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From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people; the streak from the Chelyabinsk meteor that rocketed across the Russian morning sky; protests occur amid the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt; smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants; the Boston Marathon bombing marks the first major Islamic terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11; Pope Francis is elected to the Papacy in the papal conclave.

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2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).

2013 was designated as:

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EventsEdit

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OctoberEdit

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New English wordsEdit

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