Wynne is elected as the leader of the ruling Ontario Liberal Party and will become the first female Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canadian history. (Bloomberg)
January 27, 2013,
January 27, 2013,
January 28, 2013, Iran's state news agency announces that the country has successfully sent a monkey into space. (BBC)
January 28, 2013, Beatrix the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands announces her abdication in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, on April 30, 2013. (BBC)
January 28, 2013,
January 28, 2013,
January 28, 2013, A bouncer is critically injured and a woman is also wounded after a gunman opens fire in a bar in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, United States. The perpetrator was killed by authorities. (Fox News)
January 29, 2013,
January 25, 2013, Release of Movie 43
January 25, 2013, Release of Parker
January 25, 2013, The U.S. writer Stephen King issues a 25-page essay calling for gun control after numerous mass shootings. (The Guardian)
January 25, 2013, Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, and causes widespread flooding. (The Australian)
January 25, 2013, North Korea threatens to take "strong physical countermeasures" if South Korea co-operates with new United Nations Security Council resolutions against it. (BBC)
January 25, 2013, John Kiriakou, the former CIA agent, who publicly discussed the U.S. government agency's use of waterboarding interrogation techniques, is sentenced to 30 months in prison. An argument that he was a whistleblower was dismissed and he was instead convicted of violating an intelligence law, the first person to be successfully targeted under the statute in 27 years. (BBC)
January 25, 2013,
January 26, 2013,
January 26, 2013, 2012–2013 Egyptian protests: The Egyptian Army is dispatched to the town of Suez following the death of at least nine people in clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi. (CNN)
-At least 30 people die in violence that erupted in Port Said, Egypt, following the death sentences of 21 people for their roles in the Port Said Stadium disaster. (BBC)
January 26, 2013, Hacktivist group Anonymous claims credit for the hacking of the website of the United States Sentencing Commission in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz. (Chicago Tribune)
January 26, 2013, Kathleen Wynne is elected as the leader of the ruling Ontario Liberal Party and will become the first female Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canadian history. (Bloomberg)
January 27, 2013,
January 27, 2013,
January 28, 2013, Iran's state news agency announces that the country has successfully sent a monkey into space. (BBC)
January 28, 2013, Beatrix the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands announces her abdication in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, on April 30, 2013. (BBC)
January 28, 2013,
January 28, 2013,
January 28, 2013, A bouncer is critically injured and a woman is also wounded after a gunman opens fire in a bar in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, United States. The perpetrator was killed by authorities. (Fox News)
January 29, 2013,
January 29, 2013, According to a story by Haaretz, Israel admits it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without clearly explaining the effects of the drugs. (The Belfast Telegraph)
January 29, 2013, The United States Senate confirms John Kerry to become United States Secretary of State by a vote of 94–3. Kerry succeeds outgoing Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton on February 1. (Washington Post)
January 29, 2013, The Miami New Times reports that Biogenesis, a Miami anti-aging clinic that closed in December 2012, sold a wide array of performance-enhancing drugs to several prominent Major League Baseball players, among them Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, and Gio Gonzalez. (Miami New Times)
January 29, 2013, According to a report in Sports Illustrated, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis used the supplement deer-antler spray (containing a dilute solution of IGF-1 which has been banned by the NFL), to aid his recovery from a torn triceps. Lewis has denied using the substance. (Sports Illustrated)
January 30, 2013,
January 30, 2013,
January 30, 2013, Canadian wireless device manufacturer Research In Motion officially unveils BlackBerry 10, the newest version of the operating system for its BlackBerry devices, and announces the first two phones that will run on the new platform. The company also announces it is changing its name to BlackBerry effective immediately. (Fox News)
January 30, 2013, A gunman kills a school bus driver and holds a 6-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Midland City, Alabama, United States. (CNN)
January 30, 2013, One person is dead and two others are wounded after a shooting at an office building in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (Fox News)
January 30, 2013, South Korea launches its first civilian rocket called Naro-1 carrying a scientific satellite STSAT-2C amidst tension with North Korea. (Reuters)
January 31, 2013,
January 31, 2013, A teacher suffers scrapes and bruises and a 14-year-old boy is shot in the back of the neck and suffers a non-life-threatening wound at Luther Judson Price Middle School, a newer Atlanta Public Schools facility in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The boy is stable at a hospital and the suspected student was safely disarmed by a resource officer and arrested. (NBC News)
January 31, 2013, NASA unveils the prototype of a lunar mining robot called the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR)
January 31, 2013, American snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, from complications of injuries suffered in a crash on January 24 during the Winter X Games in Aspen. He becomes the first X Games participant to die from injuries sustained during the event. (ESPN)
January 29, 2013, The United States Senate confirms John Kerry to become United States Secretary of State by a vote of 94–3. Kerry succeeds outgoing Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton on February 1. (Washington Post)
January 29, 2013, The Miami New Times reports that Biogenesis, a Miami anti-aging clinic that closed in December 2012, sold a wide array of performance-enhancing drugs to several prominent Major League Baseball players, among them Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, and Gio Gonzalez. (Miami New Times)
January 29, 2013, According to a report in Sports Illustrated, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis used the supplement deer-antler spray (containing a dilute solution of IGF-1 which has been banned by the NFL), to aid his recovery from a torn triceps. Lewis has denied using the substance. (Sports Illustrated)
January 30, 2013,
January 30, 2013,
January 30, 2013, Canadian wireless device manufacturer Research In Motion officially unveils BlackBerry 10, the newest version of the operating system for its BlackBerry devices, and announces the first two phones that will run on the new platform. The company also announces it is changing its name to BlackBerry effective immediately. (Fox News)
January 30, 2013, A gunman kills a school bus driver and holds a 6-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Midland City, Alabama, United States. (CNN)
January 30, 2013, One person is dead and two others are wounded after a shooting at an office building in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (Fox News)
January 30, 2013, South Korea launches its first civilian rocket called Naro-1 carrying a scientific satellite STSAT-2C amidst tension with North Korea. (Reuters)
January 31, 2013,
January 31, 2013, A teacher suffers scrapes and bruises and a 14-year-old boy is shot in the back of the neck and suffers a non-life-threatening wound at Luther Judson Price Middle School, a newer Atlanta Public Schools facility in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The boy is stable at a hospital and the suspected student was safely disarmed by a resource officer and arrested. (NBC News)
January 31, 2013, NASA unveils the prototype of a lunar mining robot called the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR)
January 31, 2013, American snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, from complications of injuries suffered in a crash on January 24 during the Winter X Games in Aspen. He becomes the first X Games participant to die from injuries sustained during the event. (ESPN)
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