April 1, 2013, Release of Flaming Lips album The Terror
April 1, 2013, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler decides, after speaking with survivors and relatives of the deceased, to pursue the death penalty against James Eagan Holmes, the perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora shooting; the case is given to a new judge. (NBC News)
April 1, 2013, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler decides, after speaking with survivors and relatives of the deceased, to pursue the death penalty against James Eagan Holmes, the perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora shooting; the case is given to a new judge. (NBC News)
April 1, 2013,
April 1, 2013, The annual session of North Korea's Parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, takes place in Pyongyang, following repeated threats of violence by the leader Kim Jong-Un against South Korea and the United States. Choi Bu-Il is appointed Minister of Internal Security. (Channel NewsAsia)
April 1, 2013,
April 1, 2013,
April 1, 2013, Numerous high-profile websites participate in April Fools' Day jokes. (PC World)
April 1, 2013, Production of the American reality TV show Buckwild is suspended after cast member Shain Gandee and two other people are found dead. (Fox News)
April 1, 2013, Health experts warn that the National Health Service in England is "not ready for" major changes passed in 2012 that go into effect today. (MSN News)
April 1, 2013, Japanese researchers unveil the smelling screen, a digital display screen capable of emitting pinpointed smells. (Daily Mail)
April 2, 2013, Release of Tyler the Creator album Wolf
April 2, 2013, Release of Killswitch Engage album Disarm the Discent
April 2, 2013, Release of Defiance video game
April 2, 2013, The wrongful death of Michael Jackson trial gets underway with jury selection. (MTV)
April 2, 2013, North Korea: North Korea announces it will resume activities in the Yongbyon nuclear complex, closed since 2007. (BBC)
-U.S. officials reveal that China has been increasing its military presence on the border with North Korea since mid-March, and conducted naval drills in the Yellow Sea. (Washington Times)
-Experts reveal that the last North Korean nuclear test may have been conducted with a newly developed enriched uranium nuke, instead of a plutonium one. (BBC)
-U.S. officials reveal that China has been increasing its military presence on the border with North Korea since mid-March, and conducted naval drills in the Yellow Sea. (Washington Times)
-Experts reveal that the last North Korean nuclear test may have been conducted with a newly developed enriched uranium nuke, instead of a plutonium one. (BBC)
April 2, 2013,
April 2, 2013,
April 2, 2013, The United Nations General Assembly approves the first treaty to regulate the multi-billion-dollar global trade in conventional arms with 154 votes in favor, three member states - Iran, North Korea and Syria - against the decision, and 23 abstentions. (BBC)
April 2, 2013, Three men are arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a foreign tourist on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amid concerns about security before the country hosts next year's soccer World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (Al Jazeera)
April 2, 2013, Cyprus Finance Minister Michael Sarris resigns after completing talks on a controversial bailout deal and will be replaced by current Labour Minister Haris Georgiades. (BBC)
April 2, 2013, Top NASA scientist James Hansen retires in order to concentrate on global warming activism. (New York Times)
April 2, 2013, Video is released showing Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball head coach Mike Rice assaulting and yelling obscenities and slurs at his players during practice. (ESPN)
April 3, 2013, Series Premiere of How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
April 3, 2013, Release of Injustice: Gods Among Us
April 3, 2013, Series Premiere of How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
April 3, 2013, Release of Injustice: Gods Among Us
April 3, 2013, North Korea–United States relations: South Korea's Ministry of Unification says that North Korea is denying workers entry to joint-Korean Kaesong complex amid tensions on the peninsula. The Ministry of Defence will consider a military action if the workers' security is threatened. The U.S. Navy sends USS John McCain and USS Decatur into the area. (Al Jazeera)
-The North Korean army says it has final approval to launch "merciless" military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of "cutting-edge" nuclear weapons. (The Globe and Mail)
-The United States plans to set up a missile defence system in Guam. U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel describes North Korea as a "real and clear danger". (Reuters)
April 3, 2013, NASA announces that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer module onboard the International Space Station has found possible evidence of dark matter. (FoxNews)
April 3, 2013,
April 3, 2013, U.S. commercial TV network NBC announces the departure of Jay Leno from the The Tonight Show in spring 2014. Leno is to be be replaced by Jimmy Fallon, host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. (CNN)
April 3, 2013, Writer Iain Banks announces he is terminally ill with gallbladder cancer at the age of 59 and has months to live. The publication of his final novel is to be brought forward by several months in the hope of allowing him to see it in print. (The Guardian)
-The North Korean army says it has final approval to launch "merciless" military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of "cutting-edge" nuclear weapons. (The Globe and Mail)
-The United States plans to set up a missile defence system in Guam. U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel describes North Korea as a "real and clear danger". (Reuters)
April 3, 2013, NASA announces that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer module onboard the International Space Station has found possible evidence of dark matter. (FoxNews)
April 3, 2013,
April 3, 2013, U.S. commercial TV network NBC announces the departure of Jay Leno from the The Tonight Show in spring 2014. Leno is to be be replaced by Jimmy Fallon, host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. (CNN)
April 3, 2013, Writer Iain Banks announces he is terminally ill with gallbladder cancer at the age of 59 and has months to live. The publication of his final novel is to be brought forward by several months in the hope of allowing him to see it in print. (The Guardian)
April 3, 2013, Australia opens a national probe into child sex abuse, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny. (Channel NewsAsia)
April 3, 2013, In the U.S. state of West Virginia, a sheriff is shot and killed in Mingo County. (The Charleston Gazette)
April 3, 2013, Rutgers University men's basketball coach Mike Rice, Jr. is fired after a video is released of him abusing players during practice. (CNN)
April 4, 2013, Series Premiere of Hannibal
April 10, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis:
-North Korea shuts down tourism from China, as nuclear tensions mount, but business travel is allowed to continue. (AFP via Brisbane Times)
-South Korea, U.S. and Taiwan raise their military watch alert to "vital threat" (level 2) ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
-The Twitter account for Yokohama, Japan accidentally tweets that North Korea had launched a missile. (CNET)
April 10, 2013,
April 10, 2013, Costa Cruises is fined US$1.3 million in lieu of criminal charges relating to the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster last year. (Los Angeles Times)
April 10, 2013, A man who took four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Georgia, United States, is killed in a gun battle with police. (NBC News)
April 10, 2013, The Chamber of Deputies (Congress) of Uruguay votes to legalize same-sex marriage. (BBC)
April 11, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: North Korea renews a threat to permanently close its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea, blaming the "confrontation" policies of the South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The United States military places a Sea-based X-band Radar in a position where it can detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, while President Barack Obama vows to protect both the U.S. and its allies. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The G8 foreign ministers condemn "in the strongest way" North Korea's recent threats and vow to apply stronger measures if the country does not step down its rhetoric. (CNN)
-According to a released incorrectly declassified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report, North Korea may have the technology to miniaturize, mount, and deliver a nuclear warhead with a long-range missile. The accuracy of the system should, however, be low. (CNN)
April 11, 2013, The top foreign affairs officials of the G8 group of nations meet in London, where the Korean crisis, Syrian conflict and Iran's nuclear threats are expected to be major talking points. (BBC)
April 11, 2013,
April 11, 2013, An episode of the American TV show Glee causes controversy by featuring a school shooting scene. (USA Today)
April 11, 2013, Singer Madonna is accused by the office of Malawi President Joyce Banda of "bullying state officials" after she reportedly exaggerated her charity's contribution and complained about her treatment on a recent visit to the country. (BBC)
April 11, 2013, American comedian Jonathan Winters dies at the age of 87 in Montecito, California. (AP via Entertainment Weekly)
April 11, 2013, Maria Tallchief, the first Native American to achieve the rank of prima ballerina at a major ballet company, dies at the age of 88. (The New York Times)
April 11, 2013, Father Emil Kapaun is awarded a Medal of Honor posthumously by U.S. President Barack Obama. (CBS News)
April 11, 2013, France's top rabbi, Gilles Bernheim resigns after admitting he does not hold a philosophy degree as claimed and had engaged in plagiarism. (The Jerusalem Post)
April 4, 2013, Series Premiere of Hannibal
April 4, 2013, Foreign relations of North Korea: South Korean sources say a North Korean medium range missile has been moved to the eastern coast and it may be ready for testing or attacking Japan or Guam. (CNN)
-The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats. (BBC)
-South Korea Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin says the country is ready for possible military action, as the Kaesong industrial complex blockade enters its second day. (Al Jazeera)
-Hackers break into North Korea’s government-run Twitter and Flickr accounts amid soaring tensions in the Korean Peninsula. (Boston Globe via Associated Press)
-The United States announces its intent to cool down its rhetoric towards North Korea. (CNN)
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,American film reviewer Roger Ebert dies following a battle with cancer which initially cost him his voice. He was 70. (NPR)
April 4, 2013, One of the Grozny-City Towers, the tallest building in Chechnya, Russia, is damaged in a large fire. (RIA Novosti)
April 4, 2013, The Hubble Space Telescope observes the most distant supernova on record. (Space.com)
April 4, 2013, Scientists unveil a 3D printer which creates material very similar to human tissue. (Los Angeles Times)
April 4, 2013, A new species of giant tarantula, Poecilotheria rajaei, is discovered in Sri Lanka. (New York Daily News)
April 5, 2013, Release of Evil Dead
April 5, 2013, Release of The Brass Teapot
April 5, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013): South Korea deploys two warships with Aegis missile-defense systems as a precautionary measure, following reports that North Korea had repositioned intermediate-range ballistic missiles to its east coast a day earlier. (BBC)
-North Korea warns that it cannot protect their embassies in Pyongyang as of April 10. It is advised that all foreign countries consider asking the staff of their embassies to leave. (The Telegraph)
April 5, 2013,
April 5, 2013,
April 5, 2013, Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom receives an honorary BAFTA award for her support of British film and television and she is honored as the "most memorable Bond girl" for her appearance at the 2012 London Olympics. (Channel NewsAsia)
April 5, 2013, In further fallout from the Rutgers University basketball scandal, assistant coach Jimmy Martelli, seen on practice videos abusing players in the same manner as fired head coach Mike Rice, and athletic director Tim Pernetti both resign. (ESPN)
April 6, 2013, In Horse racing, Auroras Encore springs a 66-1 surprise to win the 166th Grand National by nine lengths at at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (BBC)
April 6, 2013, Pope Francis appoints Spain's José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., as Secretary to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which oversees all Catholic religious orders, his first nomination to the Vatican bureaucracy. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013, The United States decides to delay a long-planned intercontinental ballistic missile test scheduled for next week at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following tensions with North Korea. (Al Jazeera)
April 7, 2013, United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Turkey, where he is to have talks addressing relations with Israel and the conflict in Syria. (BBC)
April 8, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013): A senior South Korean government official says that North Korea may be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, as increased activity is detected at its main test site. However, the South Korean Defence Ministry denied having clear signs that the test may be imminent. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-North Korea says it will withdraw all of its workers from the Kaesong Industrial Region, an industrial complex that is jointly run with South Korea, and consider shuttering the complex permanently. (BBC)
-Russian President Vladimir Putin is "extremely concerned about the situation that may lead to a nuclear disaster worse than Chernobyl". (BBC)
April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London. (BBC)
April 8, 2013, The Louisville Cardinals win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament defeating the Michigan Wolverines 82–76. (AP via The Washington Post)
April 8, 2013,
April 8, 2013,
April 8, 2013, Wikileaks announces the release of 1.7 million United States diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973–1976 when Henry Kissinger was United States Secretary of State. (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Release of Paramore self entitled album Paramore
April 9, 2013, At least 14 people are stabbed and wounded at Lone Star College–CyFair in Texas, U.S. (ABC News)
April 9, 2013,
April 9, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013):
-North Korea announces its plans to launch a missile tomorrow; an event on that day had been warned about before. (Express)
-North Korean authorities advise foreigners to leave South Korea soon, forecasting a possible conflict. (BBC)
-Japan sends two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan and sets Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island. (Sky News)
-North Korea forbids all its workers to reach the Kaesong industrial plant, which may be permanently closed. (CNN)
-UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon warns that the crisis may soon become "uncontrollable". The Commander of the United States Pacific Command Samuel J. Locklear describes the situation as a threat to the U.S but states that North Korean missiles will not be destroyed, unless a serious threat. (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Kissinger cables: Among the cables available now on WikiLeaks are the Nixon administration's early comments on Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday. (CNN)
-The transparency watchdog also releases information on sources the U.S. used to spy on the Indira Gandhi household in 1970s India. (Hindustan Times)
-Information in the cables also recall the days of The Emergency and the roles of Sanjay Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Ambika Soni. (The Indian Express)
April 9, 2013, Thatcher funeral events:Downing Street announces the funeral for Margaret Thatcher is scheduled for Wednesday, 17 April. She will be afforded a ceremonial exit, ranking her alongside Diana Spencer and the Queen Mother. (BBC)
-Tony Blair, who continued many of Thatcher's policies, expresses irritation at the response to her death, claiming people are being disrespectful. Blair appears on CNN to reveal his admiration for his predecessor, calling her "a huge figure, a towering figure." (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Iran announces that a new uranium ore mine and an enrichment plant will be added to the country's nuclear policy, defying the U.N. resolutions. (CNN)
April 9, 2013, A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks the Iranian towns of Khvormuj, Dayer and Kangan, killing 37 people, and was felt as far as Bahrain. Over 800 are injured. (Reuters)
April 9, 2013, The French Senate adopts article 1 of Bill 344, which legalizes same-sex marriage, in a 179–157 vote. (Libération)
April 10, 2013, Release of Obilvion
-The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats. (BBC)
-South Korea Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin says the country is ready for possible military action, as the Kaesong industrial complex blockade enters its second day. (Al Jazeera)
-Hackers break into North Korea’s government-run Twitter and Flickr accounts amid soaring tensions in the Korean Peninsula. (Boston Globe via Associated Press)
-The United States announces its intent to cool down its rhetoric towards North Korea. (CNN)
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,
April 4, 2013,American film reviewer Roger Ebert dies following a battle with cancer which initially cost him his voice. He was 70. (NPR)
April 4, 2013, One of the Grozny-City Towers, the tallest building in Chechnya, Russia, is damaged in a large fire. (RIA Novosti)
April 4, 2013, The Hubble Space Telescope observes the most distant supernova on record. (Space.com)
April 4, 2013, Scientists unveil a 3D printer which creates material very similar to human tissue. (Los Angeles Times)
April 4, 2013, A new species of giant tarantula, Poecilotheria rajaei, is discovered in Sri Lanka. (New York Daily News)
April 5, 2013, Release of Evil Dead
April 5, 2013, Release of The Brass Teapot
April 5, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013): South Korea deploys two warships with Aegis missile-defense systems as a precautionary measure, following reports that North Korea had repositioned intermediate-range ballistic missiles to its east coast a day earlier. (BBC)
-North Korea warns that it cannot protect their embassies in Pyongyang as of April 10. It is advised that all foreign countries consider asking the staff of their embassies to leave. (The Telegraph)
April 5, 2013,
April 5, 2013,
April 5, 2013, Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom receives an honorary BAFTA award for her support of British film and television and she is honored as the "most memorable Bond girl" for her appearance at the 2012 London Olympics. (Channel NewsAsia)
April 5, 2013, In further fallout from the Rutgers University basketball scandal, assistant coach Jimmy Martelli, seen on practice videos abusing players in the same manner as fired head coach Mike Rice, and athletic director Tim Pernetti both resign. (ESPN)
April 6, 2013, In Horse racing, Auroras Encore springs a 66-1 surprise to win the 166th Grand National by nine lengths at at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (BBC)
April 6, 2013, Pope Francis appoints Spain's José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., as Secretary to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which oversees all Catholic religious orders, his first nomination to the Vatican bureaucracy. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013,
April 7, 2013, The United States decides to delay a long-planned intercontinental ballistic missile test scheduled for next week at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following tensions with North Korea. (Al Jazeera)
April 7, 2013, United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Turkey, where he is to have talks addressing relations with Israel and the conflict in Syria. (BBC)
April 8, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013): A senior South Korean government official says that North Korea may be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, as increased activity is detected at its main test site. However, the South Korean Defence Ministry denied having clear signs that the test may be imminent. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-North Korea says it will withdraw all of its workers from the Kaesong Industrial Region, an industrial complex that is jointly run with South Korea, and consider shuttering the complex permanently. (BBC)
-Russian President Vladimir Putin is "extremely concerned about the situation that may lead to a nuclear disaster worse than Chernobyl". (BBC)
April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London. (BBC)
April 8, 2013, The Louisville Cardinals win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament defeating the Michigan Wolverines 82–76. (AP via The Washington Post)
April 8, 2013,
April 8, 2013,
April 8, 2013, Wikileaks announces the release of 1.7 million United States diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973–1976 when Henry Kissinger was United States Secretary of State. (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Release of Paramore self entitled album Paramore
April 9, 2013, At least 14 people are stabbed and wounded at Lone Star College–CyFair in Texas, U.S. (ABC News)
April 9, 2013,
April 9, 2013, North Korea crisis (2013):
-North Korea announces its plans to launch a missile tomorrow; an event on that day had been warned about before. (Express)
-North Korean authorities advise foreigners to leave South Korea soon, forecasting a possible conflict. (BBC)
-Japan sends two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan and sets Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island. (Sky News)
-North Korea forbids all its workers to reach the Kaesong industrial plant, which may be permanently closed. (CNN)
-UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon warns that the crisis may soon become "uncontrollable". The Commander of the United States Pacific Command Samuel J. Locklear describes the situation as a threat to the U.S but states that North Korean missiles will not be destroyed, unless a serious threat. (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Kissinger cables: Among the cables available now on WikiLeaks are the Nixon administration's early comments on Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday. (CNN)
-The transparency watchdog also releases information on sources the U.S. used to spy on the Indira Gandhi household in 1970s India. (Hindustan Times)
-Information in the cables also recall the days of The Emergency and the roles of Sanjay Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Ambika Soni. (The Indian Express)
April 9, 2013, Thatcher funeral events:Downing Street announces the funeral for Margaret Thatcher is scheduled for Wednesday, 17 April. She will be afforded a ceremonial exit, ranking her alongside Diana Spencer and the Queen Mother. (BBC)
-Tony Blair, who continued many of Thatcher's policies, expresses irritation at the response to her death, claiming people are being disrespectful. Blair appears on CNN to reveal his admiration for his predecessor, calling her "a huge figure, a towering figure." (BBC)
April 9, 2013, Iran announces that a new uranium ore mine and an enrichment plant will be added to the country's nuclear policy, defying the U.N. resolutions. (CNN)
April 9, 2013, A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks the Iranian towns of Khvormuj, Dayer and Kangan, killing 37 people, and was felt as far as Bahrain. Over 800 are injured. (Reuters)
April 9, 2013, The French Senate adopts article 1 of Bill 344, which legalizes same-sex marriage, in a 179–157 vote. (Libération)
April 10, 2013, Release of Obilvion
April 10, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis:
-North Korea shuts down tourism from China, as nuclear tensions mount, but business travel is allowed to continue. (AFP via Brisbane Times)
-South Korea, U.S. and Taiwan raise their military watch alert to "vital threat" (level 2) ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
-The Twitter account for Yokohama, Japan accidentally tweets that North Korea had launched a missile. (CNET)
April 10, 2013,
April 10, 2013, Costa Cruises is fined US$1.3 million in lieu of criminal charges relating to the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster last year. (Los Angeles Times)
April 10, 2013, A man who took four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Georgia, United States, is killed in a gun battle with police. (NBC News)
April 10, 2013, The Chamber of Deputies (Congress) of Uruguay votes to legalize same-sex marriage. (BBC)
April 11, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: North Korea renews a threat to permanently close its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea, blaming the "confrontation" policies of the South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The United States military places a Sea-based X-band Radar in a position where it can detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, while President Barack Obama vows to protect both the U.S. and its allies. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The G8 foreign ministers condemn "in the strongest way" North Korea's recent threats and vow to apply stronger measures if the country does not step down its rhetoric. (CNN)
-According to a released incorrectly declassified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report, North Korea may have the technology to miniaturize, mount, and deliver a nuclear warhead with a long-range missile. The accuracy of the system should, however, be low. (CNN)
April 11, 2013, The top foreign affairs officials of the G8 group of nations meet in London, where the Korean crisis, Syrian conflict and Iran's nuclear threats are expected to be major talking points. (BBC)
April 11, 2013,
April 11, 2013, An episode of the American TV show Glee causes controversy by featuring a school shooting scene. (USA Today)
April 11, 2013, Singer Madonna is accused by the office of Malawi President Joyce Banda of "bullying state officials" after she reportedly exaggerated her charity's contribution and complained about her treatment on a recent visit to the country. (BBC)
April 11, 2013, American comedian Jonathan Winters dies at the age of 87 in Montecito, California. (AP via Entertainment Weekly)
April 11, 2013, Maria Tallchief, the first Native American to achieve the rank of prima ballerina at a major ballet company, dies at the age of 88. (The New York Times)
April 11, 2013, Father Emil Kapaun is awarded a Medal of Honor posthumously by U.S. President Barack Obama. (CBS News)
April 11, 2013, France's top rabbi, Gilles Bernheim resigns after admitting he does not hold a philosophy degree as claimed and had engaged in plagiarism. (The Jerusalem Post)
April 12, 2013, Release of 42
April 12, 2013, Release of Scary Movie 5
April 12, 2013, Release of It's a Disaster
April 12, 2013, Release of Disconnect
April 12, 2013, Series Premiere of Davinci's Demons
April 12, 2013, Release of Fallout Boy album Save Rock and Roll
April 12, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis:South Korea's defense ministry says it doubts North Korea has the ability to launch a nuclear-armed ballistic missile as claimed in a report by the United States Defense Intelligence Agency. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-United States Secretary of State John Kerry lands in Seoul, South Korea, as he embarks on three-day trip through South Korea, Japan, and China to send a "tough" message to North Korea. (Al Jazeera)
-North Korea declares that Japan will face annihilation if it threatens to wage war. Japan declares that the Patriot missiles deployed in Okinawa Island will be permanent. (The Japan Daily Press)
April 12, 2013, The BBC confirms that it will not be playing "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" in full when it counts down the UK pop chart on Sunday, saying it finds "distasteful" the timing of the song's rise up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death. (The Irish Times)
April 12, 2013, European Union finance ministers and central bank governors begin a two-day meeting at Dublin Castle to talk about austerity, the collapse of the Cypriot economy and the creation of a federal bank. (RTÉ News)
April 12, 2013, The French Senate approves same-sex marriage in France putting the bill on track to become law by summer. (AP via ABC News)
April 12, 2013, Police are tipped off when a posting on 4chan reveals plans to commit a mass shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, United States. Two women are injured and a suspect is apprehended. (CNN)
April 12, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils a new $50 billion drive for the country to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome to fly humans to space by the end of the decade. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 12, 2013, A 32-foot tall, 60,000 ton stone monument found in the Sea of Galilee in 2003 is determined to be man-made, dating to approximately 2000 B.C. (Los Angeles Times)
April 12, 2013, Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's retrial on charges of corruption and conspiracy to kill protesters during the 2011 Egyptian revolution is transferred to another court. (The Guardian)
April 13, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: South Korean police stop a planned launch of anti-North Korean leaflets across the border, as the government of South Korea seeks to open dialogue with the North and defuse soaring tensions in the Korean Peninsula. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The United States and People's Republic of China agree to work towards ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. (AP via The Globe and Mail)
-The Philippines offers the use of its military bases to the United States. (AFP via The Express Tribune)
April 13, 2013, Lion Air Flight 904 lands short of the runway at Ngurah Rai International Airport near Denpasar, Indonesia. All 108 people survived with minor injuries. (The Daily Telegraph)
April 13, 2013, Pope Francis appoints a panel of nine high-ranking prelates from around the world to advise him of the running of the Catholic Church and advise him on the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy. (AP via USA Today)
April 13, 2013,
April 13, 2013, In basketball, Kobe Bryant's 2012–13 NBA season ends with an Achilles tendon tear. (The New York Times)
April 13, 2013, An earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 6.0 hits Kobe, Japan, injuring at least 22 people. (AP via The Hindu)
April 13, 2013, A man suspected of a shooting at the New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, United States, is charged with multiple counts of malicious wounding and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and held without bail. (CNN)
April 14, 2013, Season 3 Premiere of Borgias
April 14, 2013, Season 4 Premiere of Nurse Jackie
April 14, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: North Korea rebuffs an offer of dialogue by South Korea. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 14, 2013, In golf, Adam Scott becomes the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament by defeating Ángel Cabrera in a sudden-death final. (AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
April 14, 2013,
April 14, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger. (BBC)
-North Korea suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a nuclear power is not challenged. (RT)
April 14, 2013,
April 14, 2013,
April 15, 2013, Series Premiere of Defiance
April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: Two explosions in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon leave 3 people dead and 183 injured. (BBC). Two additional bombs are also found and are defused. (BBC)
-Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the 2013 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:10:22, two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur. (AP via USA Today)
April 15, 2013, At least 33 people are killed and more than 160 others are wounded during a wave of bombings in Kirkuk, Baqubah, Tikrit, Fallujah, Nassiriyah, Mussayab and Baghdad. (Al Jazeera)
April 15, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis: BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger. (BBC)
-North Korea suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a nuclear power is not challenged. (RT)
April 15, 2013, Nicolás Maduro wins a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential election over Henrique Capriles. Maduro is due to be sworn in as President of Venezuela on 19 April and is set to serve until January 2019, to complete the term of recently deceased President Hugo Chávez. Capriles refuses to acknowledge defeat and calls for a recount. (BBC)
April 16, 2013, Release of Kid Cudi album Indicud
April 16, 2013, Release of Yea Yea Yea's album Mosquito
April 16, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: Mail to the US Senate is suspended after letter sent to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) tests positive for the poisonous substance ricin at an offsite Congressional mail facility. The letter is being sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for further testing. (NBC News)
April 16, 2013, 2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake: At least 40 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes with its epicenter below Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, near the border with Pakistan. Tremors are felt throughout the Middle East, Pakistan and North India, and hundreds of deaths are expected by the Iran government. (The New York Times)
April 16, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis: North Korea issues an "ultimatum" to South Korea, demanding blanket apologies and an immediate cessation of anti-DPRK activities. Some protesters in Seoul were noted burning portraits of North Korean leaders on Monday, while North Korea celebrated the birthday of the late Kim Il-sung. The new threat comes amid what is otherwise perceived as an easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean authorities say that an attack may occur without warning at any moment. (Reuters)
April 17, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The U.S. FBI recovers forensic evidence suggesting the two explosive devices which exploded near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon were pressure cooker bombs, placed inside heavy black nylon bags containing shrapnel. (Al Jazeera)
-An episode of the popular U.S. sitcom Family Guy is pulled by the Fox Network over its depiction of people being run over by a car at the Boston Marathon.
April 17, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: Further suspicious letters are found addressed to President Barack Obama and to members of the Senate of the United States. (CNN)
-The United States Senate is evacuated following the scare. (US News & World Report)
-The man arrested in conjunction with the attempted ricin attacks is named as Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Mississippi. (BBC)
April 17, 2013, Funeral of Margaret Thatcher: The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral is held in London. (The Guardian)
April 17, 2013, A proposal to tighten gun control in the United States fails in a Senate vote. (The Washington Post)
April 17, 2013, Parliament of New Zealand legalizes same-sex marriage in New Zealand. (The New Zealand Herald)
April 17, 2013, West Fertilizer Company explosion: An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, United States, injures more than 100 people and damages many nearby buildings, including residences, a nursing home, and a middle school. (Reuters)
April 17, 2013, In horse racing, the owners and trainer Peter Moody announce the retirement of Australian Thoroughbred racehorse Black Caviar undefeated over 25 races, the second-most of all time. (BBC)
April 17, 2013, In basketball, Brittney Griner, who was selected two days earlier by the Phoenix Mercury as the top overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, comes out as lesbian. (ESPN)
April 18, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The Federal Bureau of Investigation posts photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. (BBC)
-A campus police officer is shot dead in his vehicle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (ABC News Australia)
April 18, 2013, West Fertilizer Company explosion: At least 14 people are confirmed dead after the Texas fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, United States. (CNN)
April 18, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis:North Korea demands an end to United Nations sanctions on the country as a condition for dialogue with the United States. (Reuters)
April 18, 2013, Two Earth-like planets, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, are discovered cirulating around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone. (Sky News Australia)
April 18, 2013,
April 19, 2013, Release of The Lords of Salem
April 19, 2013, Release of Home Run
April 19, 2013, Release of Hemlock Grove
April 19, 2013, Release of Will I Am album #willpower
April 19, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The Boston Police Department chases two carjacking-suspects in the MIT shooting death of a campus policeman to the nearby suburb of Watertown where, after a gunfight that included explosives, an MBTA officer is injured, a suspect is dead, and the other flees but is later captured. (Boston Herald)
-The suspects are brothers. The at-large suspect is identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Cambridge resident 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. The deceased brother is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev. (Associated Press)
-Boston and its suburbs were on lockdown as a result of the manhunt. People were not allowed to go out until the lockdown was lifted, and businesses were also closed. (Boston Herald)
-Shortly after officials announced that the they had lost track of the suspect and lifted the lockdown, a tip leads police to the back yard of a home in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts, where the second suspect is captured after an exchange of gunfire and a brief standoff. (The Guardian)
-Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is captured and taken in serious condition to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. President Barack Obama gave a news conference where he praised the collaboration between government law enforcement agencies. With the suspect's capture and presumed interrogation (if he survives), the lockdown and emergency state will likely be lifted. (CNN)
April 19, 2013,
April 19, 2013,
April 19, 2013, The FAA has approved a fix of the lithium-ion battery in Boeing's 787s, clearing the way for its resumption of service. (Bloomberg)
April 20, 2013,
April 20, 2013, 2013 Ya'an earthquake: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude strikes Lushan County, Sichuan province, China with the latest estimate showing 186 people dead, 24 missing and 11,826 injured. (China Daily)
April 20, 2013, 3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee with vehicular homicide by intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver. (Reuters)
April 20, 2013, Five snowboarders are killed in a backcountry avalanche on Loveland Pass in the US state of Colorado in the deadliest US avalanche since 1962. (AP via ABC News America)
April 21, 2013, The Antares rocket makes its maiden flight, successfully carrying a mockup Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. (BBC)
April 21, 2013, North Korea reportedly moves two more missile launchers to its east coast in anticipation of an expected missile launch. (AFP via The Melbourne Age)
April 21, 2013, American actress Reese Witherspoon is arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on charges of disorderly conduct. (Entertainment Weekly)
April 21, 2013, Twenty-three Brazilian police officers are sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their involvement in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. (BBC)
April 22, 2013,
April 22, 2013,
April 22, 2013,
April 12, 2013, Release of Scary Movie 5
April 12, 2013, Release of It's a Disaster
April 12, 2013, Release of Disconnect
April 12, 2013, Series Premiere of Davinci's Demons
April 12, 2013, Release of Fallout Boy album Save Rock and Roll
April 12, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis:South Korea's defense ministry says it doubts North Korea has the ability to launch a nuclear-armed ballistic missile as claimed in a report by the United States Defense Intelligence Agency. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-United States Secretary of State John Kerry lands in Seoul, South Korea, as he embarks on three-day trip through South Korea, Japan, and China to send a "tough" message to North Korea. (Al Jazeera)
-North Korea declares that Japan will face annihilation if it threatens to wage war. Japan declares that the Patriot missiles deployed in Okinawa Island will be permanent. (The Japan Daily Press)
April 12, 2013, The BBC confirms that it will not be playing "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" in full when it counts down the UK pop chart on Sunday, saying it finds "distasteful" the timing of the song's rise up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death. (The Irish Times)
April 12, 2013, European Union finance ministers and central bank governors begin a two-day meeting at Dublin Castle to talk about austerity, the collapse of the Cypriot economy and the creation of a federal bank. (RTÉ News)
April 12, 2013, The French Senate approves same-sex marriage in France putting the bill on track to become law by summer. (AP via ABC News)
April 12, 2013, Police are tipped off when a posting on 4chan reveals plans to commit a mass shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, United States. Two women are injured and a suspect is apprehended. (CNN)
April 12, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils a new $50 billion drive for the country to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome to fly humans to space by the end of the decade. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 12, 2013, A 32-foot tall, 60,000 ton stone monument found in the Sea of Galilee in 2003 is determined to be man-made, dating to approximately 2000 B.C. (Los Angeles Times)
April 12, 2013, Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's retrial on charges of corruption and conspiracy to kill protesters during the 2011 Egyptian revolution is transferred to another court. (The Guardian)
April 13, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: South Korean police stop a planned launch of anti-North Korean leaflets across the border, as the government of South Korea seeks to open dialogue with the North and defuse soaring tensions in the Korean Peninsula. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
-The United States and People's Republic of China agree to work towards ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons. (AP via The Globe and Mail)
-The Philippines offers the use of its military bases to the United States. (AFP via The Express Tribune)
April 13, 2013, Lion Air Flight 904 lands short of the runway at Ngurah Rai International Airport near Denpasar, Indonesia. All 108 people survived with minor injuries. (The Daily Telegraph)
April 13, 2013, Pope Francis appoints a panel of nine high-ranking prelates from around the world to advise him of the running of the Catholic Church and advise him on the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy. (AP via USA Today)
April 13, 2013,
April 13, 2013, In basketball, Kobe Bryant's 2012–13 NBA season ends with an Achilles tendon tear. (The New York Times)
April 13, 2013, An earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 6.0 hits Kobe, Japan, injuring at least 22 people. (AP via The Hindu)
April 13, 2013, A man suspected of a shooting at the New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, United States, is charged with multiple counts of malicious wounding and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and held without bail. (CNN)
April 14, 2013, Season 3 Premiere of Borgias
April 14, 2013, Season 4 Premiere of Nurse Jackie
April 14, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: North Korea rebuffs an offer of dialogue by South Korea. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia)
April 14, 2013, In golf, Adam Scott becomes the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament by defeating Ángel Cabrera in a sudden-death final. (AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
April 14, 2013,
April 14, 2013, 2013 North Korean crisis: BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger. (BBC)
-North Korea suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a nuclear power is not challenged. (RT)
April 14, 2013,
April 14, 2013,
April 15, 2013, Series Premiere of Defiance
April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: Two explosions in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon leave 3 people dead and 183 injured. (BBC). Two additional bombs are also found and are defused. (BBC)
-Ethiopian long-distance runner Lelisa Desisa wins the 2013 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:10:22, two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings occur. (AP via USA Today)
April 15, 2013, At least 33 people are killed and more than 160 others are wounded during a wave of bombings in Kirkuk, Baqubah, Tikrit, Fallujah, Nassiriyah, Mussayab and Baghdad. (Al Jazeera)
April 15, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis: BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger. (BBC)
-North Korea suggests that it is open to peaceful negotiations, on the condition that its status as a nuclear power is not challenged. (RT)
April 15, 2013, Nicolás Maduro wins a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential election over Henrique Capriles. Maduro is due to be sworn in as President of Venezuela on 19 April and is set to serve until January 2019, to complete the term of recently deceased President Hugo Chávez. Capriles refuses to acknowledge defeat and calls for a recount. (BBC)
April 16, 2013, Release of Kid Cudi album Indicud
April 16, 2013, Release of Yea Yea Yea's album Mosquito
April 16, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: Mail to the US Senate is suspended after letter sent to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) tests positive for the poisonous substance ricin at an offsite Congressional mail facility. The letter is being sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for further testing. (NBC News)
April 16, 2013, 2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake: At least 40 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes with its epicenter below Khash County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, near the border with Pakistan. Tremors are felt throughout the Middle East, Pakistan and North India, and hundreds of deaths are expected by the Iran government. (The New York Times)
April 16, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis: North Korea issues an "ultimatum" to South Korea, demanding blanket apologies and an immediate cessation of anti-DPRK activities. Some protesters in Seoul were noted burning portraits of North Korean leaders on Monday, while North Korea celebrated the birthday of the late Kim Il-sung. The new threat comes amid what is otherwise perceived as an easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean authorities say that an attack may occur without warning at any moment. (Reuters)
April 17, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The U.S. FBI recovers forensic evidence suggesting the two explosive devices which exploded near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon were pressure cooker bombs, placed inside heavy black nylon bags containing shrapnel. (Al Jazeera)
-An episode of the popular U.S. sitcom Family Guy is pulled by the Fox Network over its depiction of people being run over by a car at the Boston Marathon.
April 17, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: Further suspicious letters are found addressed to President Barack Obama and to members of the Senate of the United States. (CNN)
-The United States Senate is evacuated following the scare. (US News & World Report)
-The man arrested in conjunction with the attempted ricin attacks is named as Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Mississippi. (BBC)
April 17, 2013, Funeral of Margaret Thatcher: The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral is held in London. (The Guardian)
April 17, 2013, A proposal to tighten gun control in the United States fails in a Senate vote. (The Washington Post)
April 17, 2013, Parliament of New Zealand legalizes same-sex marriage in New Zealand. (The New Zealand Herald)
April 17, 2013, West Fertilizer Company explosion: An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, United States, injures more than 100 people and damages many nearby buildings, including residences, a nursing home, and a middle school. (Reuters)
April 17, 2013, In horse racing, the owners and trainer Peter Moody announce the retirement of Australian Thoroughbred racehorse Black Caviar undefeated over 25 races, the second-most of all time. (BBC)
April 17, 2013, In basketball, Brittney Griner, who was selected two days earlier by the Phoenix Mercury as the top overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, comes out as lesbian. (ESPN)
April 18, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The Federal Bureau of Investigation posts photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. (BBC)
-A campus police officer is shot dead in his vehicle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (ABC News Australia)
April 18, 2013, West Fertilizer Company explosion: At least 14 people are confirmed dead after the Texas fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, United States. (CNN)
April 18, 2013, 2013 Korean crisis:North Korea demands an end to United Nations sanctions on the country as a condition for dialogue with the United States. (Reuters)
April 18, 2013, Two Earth-like planets, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, are discovered cirulating around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone. (Sky News Australia)
April 18, 2013,
April 19, 2013, Release of The Lords of Salem
April 19, 2013, Release of Home Run
April 19, 2013, Release of Hemlock Grove
April 19, 2013, Release of Will I Am album #willpower
April 19, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: The Boston Police Department chases two carjacking-suspects in the MIT shooting death of a campus policeman to the nearby suburb of Watertown where, after a gunfight that included explosives, an MBTA officer is injured, a suspect is dead, and the other flees but is later captured. (Boston Herald)
-The suspects are brothers. The at-large suspect is identified as Kyrgyzstan-born Cambridge resident 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. The deceased brother is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev. (Associated Press)
-Boston and its suburbs were on lockdown as a result of the manhunt. People were not allowed to go out until the lockdown was lifted, and businesses were also closed. (Boston Herald)
-Shortly after officials announced that the they had lost track of the suspect and lifted the lockdown, a tip leads police to the back yard of a home in the Boston suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts, where the second suspect is captured after an exchange of gunfire and a brief standoff. (The Guardian)
-Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is captured and taken in serious condition to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. President Barack Obama gave a news conference where he praised the collaboration between government law enforcement agencies. With the suspect's capture and presumed interrogation (if he survives), the lockdown and emergency state will likely be lifted. (CNN)
April 19, 2013,
April 19, 2013,
April 19, 2013, The FAA has approved a fix of the lithium-ion battery in Boeing's 787s, clearing the way for its resumption of service. (Bloomberg)
April 20, 2013,
April 20, 2013, 2013 Ya'an earthquake: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude strikes Lushan County, Sichuan province, China with the latest estimate showing 186 people dead, 24 missing and 11,826 injured. (China Daily)
April 20, 2013, 3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee with vehicular homicide by intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver. (Reuters)
April 20, 2013, Five snowboarders are killed in a backcountry avalanche on Loveland Pass in the US state of Colorado in the deadliest US avalanche since 1962. (AP via ABC News America)
April 21, 2013, The Antares rocket makes its maiden flight, successfully carrying a mockup Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. (BBC)
April 21, 2013, North Korea reportedly moves two more missile launchers to its east coast in anticipation of an expected missile launch. (AFP via The Melbourne Age)
April 21, 2013, American actress Reese Witherspoon is arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on charges of disorderly conduct. (Entertainment Weekly)
April 21, 2013, Twenty-three Brazilian police officers are sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their involvement in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. (BBC)
April 22, 2013,
April 22, 2013,
April 22, 2013,
April 22, 2013, Downing Street takes the unusual step of responding to a bizarre incident during a football game, calling on The Football Association to make an example of Luis Suárez, the footballer who yesterday bit the arm of a fellow professional on live television. (The Guardian)
-Liverpool Football Club fines star striker Luis Suárez after he bit into the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanović during Sunday's live televised 2-2 draw at Anfield. (The Guardian)
April 22, 2013, Comedy Central decides to not renew Futurama, meaning that the show may end September 4th. (Inside TV)
April 22, 2013, News Corporation agrees to pay $139 million to American shareholders due to the phone hacking scandal. (The New York Times)
April 22, 2013, Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million for claims of bribery to public officials in Argentina from 2005 to 2009. (Bloomberg)
April 23, 2013, Release of Phoenix album Bankrupt!
April 23, 2013, Release of Dead Island: Riptide video game
April 23, 2013, Release of Dragons and Dogma: Darkness Arisen video game
April 23, 2013, All charges against a suspect of sending letters containing ricin to US President Obama are dropped due to lack of evidence. (CNN)
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013, The United States stock market undergoes a flash crash (similar to 2010) of 1 percent when the twitter feed from the Associated Press news agency is hacked and erroneously states that several explosions have injured President Barack Obama. (CNBC)
April 23, 2013, The Australian Federal Police arrest the self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec hacking group in the New South Wales city of Gosford. (ABC News Australia)
April 24, 2013, Release of At Any Price
April 24, 2013,
April 24, 2013, A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 25 kilometers from Jalalabad, Afghanistan leaving 33 people dead and another 115 injured. Heavy damage of buildings are reported across Nangarhar Province. (Voice of America)
April 24, 2013, An eight story commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka resulting in at least 123 people dead, hundreds injured and scores more people trapped. (AP via ABC News)
April 24, 2013, A shooting occurs in Manchester, Illinois, United States leaving 5 dead and another injured. The suspect is then killed in a gunfight with police. (Fox News)
April 24, 2013, Liverpool striker Luis Suárez is banned for 10 games by the FA for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanović. (BBC Sport)
April 25, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, claims that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation briefed him that suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the bombers intended to attack New York City next. (CBC)
April 25, 2013, In American football, the 2013 NFL Draft begins with Kansas City Chiefs selecting Eric Fisher in New York City's Radio City Music Hall. (The Guardian)
April 25, 2013, Syrian Civil War:The United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel claims that US intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Government of Syria has used sarin gas during the past two years in the civil war. The Israeli and British governments made similar statements. (CBS News)
April 25, 2013, After being missing for over a week, the body of Sunil Tripathi is found in the Providence River. (Boston)
April 25, 2013, The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, is dedicated in the presence of President of the United States Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush and all living former presidents. The complex will be opened to the public on May 1. (CBS News)
April 26, 2013, Release of Pain and Gain
April 26, 2013, Release of Mud
April 26, 2013, Release of The Big Wedding
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is transferred from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to the federal prison facility in Fort Devens in the US state of Massachusetts. (Reuters)
April 26, 2013, The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria. (FOX News)
April 26, 2013, Eleven members of a Birmingham, United Kingdom, terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to rival the 7 July and 9/11 atrocities. (BBC)
April 26, 2013, Country music singer George Jones dies at the age of 81. (New York Times)
April 26, 2013, The death toll from the 2013 Savar building collapse in Bangladesh rises to 401. (AP via Miami Herald)
April 27, 2013,
April 27, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: After release of a previous suspect without charge, an adversary of his, Everett Dutschke of Mississippi, has been arrested for mailing letters containing ricin to the President of the United States, a senator, and a federal judge. (BBC)
April 28, 2013,
April 28, 2013,
April 28, 2013, At least three people die and fourteen are injured when an apartment building in the French city of Reims collapses after a suspected gas explosion, leaving people trapped under debris. (AFP via News24)
April 29, 2013, Release of Rudimental album Home
April 29, 2013, NBA center Jason Collins becomes the first active player in one of the United States' Big Four sports leagues to announce he is gay. (Sports Illustrated)
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: It is revealed that Everett Dutschke was, earlier this month, charged with two child molestations involving three girls younger than 16. (Fox News)
April 29, 2013, A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, Czech Republic; it is believed to have been caused by natural gas. 35 people have been injured. The nearby National Theater and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences building of Charles University sustained damage. (NBC News)
April 29, 2013, A student shot himself in the head with a handgun in a classroom at La Salle High School, a Catholic school in Cincinatti, Ohio, United States. The student is hospitalized in critical condition. (Huffington Post)
April 30, 2013, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands signs the official acts of abdication in favor of her son the Prince of Orange, who becomes King Willem-Alexander, the first male monarch in 123 years. (The Telegraph)
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013, Apple initiates the largest ever non-bank bond offering, valued at $17 billion. (Reuters)
April 30, 2013, 2-year-old Hannah Warren, who was born without a windpipe or trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells. (New York Times)
April 30, 2013, NASA extends its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, paying $424 million for the RKA to deliver and receive astronauts shuttled to the ISS thru 2016. (RIA Novosti)
-Liverpool Football Club fines star striker Luis Suárez after he bit into the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanović during Sunday's live televised 2-2 draw at Anfield. (The Guardian)
April 22, 2013, Comedy Central decides to not renew Futurama, meaning that the show may end September 4th. (Inside TV)
April 22, 2013, News Corporation agrees to pay $139 million to American shareholders due to the phone hacking scandal. (The New York Times)
April 22, 2013, Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million for claims of bribery to public officials in Argentina from 2005 to 2009. (Bloomberg)
April 23, 2013, Release of Phoenix album Bankrupt!
April 23, 2013, Release of Dead Island: Riptide video game
April 23, 2013, Release of Dragons and Dogma: Darkness Arisen video game
April 23, 2013, All charges against a suspect of sending letters containing ricin to US President Obama are dropped due to lack of evidence. (CNN)
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013,
April 23, 2013, The United States stock market undergoes a flash crash (similar to 2010) of 1 percent when the twitter feed from the Associated Press news agency is hacked and erroneously states that several explosions have injured President Barack Obama. (CNBC)
April 23, 2013, The Australian Federal Police arrest the self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec hacking group in the New South Wales city of Gosford. (ABC News Australia)
April 24, 2013, Release of At Any Price
April 24, 2013,
April 24, 2013, A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 25 kilometers from Jalalabad, Afghanistan leaving 33 people dead and another 115 injured. Heavy damage of buildings are reported across Nangarhar Province. (Voice of America)
April 24, 2013, An eight story commercial building collapses in Savar Upazila near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka resulting in at least 123 people dead, hundreds injured and scores more people trapped. (AP via ABC News)
April 24, 2013, A shooting occurs in Manchester, Illinois, United States leaving 5 dead and another injured. The suspect is then killed in a gunfight with police. (Fox News)
April 24, 2013, Liverpool striker Luis Suárez is banned for 10 games by the FA for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanović. (BBC Sport)
April 25, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, claims that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation briefed him that suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the bombers intended to attack New York City next. (CBC)
April 25, 2013, In American football, the 2013 NFL Draft begins with Kansas City Chiefs selecting Eric Fisher in New York City's Radio City Music Hall. (The Guardian)
April 25, 2013, Syrian Civil War:The United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel claims that US intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Government of Syria has used sarin gas during the past two years in the civil war. The Israeli and British governments made similar statements. (CBS News)
April 25, 2013, After being missing for over a week, the body of Sunil Tripathi is found in the Providence River. (Boston)
April 25, 2013, The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, is dedicated in the presence of President of the United States Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush and all living former presidents. The complex will be opened to the public on May 1. (CBS News)
April 26, 2013, Release of Pain and Gain
April 26, 2013, Release of Mud
April 26, 2013, Release of The Big Wedding
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013,
April 26, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is transferred from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to the federal prison facility in Fort Devens in the US state of Massachusetts. (Reuters)
April 26, 2013, The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria. (FOX News)
April 26, 2013, Eleven members of a Birmingham, United Kingdom, terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to rival the 7 July and 9/11 atrocities. (BBC)
April 26, 2013, Country music singer George Jones dies at the age of 81. (New York Times)
April 26, 2013, The death toll from the 2013 Savar building collapse in Bangladesh rises to 401. (AP via Miami Herald)
April 27, 2013,
April 27, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: After release of a previous suspect without charge, an adversary of his, Everett Dutschke of Mississippi, has been arrested for mailing letters containing ricin to the President of the United States, a senator, and a federal judge. (BBC)
April 28, 2013,
April 28, 2013,
April 28, 2013, At least three people die and fourteen are injured when an apartment building in the French city of Reims collapses after a suspected gas explosion, leaving people trapped under debris. (AFP via News24)
April 29, 2013, Release of Rudimental album Home
April 29, 2013, NBA center Jason Collins becomes the first active player in one of the United States' Big Four sports leagues to announce he is gay. (Sports Illustrated)
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013,
April 29, 2013, 2013 ricin attacks: It is revealed that Everett Dutschke was, earlier this month, charged with two child molestations involving three girls younger than 16. (Fox News)
April 29, 2013, A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, Czech Republic; it is believed to have been caused by natural gas. 35 people have been injured. The nearby National Theater and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences building of Charles University sustained damage. (NBC News)
April 29, 2013, A student shot himself in the head with a handgun in a classroom at La Salle High School, a Catholic school in Cincinatti, Ohio, United States. The student is hospitalized in critical condition. (Huffington Post)
April 30, 2013, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands signs the official acts of abdication in favor of her son the Prince of Orange, who becomes King Willem-Alexander, the first male monarch in 123 years. (The Telegraph)
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013,
April 30, 2013, Apple initiates the largest ever non-bank bond offering, valued at $17 billion. (Reuters)
April 30, 2013, 2-year-old Hannah Warren, who was born without a windpipe or trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells. (New York Times)
April 30, 2013, NASA extends its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, paying $424 million for the RKA to deliver and receive astronauts shuttled to the ISS thru 2016. (RIA Novosti)
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